Andreas Voss (botanist)
Andreas Voss was a German botanist and horticulturist.
From 1878 to 1882 he worked as a gardener at the agricultural school in Hildesheim. From 1890 onward, he worked as an independent author. He was editor of the horticultural publication .
He was the author of a popular botanical dictionary for gardeners, titled Botanisches Hilfs- und Wörterbuch. He also edited the third edition of Vilmorin's Blumengärtnerei. Other noted works by Voss include:
- Gründzüge der Gartenkultur; Wachstumsbedingungen, Bodenbereitung, Anzucht, Schnitt und Schutz, 1894 - Foundations of garden culture; growth conditions, soil preparation, breeding, cutting and protection.
- Wörterbuch der deutschen pflanzennamen, wild, nutz- und zierpflanzen des freilandes und der gewächshäuser, 1922 - Dictionary of German plant names, wild, useful and ornamental plants of the field and the greenhouses.
The botanical genus Vossianthus was named after him by Otto Kuntze.
