Georg Heinrich Mettenius

Georg Heinrich Mettenius

Georg Heinrich Mettenius (November 24, 1823 – August 18, 1866) was a German botanist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun (1805–1877).

In 1845 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. Following graduation, he studied botany and performed field investigations of marine algae at Helgoland and Fiume. In 1848 he returned to Heidelberg as a privat-docent, and was later appointed an associate professor of botany at Freiburg. In 1852 he became a full professor at the University of Leipzig and director of its botanical garden. He died of cholera at the age of 42 on August 18, 1866.

Mettenius was a leading authority in the field of pteridology. The plant genus Metteniusa from the family Icacinaceae is named after him.

The standard author abbreviation Mett. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Selected publications

  • Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Rhizocarpeen (1846)
  • Filices horti botanici Lipsiensis (1856)
  • Filices Lechlerianae Chilenses ac Peruanae cura (1856–59)
  • Über einige Farngattungen (1856–59)

References

  1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 


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