Dr Carl Curt Hosseus was a German botanist born in Stromberg im Thale, Rhineland

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. He gained his doctorate in 1903, and sailed Genoa

Genoa

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 in 1904 for Thailand

Thailand

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 where he found Viola hossei, which was named for him. He was the first botanist to collect in northern Thailand. A complete set of his Thai collections is housed in the Botanische Staatssammlung, Munich

Munich

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. He also visited Ceylon

Sri Lanka

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, Singapore

Singapore

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 and the Malay Peninsula

Malay Peninsula

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, returning to Europe in 1906; he made botanical collections in all these countries, which totalled 512 specimens.

Hosseus emigrated to Argentina

Argentina

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 and undertook botanical explorations of Patagonia

Patagonia

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 from 1913-15, which resulted in numerous publications in botanical journals. He was appointed Professor of Botany at Cordoba University, Argentina, in 1916, and also served as Director of the Botanical Museum there until his retirement in 1946. Hosseus remained in Cordoba

Córdoba, Argentina

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until his death in 1950. His herbarium specimens are housed at the Cordoba University.

Selective works

• Die aus Siam bekannten Acanthaceen (1907)
• Beitrage Zur Flora Siams (1910)
• Die botanischen Ergebniss miner Expedition nach Siam (1911)
• Revista Centro Farm. Cordoba 2 (5): 24, 1926.