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  1. Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens.

  2. Apr 13, 2024 · Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (born April 17, 1794, Erlangen, Bavaria—died Dec. 13, 1868, Munich) was a German botanist best known for his work on Brazilian flora. Martius studied medicine at Erlangen University and was an élève of the Royal Bavarian Academy (1814–17).

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  3. Carl Friedrich Philipp Martius, ab 1820 Ritter von Martius, (* 17. April 1794 in Erlangen, Ansbach-Bayreuth; † 13. Dezember 1868 in München, Königreich Bayern) war ein deutscher Naturforscher, Botaniker und Ethnograph. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „ Mart. “.

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  5. Carl Friedrich Phillip von Martius. 1794-1868. German explorer and botanist whose 1817-20 journey to South America yielded over 6,500 plant species, which he presented to the Munich herbarium.

  6. 17 Apr 1794-13 Dec 1868. Biography. German botanist and explorer. Assistant at the Botanic Garden Munich; Botanist on 1817 - 1820 expedition to Brazil; Conservator from 1820 - 1854 at the Botanic Garden Munich; Professor of Botany at Munich University 1820 - 1854. Along with Johann Baptist von Spix, collected material from Ge speaking tribes ...

  7. This article explores the significance of palms for geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) and botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868). Long regarded as representative of tropical nature, palms became a central object in Humboldt’s work, and later in the multivolume work Historia naturalis palmarum ...

  8. Carl Friedrich Philipp van Martius is famous as an explorer of Brazil and for having initiated what is to this day the only complete flora of that country. The Flora Brasiliensis describes a total of 22,767 species, including 19,629 plants native to Brazil and 5,689 new to science.

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