Curt Backeberg

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Curt Backeberg (1894-1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti.

He travelled extensively through Central and South America, and published a number of books on cacti, including the six-volume 4,000-page Die Cactaceae, 1958-1962, and the Kakteenlexikon first appearing in 1966 and updated posthumously.

Although he collected and described many new species and defined a number of new genera, much of his work was based on faulty assumptions about the evolution of cacti, and too focused on geographic distribution; many of his genera have since been reorganized or abandoned.

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

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  1. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 
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