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Karl Heinrich Emil Koch

Born 1809
Ettersberg, Germany
Died 1879
Berlin, Germany

Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (1809 - 1879) was a German botanist. He was born in Ettersberg near Weimar, Germany.

He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey. Unfortunately, most of his collections have today been lost.

He became a professor at the University of Jena in 1836. He moved on to the University of Berlin in 1847, and was at the Berlin botanical gardens beginning in 1849. He became General Secretary of the Berlin Horticultural Society in 1852.

Koch is known as the first professional horticultural officer in Germany.

He died in Berlin. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation K.Koch when citing a botanical name.[1]

References

  1. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 



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