German botanist (1823–1866)
Georg Heinrich Mettenius
Born (1823-11-24 ) 24 November 1823Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died 18 August 1866(1866-08-18) (aged 42)Leipzig, Germany
Alma mater University of Heidelberg Scientific career Fields Botany, Pteridology Author abbrev. (botany) Mett
Georg Heinrich Mettenius (1860) Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in 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 . After graduation, he studied marine algae in 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 as well as director of its botanical garden . He died of cholera in Leipzig at the age of 42.[ 1]
Mettenius was a leading authority in the field of pteridology . The plant genus Metteniusa Metteniusaceae ) is named in his honor.
Selected publications
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Rhizocarpeen (1846) - Contributions to the knowledge of Rhizocarpaceae ."Filices horti botanici Lipsiensis" (1856)
"Filices Lechlerianae Chilenses ac Peruanae cura" (1856).
Über einige Farngattungen (volumes 1 to 6, 1857) - On some fern genera.[ 3]
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