Joachim Steetz
Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 – 24 March 1862) was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including:
- Nils Johan Andersson (Galápagos Islands)
- Nikolaus Binder
- Christian Friedrich Ecklon (South Africa)
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz
- Wilhelm Peters
- Ludwig Preiss (Western Australia)
- Anton Rochel (The Banat)
- Moritz Richard Schomburgk
- Berthold Carl Seemann
- Charles Wilkins Short (North America)
- Franz Sieber
- Theodor Siemssen
- Andrew Sinclair
- Thomas Thomson
- Nikolai Turczaninow (Russia)
- Jens Vahl (Arctic)
- Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (South Africa)
Joachim Steetz | |
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Steetz in 1862 | |
| Born | 12 November 1804 |
| Died | 24 March 1862 (aged 57) |
| Spouse | m. Johanne Henriette Moller 23 July 1842 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical doctor, botanist, zoologist |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Steetz |
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