August Heintze
August Heintze was a Swedish botanist.Life
Heintze was born on 26 September 1881 to Fredrik and Kerstin Heintze in Skurup, Skåne. He had a younger sister, Anna Maria. He enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1901. He graduated in 1906, and earned his doctorate in 1913. His first position was as a teacher at Uddevalla kommunalgymnasium. Heintze died on 6 May 1941 in Stockholm, and is buried in the Skurups Norra Kyrkogård.
He is known for his work on the classification of cormophytes, particularly the family Ranuculaceae.Selected publications
Publications include:
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- Heintze, August. Handbuch der Verbreitungsökologie der Pflanzen. Stockholm, Selbstverlag
- Heintze, August. Växtgeografiska anteckningar från ett par färder genom Skibottendalen i Tromsö amt. Arkiv Bot. v 7 no 11
- Heintze, August. Växttopografiska undersökningar i Åsele Lappmarks fjälltrakter. I–II Arkiv Bot. v 12 no 11; v 13 no 5
- Heintze, August. Växtgeografiska undersökningar i Råne socken af Norrbottens län. Arkiv Bot. v 9 no 8
Legacy
Published names include:
- Burmanniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 159 1927.
- * Burmanniidae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
- Marattiophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
- Orchididae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
- Oxalidales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 13, 126 1927.
- Paeoniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 12. 1927
- Psilotophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
- Ranunculaceae subfam. Thalictroideae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 103 1927.
- * Trolliinae Heintze, Cormfyt. Fylog.: 103. 1927
