Joachim Steetz | |
|---|---|
 Steetz in 1862 | |
| Born | 12 November 1804 |
| Died | 24 March 1862 (aged 57) |
| Spouse | m. Johanne Henriette Moller 23 July 1842 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical doctor, botanist, zoologist |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Steetz |
Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 – 24 March 1862)[1][2] was a German botanist.[3][4][5] His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds.[6][7] The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria.[8] The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including:
- Nils Johan Andersson (Galápagos Islands)[7]
- Nikolaus Binder
- Christian Friedrich Ecklon (South Africa)
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz
- Wilhelm Peters
- Ludwig Preiss (Western Australia)
- Anton Rochel (The Banat)
- Moritz Richard Schomburgk
- Berthold Carl Seemann
- Charles Wilkins Short (North America)
- Franz Sieber
- Theodor Siemssen
- Andrew Sinclair
- Thomas Thomson
- Nikolai Turczaninow (Russia)
- Jens Vahl (Arctic)
- Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (South Africa)[2]
- ^ Short, P.S.; Sinkora, D.M. (29 March 1988). "The botanist Joachim Steetz (1804–1862)". Muelleria. 6 (6): 449–494. doi:10.5962/p.171895. S2CID 250998181. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b Muelleria: An Australian Journal of Botany. National Herbarium of Victoria. 1988.
- ^ "Steetz, Joachim (1804–1862)". Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Author Details for Joachim Steetz" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ Personal-Nachrichten. 1862. pp. 151–.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Philip S. Short; Australian Systematic Botany Society (1990). History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25–27 May 1988. Australian Systematic Botany Society. ISBN 978-0-7316-8463-2.
- ^ a b "Saturday, December 12, 1863". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 12 December 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "National Herbarium of Victoria". Resources of Australian Herbaria. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH). Retrieved 13 May 2014.