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German botanist and taxonomist (1933–2022)
Klaus Kubitzki (3 May 1933 – 5 December 2022) was a German
botanist . He was Emeritus professor in the
University of Hamburg , at the
Herbarium Hamburgense . He is known for his work on the
systematics and
biogeography of the
angiosperms , particularly those of the
Neotropics , and also the floristic record of the
Tertiary era .
[1] His plant systematic work is referred to as the
Kubitzki system .
[2] He was a member of the
American Society of Plant Taxonomists .
[3]
Career
Kubitzki was born in
Niesky , Germany and studied biology and geology at the universities of
Innsbruck ,
Göttingen and
Kiel .
His doctoral work at Kiel was in
Quaternary studies (1960). He then became associate professor at the
Universidad Austral de Chile in
Valdivia , southern Chile (1961–1963). He pursued further studies at
University of Münster (1968), from where he proceeded to a position as lecturer at the
University of Munich till 1973, and then as professor of
systematic botany at the
University of Hamburg (1973 to 1998).
[4]
Kubitzki died on 5 December 2022, near
Hamburg aged 89.
[5]
Work
Kubitzki's contributions have included
taxonomy , plant geography and geoecology. He made a special study of the Guayana Highland. His taxonomic work is contained in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (1990-).
[4]
Selected publications
The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (Springer-Verlag, Berlin)
1.Kramer, K.U.; Green, P., eds. (1990).
Pteridophytes and gymnosperms . Vol. 1.
ISBN
3-540-51794-4 .
2. Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G.; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (1993).
The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. II Flowering plants - Dicotyledons. Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid families . Berlin: Springer.
ISBN
3-540-55509-9 .
3.
Kubitzki, Klaus ;
Huber, Herbert , eds. (1998).
Flowering plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae) . The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 3. Berlin:
Springer-Verlag .
ISBN
3-540-64060-6 .
4.
Kubitzki, Klaus , ed. (1998).
Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) . The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. IV. Berlin Heidelberg:
Springer Science & Business Media .
doi :
10.1007/978-3-662-03531-3 .
ISBN
978-3-662-03531-3 .
S2CID
39472817 .
5.
Kubitzki, Klaus ; Bayer, Clemens, eds. (2003).
Flowering plants. Dicotyledons: Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales . The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. 5. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
ISBN
978-3-662-07255-4 .
6. Kubitzki, K., ed. (2004).
Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales . Vol. VI.
Springer-Verlag .
doi :
10.1007/978-3-662-07257-8 .
ISBN
978-3-662-07257-8 .
S2CID
12809916 .
7. Kadereit, Joachim W., ed. (2004).
Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae) .
ISBN
3-540-40593-3 .
8. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Jeffrey, Charles, eds. (2007).
Asterales . The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). Vol. VIII: Eudicots. Berlin:
Springer-Verlag .
ISBN
978-3-540-31051-8 . (see
publisher information )
9. Kubitzki, Klaus, ed. (2007).
Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae .
ISBN
978-3-540-32214-6 .
10.
Kubitzki, Klaus , ed. (2011).
Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae . The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol. X.
Springer Science & Business Media .
ISBN
978-3-642-14397-7 .
11. Kubitzki, Klaus, ed. (2013).
Flowering Plants. 11 Eudicots: Malpighiales .
Springer Science & Business Media .
ISBN
978-3-642-39417-1 . (Also preview at
Springer )
12. Kuijt, Job; Hansen, Bertel, eds. (2015).
Santalales, Balanophorales .
ISBN
978-3-319-09296-6 .
13. Kellogg, Elizabeth A., ed. (2015).
Poaceae .
ISBN
978-3-319-15331-5 .
14. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (2016).
Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae .
ISBN
978-3-319-28534-4 .
Eponyms
Genus
Species
See also
References
Citations
Sources
Simpson, DP. 1979. Cassell's Latin Dictionary . 5, London: Cassell Ltd., 883.
ISBN
0-304-52257-0 .
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