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Blume, Carl Ludwig von (1796-1862)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Carl Ludwig von
Last name
Blume
Initials
C.L. von
Life Dates
1796 - 1862
Collecting Dates
1822 - 1826
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
L (main), A, B, BM, BO, BP, BR, C, CAL, CGE, FI, FR, G-DC, KIEL, LE, M, MA, MO, NSW, NY, OXF, P, P-JU, S, U, W, WRSL
Countries
Malesian region: Indonesia
Biography
Born at Braunschweig, Germany, Blume worked as a botanist in the Netherlands and in Java, which was then a Dutch colony. His name is sometimes given in the Dutch form Karel Lodewijk Blume. Blume was director of the Rijksherbarium in Leiden (1829-1862). The genera Blumea DC. (nom. cons.) and Blumeopsis Gagnep. in the Asteraceae, Blumella Tiegh. in the Loranthaceae, Blumeodendron Kurz in the Euphorbiaceae and the orchid Blumeorchis Szlach. were all named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 70; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 80; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 234;
Blume, Carl Ludwig von (1796-1862)
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