Klaus Kubitzki
German botanist and taxonomist (1933–2022)
Klaus Kubitzki (3 May 1933 – 5 December 2022) was a German botanist . He was Emeritus professor in the University of Hamburg , at the Herbarium Hamburgense . He is known for his work on the systematics and biogeography of the angiosperms , particularly those of the Neotropics , and also the floristic record of the Tertiary era .[ 1] Kubitzki system .[ 2] American Society of Plant Taxonomists .[ 3]
Career
Kubitzki was born in Niesky , Germany and studied biology and geology at the universities of Innsbruck , Göttingen and Kiel .
His doctoral work at Kiel was in Quaternary studies (1960). He then became associate professor at the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia , southern Chile (1961–1963). He pursued further studies at University of Münster (1968), from where he proceeded to a position as lecturer at the University of Munich till 1973, and then as professor of systematic botany at the University of Hamburg (1973 to 1998).[ 4]
Kubitzki died on 5 December 2022, near Hamburg aged 89.[ 5]
Work
Kubitzki's contributions have included taxonomy , plant geography and geoecology. He made a special study of the Guayana Highland. His taxonomic work is contained in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (1990-).[ 4]
Selected publications
1.Kramer, K.U.; Green, P., eds. (1990). Pteridophytes and gymnosperms ISBN 3-540-51794-4
2. Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G.; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (1993). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. II Flowering plants - Dicotyledons. Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid families ISBN 3-540-55509-9
3. Kubitzki, Klaus ; Huber, Herbert , eds. (1998). Flowering plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae) Springer-Verlag . ISBN 3-540-64060-6
4. Kubitzki, Klaus , ed. (1998). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) Springer Science & Business Media . doi :10.1007/978-3-662-03531-3 . ISBN 978-3-662-03531-3 S2CID 39472817 .
5. Kubitzki, Klaus ; Bayer, Clemens, eds. (2003). Flowering plants. Dicotyledons: Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales ISBN 978-3-662-07255-4
6. Kubitzki, K., ed. (2004). Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales Springer-Verlag . doi :10.1007/978-3-662-07257-8 . ISBN 978-3-662-07257-8 S2CID 12809916 .
7. Kadereit, Joachim W., ed. (2004). Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae) ISBN 3-540-40593-3
8. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Jeffrey, Charles, eds. (2007). Asterales Springer-Verlag . ISBN 978-3-540-31051-8 (see publisher information )
9. Kubitzki, Klaus, ed. (2007). Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae ISBN 978-3-540-32214-6
10. Kubitzki, Klaus , ed. (2011). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae Springer Science & Business Media . ISBN 978-3-642-14397-7
11. Kubitzki, Klaus, ed. (2013). Flowering Plants. 11 Eudicots: Malpighiales Springer Science & Business Media . ISBN 978-3-642-39417-1 (Also preview at Springer )
12. Kuijt, Job; Hansen, Bertel, eds. (2015). Santalales, Balanophorales ISBN 978-3-319-09296-6
13. Kellogg, Elizabeth A., ed. (2015). Poaceae ISBN 978-3-319-15331-5
14. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (2016). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae ISBN 978-3-319-28534-4
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References
Citations
Sources
Simpson, DP. 1979. Cassell's Latin Dictionary . 5, London: Cassell Ltd., 883. ISBN 0-304-52257-0 .
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