Gustav Adolf Zwanziger (29 July 1837, in Schloss Neuhof near Neustadtl – 10 June 1893, in Klagenfurt) was an Austrian journalist, botanist and paleobotanist.

From 1851 to 1854, he served as a horticultural apprentice at the Harrachschen Garten in Aschach, followed by work as an assistant-gardener at the Schönbrunn Garden in Vienna. In 1857 he moved to Salzburg, where for several years he served as a clerk at police headquarters. From 1863 to 1868 he worked as an amanuensis at the Studienbibliothek in Klagenfurt. Afterwards, he was associated with the Kärntner Landesmuseum ( Carinthian national history museum) in Klagenfurt. ^{[1] [2]}

From 1873 to 1886, he was editor of the Kärntner Gartenzeitung, ^[2] and for several years was an assistant editor of the Klagenfurter Zeitung (1872-1882). In 1882 he donated his herbarium to the Kärntner Landesmuseum. ^[1]

Publications

• Aufzählung der auf einem Ausfluge nach Heiligenblut im August 1861 gesammelten Laubmoose : mit einer kurzen Schilderung der dortigen Vegetationsverhältnisse, 1862 - Enumeration of mosses collected on an excursion to Heiligenblut in August 1861.
• Neue Funde von Tertiärpflanzen aus den Braunkohlenmergeln von Liescha, 1873 - New findings of Tertiary flora from the lignite marls of Liescha.
• Beiträge zur Miocänflora von Liescha, 1878 - Contributions involving Miocene flora of Liescha.
• Systematische Aufzählung der in Kärnten wildwachsenden Gefässpflanzen, 1881 (with David Pacher); Series: Flora von Kärnten by D. Pacher and Markus von Jabornegg. - Systematic enumeration of plants native to Carinthia.
• Verzeichniss der in Kärnten volksthümlichen deutschen Pflanzennamen, 1887. ^[3]

References

External links

• Landesmuseum; Gustav Adolf Zwanziger (1837-1893) Naturwissenschafter und Bohemien (lengthy biography in German).