Ludwig von Sarnthein


Ludwig von Sarnthein was an Austrian government administrator and botanist.
He obtained his education in Innsbruck, later serving as a government official in Brixen and Trieste, Innsbruck and Ampezzo, where he ultimately attained the rank of Bezirkshauptmann.
With Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre, he was co-author of works associated with the flora of Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein. As taxonomists, the two men co-described numerous botanical species.