Karl August Otto Hoffmann

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Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853-1909)[1] was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of Sertum plantarum madagascariensium, the genus Hoffmanniella in the Asteraceae family was named after him.[2]


The standard author abbreviation O.Hoffm. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Aluka. Hoffmann, Karl August Otto (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  2. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). "Asteraceae, Orchidaceae", CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms .... CRC Press. ISBN 0849326737. 
  3. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 

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