Carl Friedrich Warnstorf
Carl Friedrich Warnstorf was a German educator and bryologist specializing in sphagnum studies.
He received his education at the teaching seminar in Neuzelle, afterwards working as a school teacher in Arnswalde and Neuruppin. Following retirement from teaching he settled in Berlin. In 1917 he was awarded with the title of professor. During World War II his herbarium of 30,000 items was destroyed in the midst of the bombing of Berlin.
The genus Warnstorfia was named in his honor by bryologist Leopold Loeske.Published works
He was editor of the section on Sphagnales-Sphagnaceae in Adolf Engler's Das Pflanzenreich. The following are some of Warnstorf's principal works:
- Die Europäischen Torfmoose, Berlin. 152 S. - European sphagnum.
- Zur Bryo-Geographie des Russischen Reiches - Bryo-geography of the Russian Reich.
- Bryophyta — In: Adolf Pascher's "Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz". 14: 222 S., 1914 - Bryophyta.
- Pottia-Studien als Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie des Genus "Pottia Ehrh." sens. str. — Hedwigia 58: 35–152. - Studies of the genus Pottia.
