Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem...

ball cactus, golden ball cactus and yellow tower cactus. Botanist Karl Moritz Schumann named it after Wilhelm Lenninghaus (1845-1918), a native of North...

Grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta) is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, and closely related to cardamom. Its seeds are used as a spice...

genus Gagnepainia (family Zingiberaceae) was named in his honor by Karl Moritz Schumann. The French Academy of Sciences awarded Gagnepain the Prix de Coincy...

Stenocactus is a genus of cacti in the Cactaceae family. The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Stenocactus: Echinofossulocactus Britton...

Markhamia zanzibarica, also known as bell bean tree or maroon bell-bean, is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is found in East Africa and...

was first described by C. Pereira, and given its current name by Karl Moritz Schumann. H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1904 In: Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 214 Roskov Y.;...

described by Joseph Dalton Hooker, and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann. Aframomum daniellii is found in West tropical Africa, from Sierra...

Cerrado region of Brazil. It was first described by Édouard Bureau and Karl Moritz Schumann in 1897. Jacaranda ulei is a small tree, growing to between 0.6 metres...

Cyperus tomaiophyllus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa. List of Cyperus species "Cyperus tomaiophyllus K.Schum". Kew Science – Plants...

Calycacanthus magnusianus is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to New Guinea. It is the sole species in genus...

Anthospermopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Harold Kirkbride Jr. in 1997. The genus contains...

Multidentia sclerocarpa is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List...

Karl Philipp Moritz (Hameln, 15 September 1756 – Berlin, 26 June 1793) was a German author, editor and essayist of the Sturm und Drang, late Enlightenment...

Cyperus mollipes is a species of sedge that is native to eastern parts of Africa, and parts of South East Asia. List of Cyperus species "Cyperus mollipes...

He sent a plant to Karl Moritz Schumann in Berlin-Dahlem, who at first could not classify it taxonomically. Only when Schumann received further specimens...

It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann and Adolf Engler, and was given its current name by Karl Moritz Schumann. It is a rhizomatous geophyte...

Trachyphrynium is a monotypic genus of plants native to tropical Africa. The only recognized species is Trachyphrynium braunianum (K.Schum.) Baker, widespread...

Cola urceolata, also known as bemange, bokosa, eboli, egwasa, ikaie, lekukumu, lungandu, lusakani, matadohohu, nesunguna, ngbilimo, ngono, and zimonziele...

Zingiberaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann. Harris, D.J.; Wortley, A.H.; Olander, S.B. (2019). "Aframomum leptolepis"...

Peter Thunberg in 1794. It was renamed Fockea edulis in 1895 by Karl Moritz Schumann. A common name is Hottentot bread due to the milky, somewhat sweetish...

Aframomum zambesiacum is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. Its common name is nangawo. It is native to Kimalila, part of the southern highlands...

Melhania virescens is a plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa. Melhania virescens grows as a small shrub 5–30 centimetres (2–12 in)...

The specific epithet schumanniana honors the cactus specialist Karl Moritz Schumann. Parodia schumanniana is a perennial globular to columnar plant with...

Melhania polyneura is a plant in the family Malvaceae. Melhania polyneura grows as a herb up to 20 centimetres (8 in) tall. The oblong or ovate leaves...

Strophanthus welwitschii grows as a deciduous shrub or small tree up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall, or as a liana up to 8 metres (26 ft) long, with a stem diameter...

Melhania dehnhardtii is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is named for the German explorers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt. Melhania dehnhardtii grows as...

Melhania angustifolia is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Zanzibar. Melhania angustifolia grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up...

Hornstedtia havilandii, also known as panyun (in Iban) or telidus (in Sabah), is a species of flowering plant, a perennial tropical forest herb in the...

described by Daniel Oliver and D.Hanb. and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann. H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1904 In: Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 212 Roskov Y.;...