Jan 242010

Gustav Kunze (1793-1851)
was a german botanist and doctor.
1813 Kunze registered at the
University of Leipzig, where he took
a doctoral degree in medicine.
Gustav Kunze had also
a good reputation as a botanist
and joined the
Wernerian Natural History Society
in Edinburgh in the year 1817.
In the following years
he became a member
of many botanical societies in Europe.
In the year 1837 he assumed the direction
of the botanical garden in Leipzig.
His research focus was on ferns,
but he also described a lot of orchids.
Gustav Kunze died at 30.04.1851 in Leipzig.
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach named the plant genus Kunzea in honour of Gustav Kunze.
Gustav Kunze´s author abbreviations: Kunze
and Kze.
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Orange Trumpet Creeper (Pyrostegia venusta)
Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914
Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum lasiochilum
Bull Tongue Arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia)
Lady Slipper Orchid Paphiopedilum godefroyae
Green Orchid Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi var. alba
Succulent Flower Pachyphytum compactum
Cymbidium aloifolium
Miniature Orchid Chiloschista ramifera
Camellia sasanqua
Giant Water Lily (Nymphaea gigantea)
Succulent Huernia macrocarpa
Doritaenopsis / Phalaenopsis Dyah Redita
Dutchman’s Pipe Aristolochia ringens
Thai Orchid Pecteilis sagarikii
Carrion Flower Duvalia corderoyi
Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum
Water Lily Nymphaea Ply
Dendrobium nemorale
Shower Orchid (Congea tomentosa)



Water Lily Hybrid Nymphaea Peach Glow
Hoya kerrii Craib 1911 Sweetheart Hoya
Oncidium Sharry Baby Sweet Fragrance
Rhynchostylis gigantea Lindl.Ridl. 1896
Hong Kong Orchid Tree (Bauhinia Blakeana)
Cymbidium Little Black Sambo Black Magic
Etlingera elatior Red Torch Ginger
[...] orchid reaches a size of about 3,5 cm and has a nice fragrance. The Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f.) Kze. 1891 is endemic to Burma (Myanmar) Thailand, Laos and South China and grows in forests at [...]
[...] Seidenf. 1979, a miniature orchid endemic to Thailand, is growing at elevations from… »Gustav Kunze 1793-1851 German Botanist Gustav Kunze (1793-1851) was a german botanist and doctor. 1813 Kunze registered at the University [...]
[...] name water snowflake for the beautiful Nymphoides indika (L.) Kuntze hits the nail right on the head. The flowers of the Nymphoides indika are really looking like [...]
[...] by Parish and Reichenbach in 1874 as Saccolabium fragrans. In 1891 it has been changed by Gustav Kuntze to Gastrochilus fragrans and in 1963 changed again to Schoenorchis fragrans. The very small flowers [...]