Carl Friedrich Schmidt (artist)

Carl Friedrich (C.F.) Schmidt (1811, Stettin  – 1890, Berlin) was a German botanical artist. He was a specialist in spermatophytes and was a renowned botanical artist (akademischer Künstler zu Berlin) and lithographer who illustrated many of the Germanic botanical works of the 19th century. He is not to be confused with Carl Friedrich Schmidt, born 1832, the Baltic German geologist and botanist.. The standard author abbreviation C.F.Schmidt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.