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| | Botanische Staatssammlung München - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius |
 | | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was born on April 17th, 1794 in Erlangen and spent his youth there. |
 | | This is how in 1814, after finishing his degree in medicine with a botanical thesis, C. von Martius came to München, where he was to spend the remainder of his life. |
 | | Upon his return to München in 1821, C. von Martius began to write up his results, publishing in short sequence "Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam...collegit" (1824–1832, 3 volumes), "Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum" (1827) and his opus magnus, the "Historia naturalis palmarum" (1823–1850, 3 folio volumes with 135 plates). |
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