Karl Anton Eugen Prantl

Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (September 10, 1849 – February 24 1893), also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist. Prantl was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation "Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie" (The inulin, a contribution to the plant physiology). He worked with Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli and Julius Sachs. In 1877 he became a professor at the forest educational institution at Aschaffenburg, transferring to Breslau University in 1889, where he also became director of the botanical garden there. Prantl worked particularly on Cryptogams.

Works

*"Lehrbuch der Botanik" (Textbook of Botany), 7 Eds., Leipzig 1887.
*"Untersuchungen zur Morphologie der Gefäßkryptogamen" (Studies on morphology of the Vascular Cryptogams), Leipzig 1875 and 1881, 2 fascicles.
*"Exkursionsflora für das Königreich Bayern" (Flora of the excursion to the Bavaria kingdom), Stuttgart, 1884.
*Karl Prantl and Adolf Engler (editors): "Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien" (The natural plant families), 2 Editions, Leipzig (since 1887).