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).
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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 (family Metteniusaceae) is named in his honor.
Selected publications
edit- 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]
References
edit- Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (biography)
- ^ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Mett.
- ^ Google Books (publications)