Karl Theodor Hartweg

German botanist

Karl Theodor Hartweg
Born	(1812-06-18)18 June 1812
Died	3 February 1871(1871-02-03) (aged 58)
Known for	Collection of plants from Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California
Scientific career
Fields	Botanist
Author abbrev. (botany)	Hartw.

Karl Theodor Hartweg (18 June 1812 – 3 February 1871) was a German botanist. He collected numerous new species of plants in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California in the United States, collecting for the London Horticultural Society. Many of the species he discovered were formally published, with attribution, by George Gordon, the Foreman of the London Horticultural Society Gardens and a specialist in the conifers which were well represented in Hartweg's collections.

Many plants collected in Mexico by Hartweg from 1836 onward were identified and catalogued by George Bentham in Plantas Hartwegianas.

The standard author abbreviation Hartw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ International Plant Names Index. Hartw.

Beidleman, Richard G. (2006). "Karl Theodor Hartweg". California's Frontier Naturalists. University of California Press. pp. 151–160. ISBN 9780520927506.
McKelvey, Susan Delano (1955). Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1790-1850. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. pp. 961–980.
Sterling, Keir B., ed. (1997). "Hartweg, (Carl) Theodor". Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists. Greenwood Press.