Karl Moritz Schumann
Born	(1851-06-17)17 June 1851 Görlitz
Died	22 March 1904(1904-03-22) (aged 52) Berlin
Nationality	German
Scientific career
Institutions	curator of the Botanisches Museum
Author abbrev. (botany)	K. Schum.

Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist.

Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft (German Cactus Society) which he founded on 6 November 1892. He died in Berlin.

Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien by Adolf Engler and K. A. E. Prantl and in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

The genera Schumannianthus ( Gagnepain), Schumanniophyton ( Harms), Schumannia ( Kuntze) and several species were named after him, including:

Bibliography

• Schumann, K. M., "Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen" (Complete description of cacti), 1898.
• Schumann, K. M., et al., "Kakteen (Iconographia Cactacearum) im Auftrage der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft", 1900–1921.
• Schumann, K. M., "Praktikum für morphologische und systematische Botanik", 1904.

References

External links

• Works by or about Karl Moritz Schumann at Internet Archive
• Mexikon — brief biography and picture.
• Deutsche Kakteen Gesellschaft
• Harvard University Herbaria entry^{[ permanent dead link]}

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