Christoph Friedrich Otto

Christoph Friedrich Otto ( born December 4, 1783 in Schneeberg, † December 7, 1856 in Berlin) was a German botanist and gardener. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Otto".

From 1805 to 1843, Otto was Inspector of the Botanical Garden Berlin. Together with Albert Gottfried Dietrich 1833 to 1856 he was editor of the newspaper the Public Garden. The plant genus Ottoa H.B.K. has been named after him.

Works (selection)

  • Figure foreign persevering in Germany wood species, 1819-1830 (together with Friedrich Guimpel and Friedrich Gottlob Hayne )
  • Pictures of exquisite fruit of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 1820-1828 (together with Heinrich Friedrich Link )
  • Pictures of new and rare plants ..., 1828-1831 (together with Heinrich Friedrich Link )
  • Picture and description of blooming cacti, 1838-1850 (along with Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer)
  • Icocnes plantarum horti rariorum Regii Botanici Berolinensis - pictures of rare plants of the Royal Botanic Garden ..., 1840-1844 (together with Heinrich Friedrich Link and Johann Friedrich Klotzsch ). Pdf: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008604249.
Schneeberg, Saxony Alexander von Humboldt Carl Sigismund Kunth Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link International Plant Names Index Integrated Authority File
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