Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (born 1794)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

German botanist (1794–1868)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His most important work was a comprehensive flora of Brazil, Flora Brasiliensis, which he initiated in 1840…