Klaus Kubitzki

Klaus Kubitzki
Born(1933-05-03)3 May 1933
Niesky, Upper Lusatia
Died5 December 2022(2022-12-05) (aged 89)
Hamburg
NationalityGerman
Alma materKiel University
Known forKubitzki system
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg
Author abbrev. (botany)Kubitzki

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] His plant systematic work is referred to as the Kubitzki system.[2] He was a member of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.[3]

  1. ^ "UNI HH FB14 - BzF - Klaus Kubitzki". 12 October 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ klaus Kubitzki (ed.). 1990. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Springer-Verlag: Berlín, Heidelberg, Alemania
  3. ^ "Membership Directory - KLAUS KUBITZKI | American Society of Plant Taxonomists". members.aspt.net. Retrieved 27 December 2021.