Richard Büttner

Oskar Richard Alexander Büttner (* 1858, † 1927) was a German botanist and explorer. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Buttner ".

Life and work

He was scientific participants in the expedition penetrated the African society in Germany (1884-1886), which was to serve the " exploration of the southern Congo basin " and then unexplored areas from a European perspective. Some species have been described according to his evidence, he himself described, inter alia, Xyris congensis. Aloe was named after him buettneri. In Berlin he founded the first chair of African languages ​​in Germany.