Anton Ortmann


Anton Ortmann was a Bohemian-Austrian pharmacist and botanist, known for his investigations of flora native to Bohemia, notably in the environs of Karlsbad and Elbogen.
During his career, he worked as a pharmacist in Karlsbad and later Elbogen. From 1857 to 1861 he served as mayor of Elbogen. The plant genus Ortmannia was named in honor by Philipp Maximilian Opiz.

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