Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz
Dutch orchidologist, botanical writer and taxonomist
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Carolus Adrianus Johannes "Karel" Kreutz (born 1954) is a Dutch orchidologist, botanical writer and taxonomist, currently affiliated with the Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis in Leiden, Netherlands.[1][2] He is regarded as an exceptionally experienced orchidologist,[3] and has published orchid floras of Cyprus, Turkey, Rhodes, Crimea, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany,[4] and is currently preparing a major overview in ten volumes of all orchid taxa in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, employing modern taxonomy, nomenclature and research techniques.[5]
Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz | |
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Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (2011) | |
| Born | 1954 (age 71–72) |
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| Fields | orchidologist, botanist, taxonomist |
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Kreutz has published over 200 scientific papers, and is the scientific authority for over four hundred plant taxa, predominantly in the Orchidaceae, but also in the genus Orobanche.[6][7]
Honours
The following orchid species have been named in recognition of Kreutz' work on the Orchidaceae:
- (Orchidaceae) Ophrys kreutzii W.Hahn, R.Wegener & J.Mast[9]
- (Orchidaceae) Ophrys × kreutziana P.Delforge[10]
Publications
- Kreutz, C.A.J. (1987). De verspreiding van de inheemse orchideeën in Nederland. Zutphen : Thieme. ISBN 978-9003901613.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Kreutz, C.A.J. (1992). Orchideeën in Zuid-Limburg. KNNV. ISBN 978-9050110297.
- Kreutz, C.A.J. (1995). OROBANCHE: Die Sommerwurzarten Europas / The European broomrape species. Meijs Publishers. ISBN 978-9074508056.
- Kreutz, C.A.J. (1998). Die Orchideen der Türkei. Kreutz & Seckel. ISBN 978-90-9011307-4.
- Kreutz, C.A.J. (2002). The Orchids of Rhodes and Karpathos. Reulte & Landgraaf, Netherlands: Seckel & Kreutz. ISBN 90-805149-2-6. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- Kreutz, C.A.J. (2004). Kompendium der Europäischen Orchideen / Catalogue of European Orchids. Kreutz Publishers, Landgraaf. ISBN 978-90-806626-4-3.
- Kreutz, C.A.J. (2004). Die Orchideen von Zypern / The Orchids of Cyprus. ISBN 978-9080662636.