Carl Heinrich Schultz
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Carl Heinrich Schultz was a German physician and botanist, and a brother to Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz
Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz
Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz was a German pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Zweibrücken.He initially learned the pharmacy profession at his father's store in Zweibrücken. In 1827 be began studies in Munich, later performing post-doctoral work in Tübingen...

 (1804–1876).

He is referred to as Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz, Carl Heinrich Schultz Bipontinus or just Bipontinus, this being a Latinized reference to his birthplace Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.- Name :Zweibrücken appears in Latin texts as Geminus Pons and Bipontum, in French texts as Deux-Ponts. The name derives from Middle High German Zweinbrücken...

 (Two Bridges). This was necessary because there lived in his lifetime another German botanist of the same name, known as Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz
Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz
Carl Heinrich Schultz , known as Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz, was a German botanist. He was a proponent of Goethe's mystical "nature-philosophy" view of the natural world....

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In 1840, Schultz along with 25 scholars from the Palatinate and neighboring areas, founded the scientific society POLLICHIA, which was named in honor of botanist Johan Adam Pollich
Johan Adam Pollich
Johan Adam Pollich or Johann was a German doctor, botanist and entomologist.-Works:...

 (1740-1780). Schultz died in Deidesheim
Deidesheim
Deidesheim is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with some 3,700 inhabitants.The town lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and since 1973 it has been the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Deidesheim. The most important industries are tourism...

 on December 17, 1867.

Selected publications

  • Analysis Cichoriacearum Palatinatus, 1841
  • Beitrag zur Geschichte und geographischen Verbreitung der Cassiniaceen (Contribution to the History and Geographical Spread of Cassiniaceae
    Asteraceae
    The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

    ), 1866
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