Rutenberg, Diedrich Christian (1851-1878)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Diedrich Christian
Last name
Rutenberg
Initials
D.C.
Life Dates
1851 - 1878
Collecting Dates
1877 - 1878
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Fungi
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BREM (main), B, BM, BRNU, CSR, G, H-BR, K, M, NBG, P, PC
Countries
Madagascan region: MadagascarSouthern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August (1834-1919) (student)
Rutenberg, Christian (synonym)
Biography
German explorer and traveller from Bremen who studied medicine and natural history at Jena under E.H.P.A. Haeckel. He travelled with Haeckel to Montenegro and Dalmatia (1872). Rutenberg went to South Africa (1877) and collected in Natal and the Transvaal before travelling up the coast to Mauritius and Madagascar. He collected along the north-western coast before crossing the island to explore the unknown East coast in the vicinity of Beravi. Aged just twenty seven, he died in a massacre by the local inhabitants.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 551; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 417; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 800;
Rutenberg, Diedrich Christian (1851-1878)
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