Siegfried Jost Casper

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Siegfried Jost Casper (born 1929) is a German biologist whose primary research is in limnology and the plant genus Pinguicula (the butterworts). Together with Heinz-Dieter Krausch he has published a basic reference work on the sweet-water flora of central Europe. For many years he studied the East German lake Stechlinsee as well as the river Saale. In 1966 he published a monograph of the genus Pinguicula, a work that is still in use today. He has described at least 14 new species, most recently Pinguicula lippoldii and Pinguicula toldensis in 2007.^[1] He has served as head of the Botanical Garden of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and since 1990 has been a member of the "Akademie Gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften" in Erfurt.

Publications

Monographie der Gattung Pinguicula L., (Bibliotheca Botanica, Heft 127/128), 1966, Stuttgart

The standard author abbreviation Casper is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

Notes and references

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article (retrieved December 29, 2006).

↑ Casper, S.J. 2007. Pinguicula lippoldii nova spec. and Pinguicula toldensis nova spec. – two endemic Pinguicula species (Lentibulariaceae) from East Cuba new to science. Wulfenia 14: 75–96.
↑ "Author Query for 'Casper'". International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 91349421 LCCN: n81004045 ISNI: 0000 0000 8163 9551

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Name	Casper, Siegfried Jost
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Short description	German botanist
Date of birth	1929
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