Karl Suessenguth

Karl Suessenguth (22 June 1893, Münnerstadt – 7 April 1955, Ischia) was a German botanist.

He studied under Karl Ritter von Goebel at the University of Munich, where in 1927 he became a professor of botany. From 1927 to 1955 he was curator of the ''Botanische Staatssammlung München''.

As a taxonomist, he classified many plants within the family Amaranthaceae. The botanical genera ''Suessenguthia'' (family Acanthaceae) and ''Suessenguthiella'' (family Molluginaceae) commemorate his name. Provided by Wikipedia