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Julius von Flotow; full name- Julius Christian Gottlieb Ulrich Gustav Georg Adam Ernst Friedrich von Flotow (March 9, 1788- August 15, 1856) was a German military officer and a botanist specialized in lichenology and bryology. Von Flotow was born in the village of Pitzerwitz (Pstrowice in Polish) in the region of Neumark. In 1813, he suffered a serious war injury at the Battle of Lützen, from which he never fully recovered and which led to a partial paralysis of his right arm. During a military campaign in France (1819), he took the opportunity to study lichens native to the Ardennes Mountains.〔(SCHLECHTENDALIA 23 ) Lichenology in Germany: past, present and future〕 In 1832 he took an early retirement from the military and worked as a private scholar in Hirschberg. Among his written works are the following: * ''Reisebericht über eine Excursion nach einem Theile des südöstlichen Riesengebirges'' (1836) * ''Über Haematococcus Pluvialis'' (1844) * ''Lichenes Florae Silesiae'' (1849-1850) Von Flotow was a member of several learned societies, notably the Leopoldina and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. He was a recipient of the Iron Cross and was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Breslau in 1856, a week before his death. The genus ''Flotovia'' from the botanical family Asteraceae is named in his honor. == References == * (University of Gottingen, Search the Index Collectorum ) * () translated biography @ Brockhaus Encyclopedic Dictionary 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julius von Flotow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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