Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin (aka Kränzlin; 25 July 1847 – 9 March 1934) was a botanist associated with the Natural History Museum (BM).[1]

In the history of the European study of South African orchids, Friedrich "Fritz" Kraenzlin (Kränzlin) appears after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach describing many new orchids in the region, and revising some of the genera. His book Orchidacearum Genera et Species was never finished, but the volume containing the Habenaria, Disa, and Disperis genera was completed in 1901.[2]

  1. ^ Aluka. "Kränzlin [Kraenzlin], Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm Ludwig". African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. ^ Hubert Kurzweil (October 2000). "SA Orchids: History". Information about plants native to southern Africa. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 12 May 2008.