Gustav Kunze
Gustav Kunze
was a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids.
Kunze joined the Wernerian Natural History Society in Edinburgh in 1817. He later became Zoology Professor at Leipzig University and in 1837 was appointed director of the Botanical Gardens in Leipzig. In 1851 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The plant genus Kunzea was named in his honour.Works
- Beiträge zur Monographie der Rohrkäfer. Neue Schrift. Naturf. Ges. Halle, 2 : 1-56..
- Die Farrnkrauter in Kolorirten Abbildungen: Naturgetreu Erläutert und Beschrieben. 2 volumes.
- Index Filicum in Hortis Europæis Cultarum Synonymis Interpositis Auctus, cura A. Baumanni. Orig. in Linnaea XXXIII. Pub. as book.
- Zeugophora eine neue Käfergattung. Neue Schrift. Naturf. Ges. Halle, 2 :. 71-76..
- with Philipp Wilbrand Jacob Müller 1822. Monographie der Ameisenkäfer . Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig 1: 175–204.
Collection
His collection is in Naturkundemuseum Leipzig.
