Max Joseph Roemer

Max Joseph Roemer (1791, Munich – 1849) was a German botanist who worked in Weimar.

Roemer served as Landrichter (country judge) in the Bavarian town of Aub before working as a private scientist in Würzburg.[1] and is the taxonomic authority of the genera Heteromeles, Pyracantha, and Erythrocarpus as well as numerous plant species.[2]

  1. ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Roemer