Karl Anton Eugen Prantl

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Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist (* September 10, 1849 in Munich - † 1893).

Prantl studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie (The inulin, a contribution to the plant physiology). He worked with Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli and Julius Sachs.

In 1877 he became a professor at the forest educational institution at Aschaffenburg, transfering to Breslau University in 1889, where he also became director of the botanical garden there. Prantl worked particularly on Cryptogams.

The standard author abbreviation Prantl may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

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Lehrbuch der Botanik (Textbook of Botany), 7 Eds., Leipzig 1887.
Untersuchungen zur Morphologie der Gefäßkryptogamen (Studies on morphology of the Vascular Cryptogams), Leipzig 1875 and 1881, 2 fascicles.
Exkursionsflora für das Königreich Bayern (Flora of the excursion to the Bavaria kingdom), Stuttgart, 1884.
Karl Prantl and Adolf Engler (editors): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (The natural plant families), 2 Editions, Leipzig (since 1887).