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Karl Theodor Rümpler (1817, Alterstedt – 23 May 1891, Erfurt) was a German botanist and horticulturist. He developed a passion for botany in his youth, and studied natural sciences at the gymnasium in Mühlhausen, where one of his classmates was Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers.〔(Google Books ) Gartenflora: Blätter für Garten- und Blumenkunde, Volume 40〕 He later took classes in botany, zoology and foreign languages at the University of Berlin. Beginning in 1852 he was associated with the ''Gärtner-Lehr-Anstalt zu Erfurt'' (Gardener-teaching institution in Erfurt) as an instructor and inspector.〔(Illustriertes Gartenbau-Lexikon ) biography translated from German〕 In 1860 he became secretary of the ''Erfurter Gartenbauvereins'' (Erfurt Horticultural Association) as well as secretary of the county agricultural association. From 1873 to 1882 he was director of the newly established agricultural school in Erfurt.〔 He is remembered for his investigations of the family Cactaceae, and was the taxonomic authority of numerous cactus species.〔(IPNI ) List of plants described & co-described by Rümpler〕 In 1886 he published a new edition of Karl Friedrich Förster's 1846 "''Handbuch der Cacteenkunde in ihrem ganzen Umfange''".〔(Archiv.org ) Carl Friedrich Forster's Handbuch der Cacteenkunde〕 == Selected works == * ''Erfurt's Land- und Gartenbau in seinen wichtigsten Entwickelungs-Momenten'', 1865 – Erfurt's agriculture and horticulture in its most important moments of development. * ''Die Gartenblumen, ihre Beschreibung, Anzucht und Pflege'', 1876 – The flower garden, description, cultivation and care.〔(WorldCat Search ) publications〕 * ''Illustriertes Gartenbau-Lexikon. Unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachmänner aus Wissenschaft und Praxis'', 1882 – Illustrated horticulture, etc. * ''Karl Friedrich Förster's Handbuch der Cacteenkunde in ihrem ganzen Umfange'', 1886 (2 volumes) – Karl Friedrich Förster's handbook of Cactaceae in its whole extent. * ''Die Sukkulenten (Fettplanzen und Kakteen) : Beschreibung, Abbildung und Kultur derselben'', 1892 (with Karl Schumann) – Succulent plants (succulents and cacti): description, illustration and culture.〔(WorldCat Search ) published works〕 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「Karl Theodor Rümpler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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