Georg Franz Hoffmann
Encyclopedia
Georg Franz Hoffmann was a German botanist
and lichenologist
, who was born January 13, 1760 in Marktbreit
, Germany
, and died March 17, 1826 in Moscow
, Russia
.
s, he settled in Moscow in January 1804 and directed the Department of Botany at University of Moscow, as well as the Botanical garden.
In 1787, Olof Peter Swartz (1760-1818) dedicated the genus Hoffmannia
of the Rubiaceae
to him.
The author abbreviation used to indicate Georg Franz Hoffmann as the authority for species names is Hoffm.
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
and lichenologist
Lichenology
Lichenology is the branch of mycology that studies the lichens, symbiotic organisms made up of an intimate symbiotic association of a microscopic alga with a filamentous fungus....
, who was born January 13, 1760 in Marktbreit
Marktbreit
Marktbreit is a town in the district of Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria situated at the most southern point of the Main river. It is the birthplace of Alois Alzheimer who first identified the symptoms of what is now known as Alzheimer's Disease...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and died March 17, 1826 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Professional career
After graduating from the University of Erlangen in 1786, he worked there between 1787 and 1792 as a professor of botany. Between 1792 and 1803 he was Head of the Botany Department and Director of the Botanical Garden of Göttingen University. Already a famous botanist, in particular for his work on lichenLichen
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
s, he settled in Moscow in January 1804 and directed the Department of Botany at University of Moscow, as well as the Botanical garden.
Works
- Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum e classe cryptogámica Linnaei qua lichenes dicuntur... (1789-1801)
- Vegetabilia cryptogama. (1790, Erlangen)
- Nomenclator Fungorum. (1789-1790, two volumes, Berlin)
- Historia salicum, iconibus illustrata. (1785-1787, Leipzig)
- Enumeratio plantarum et seminum hort botanici mosquensis. (1808, Moscow)
- Genera Plantarum Umbelliferarum (1814, 1816, Moscow)
- Herbarium vivum, sive collectio plantarum siccarun, Caesareae Universitatis Mosquensis. Pars secunda, continents . . . (1825)
In 1787, Olof Peter Swartz (1760-1818) dedicated the genus Hoffmannia
Hoffmannia
Hoffmannia is a genus of plant in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species :* Hoffmannia ecuatoriana, Standl.* Hoffmannia modesta, Diels...
of the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
to him.
The author abbreviation used to indicate Georg Franz Hoffmann as the authority for species names is Hoffm.