Johann Friedrich Klotzsch

Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (9 June 1805, Wittenberg โ€“ 5 November 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist.

His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.

Originally trained as a pharmacist, he later enrolled in pharmaceutical and botanical studies in Berlin. In 1830โ€“32 he was curator of William Jackson Hooker's herbarium at Glasgow University.[1] Beginning in 1834 he collected plants in Saxony, Bohemia, Austria, Styria and possibly Hungary. In 1838 he replaced Adelbert von Chamisso (1781โ€“1838) as curator and director of the Royal Herbarium in Berlin.[2]

The plant genus Klotzschia from the family Apiaceae is named in his honour.[3]

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