Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt

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Caspar G. C. Reinwardt.
Caspar G. C. Reinwardt.

Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854) was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist.

Reinwardt was the founder and first director of agriculture of the botanic garden at Bogor (Buitenzorg) in Java. He was Professor of natural philosophy at the University of Leiden from 1823 to 1845.

The botanical journal Reinwardtia (ISSN 0034-365X) from Bogor Botanical Gardens and the genus Reinwardtia of the family Linaceae, were named in his honour.

The Reinwardt Academy, the faculty of museology and cultural heritage of the Amsterdam School for the Arts was also named after Reinwardt.


The standard author abbreviation Reinw. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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