Alexander Bunge

Alexander Georg von Bunge (Russian: Aleksandr Andreevich von Bunge, Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Бу́нге; September 29, 1803 – June 7, 1890) was a Baltic German botanist. He was a professor of botany at the University of Tartu, and was director of the department from 1842 until 1844. He undertook many scientific expeditions into Asia and especially Siberia.

His son Alexander von Bunge (1851–1930) was a zoologist and explorer.

Commemoration

Taxons

Genus Bungea from family Orobanchaceae
Pulsatilla bungeana from genus Pulsatilla
Euonymus bungeanus from genus Euonymus
Allium bungei from genus Allium
Pinus bungeana from genus Pinus
Fraxinus bungeana from genus Fraxinus
Clerodendrum bungei from genus Clerodendrum
Catalpa bungei from genus Catalpa

Places

Bunge Land in the New Siberian Islands and a crater on Mars were named after him.

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

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Bunge, Alexander
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Date of birth	September 29, 1803
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Date of death	June 7, 1890
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