Georg_Carl_Wilhelm_Vatke

Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke

Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke

German botanist (1849–1889)

Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (12 August 1849, in Berlin – 6 April 1889, in Berlin) was a German botanist, who collected spermatophytes during 1868–1876 in Austria, Germany, Madagascar and Angola. He was an assistant at the botanical gardens in Berlin during 1876–1879, and later became a private scholar.

The botanical genus Vatkea was named in his honor by Karl August Otto Hoffmann in 1880.[1]

The standard author abbreviation Vatke is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. [2]
    International Plant Names Index.  Vatke.


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