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...
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ball cactus, golden ball cactus and yellow tower cactus. Botanist Karl Moritz Schumann named it after Wilhelm Lenninghaus (1845-1918), a native of North...
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Grains of paradise (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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genus Gagnepainia (family Zingiberaceae) was named in his honor by Karl Moritz Schumann. The French Academy of Sciences awarded Gagnepain the Prix de Coincy...
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Stenocactus (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
Stenocactus is a genus of cacti in the Cactaceae family. The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Stenocactus: Echinofossulocactus Britton...
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Markhamia zanzibarica (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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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.;...
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Cyperus tomaiophyllus (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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described by Joseph Dalton Hooker, and got its current name from Karl Moritz Schumann. Aframomum daniellii is found in West tropical Africa, from Sierra...
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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...
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Calycacanthus (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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Anthospermopsis (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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Multidentia sclerocarpa (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Cyperus mollipes (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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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...
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Trachyphrynium (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
Trachyphrynium is a monotypic genus of plants native to tropical Africa. The only recognized species is Trachyphrynium braunianum (K.Schum.) Baker, widespread...
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Cola urceolata (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
Cola urceolata, also known as bemange, bokosa, eboli, egwasa, ikaie, lekukumu, lungandu, lusakani, matadohohu, nesunguna, ngbilimo, ngono, and zimonziele...
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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...
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Aframomum zambesiacum (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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Melhania virescens (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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)...
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Melhania dehnhardtii (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
Melhania dehnhardtii is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is named for the German explorers Clemens and Gustav Denhardt. Melhania dehnhardtii grows as...
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Aframomum leptolepis (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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"...
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The specific epithet schumanniana honors the cactus specialist Karl Moritz Schumann. Parodia schumanniana is a perennial globular to columnar plant with...
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Melhania polyneura (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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Strophanthus welwitschii (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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Hornstedtia havilandii (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
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...
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Melhania angustifolia (category Taxa named by Karl Moritz Schumann)
Melhania angustifolia is a plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Zanzibar. Melhania angustifolia grows as a suffrutex (subshrub) or shrub up...
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plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Karl Moritz Schumann. Aframomum kayserianum is native to Cameroon and Nigeria. H.G.A.Engler...
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