Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868)

Born 1794 CE, died 1868 CE.

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he traveled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. In 1840 he became the founding editor of Flora Brasiliensis, a comprehensive flora of Brazil, which was not completed until 1906, 62 years after his death.

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