Gustav Kunze

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Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig -30 April 1851, Leipzig was a German professor of zoology and an entomologist.

Kunze was Zoology Profeesor at Leipzig University. He as also director of the Botanic Gardens in Leipzig

The plant genus Kunzea was named in his honour.[1]

[edit] Works

  • Beiträge zur Monographie der Rohrkäfer. Neue Schrift. Naturf. Ges. Halle, 2 (4): 1-56.

(1818). Zeugophora (Jochträger) eine neue Käfergattung. Neue Schrift. Naturf. Ges. Halle, 2 (4):. 71-76.(1818).

[edit] Collection

His collection is in Naturkundemuseum Leipzig.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T (1993). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Volume 6 (K-M). Port Melbourne: Lothian Press, p. 15. ISBN 0-85091-589-9.