Carl Ludwig Blume | |
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| Born | 9 June 1796 |
| Died | 3 February 1862 (aged 65) |
| Other names | Karl Ludwig von Blume, Karel Lodewijk Blume |
| Awards | Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, Entomology |
| Institutions | Bogor Botanical Gardens, Java; Rijksherbarium, Leiden |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Blume |
Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796 – 3 February 1862) was a German-Dutch botanist. The standard author abbreviation Blume is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium (state herbarium) at Leiden. His name is sometimes given in the Dutch language form Karel Lodewijk Blume, but the original German spelling is the one most widely used in botanical texts: even then there is confusion, as he is sometimes referred to as K.L. Blume (from Karl).
He carried out extensive studies of the flora of southern Asia, particularly in Java, then a colony of the Netherlands. From 1823 to 1826 Blume was Deputy Director of Agriculture at the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Java. In 1827 he became correspondent of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands.[2] In 1855, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
He planned, together with Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866), the foundation of the "Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot aanmoediging van den Tuinbouw". (Royal Dutch Society for the Advancement of Horticulture). This was carried to fruition in 1842.[3]
The botanical journal Blumea is named after him.
He was also an entomologist.[4]
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Blume.
- ^ "Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot aanmoediging van den Tuinbouw". tr. Yearbook of the Royal Dutch Society for the Advancement of Horticulture ipni.org, accessed 30 September 2020
- ^ Groll, E.K. "Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank" [Biographies of Entomologists of the World: Database].[permanent dead link]