Carl Heinrich Schultz (30 June 1805 – 17 December 1867) was a German physician and botanist, and a brother to botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876). He is referred to as Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz, Carl Heinrich Schultz Bipontinus or just Bipontinus, this being a Latinized reference to his birthplace

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(Two Bridges). This was necessary because there lived in his lifetime another German botanist of the same name, known as Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz. Carl Heinrich Schultz Forst Grabstein

Biography

From 1825 he studied medicine and sciences at the

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, where he was a student of botanist Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch. In 1827 he continued his education at the

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, where his influences included the naturalist

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, and after his return, settled into a medical practice in

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. From 1832 to 1835 he was imprisoned for political reasons, and after his release, spent many years working as a physician at the Deidesheim hospital (1836–67).ADB:Schultz, Karl Heinrich
In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, S. 722 f.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types He specialized in studies of Compositae and was the taxonomic author of many species within the family. In 1866

Friedrich Alefeld Friedrich Georg Christoph Alefeld (21 October 1820 – 28 April 1872) was a botanist, author, and medical practitioner. Born in Weiterstadt-Gräfenhausen, Grand Duchy of Hesse; he described a number of plant species in his published works, taking ...

named the genus ''Bipontinia'' (family Fabaceae) in his honor. In 1840, Schultz along with 25 scholars from the

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and neighboring areas founded POLLICHIA, a scientific society named in honor of botanist Johan Adam Pollich (1740-1780). Schultz died in Deidesheim on 17 December 1867.

Selected publications

* ''Analysis Cichoriacearum Palatinatus'', 1841. * ''Beitrag zur Geschichte und geographischen Verbreitung der Cassiniaceen'' (Contribution to the History and Geographical Spread of Cassiniaceae), 1866.

References

* ''This article incorporates translated text from an equivalent article at the

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''. 1805 births 1867 deaths Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni People from the Palatinate (region) People from Zweibrücken 19th-century German botanists {{Germany-botanist-stub