Andreas_Voss_(botanist)

Andreas Voss (botanist)

Andreas Voss (botanist)

German botanist and horticulturist (1857-1924)


Andreas Voss (12 March 1857 – 9 April 1924) was a German botanist and horticulturist.

From 1878 to 1882 he worked as a gardener at the agricultural school in Hildesheim. From 1890 onward, he worked as an independent author.[1] He was editor of the horticultural publication Der Deutsche Gartenrat.

He was the author of a popular botanical dictionary for gardeners, titled Botanisches Hilfs- und Wörterbuch (6th edition, 1922).[2] He also edited the third edition of Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei (1896).[3] Other noted works by Voss include:

  • Gründzüge der Gartenkultur; Wachstumsbedingungen, Bodenbereitung, Anzucht, Schnitt und Schutz, 1894 Foundations of garden culture; growth conditions, soil preparation, breeding, cutting and protection.
  • Wörterbuch der deutschen pflanzennamen, wild, nutz- und zierpflanzen des freilandes und der gewächshäuser, 1922 Dictionary of German plant names, wild, useful and ornamental plants of the field and the greenhouses.[4]

The botanical genus Vossianthus (synonym Sparrmannia) was named after him by Otto Kuntze.[5]


References

  1. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications]
  2. Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei Biodiversity Heritage Library
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Voss.



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