Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz

Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz
Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (2011)
Born1954
NationalityDutch
Scientific career
Fieldsorchidologist, botanist, taxonomist
Author abbrev. (botany)Kreutz

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]

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]

The standard author abbreviation Kreutz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

Honours

The following orchid species have been named in recognition of Kreutz' work on the Orchidaceae:

Publications

  • Kreutz, C.A.J. (1987). De verspreiding van de inheemse orchideeën in Nederland. Zutphen : Thieme. ISBN 978-9003901613.
  • 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.

References

  1. ^ Fateryga, V.V.; Kreutz, C.A.J.; Fateryga, A.V.; Reinhardt, J. (2013). "Epipactis muelleri Godfery (Orchidaceae), A new species for the Flora of Ukraine" (PDF). Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 70 (5): 652–654. ISSN 0372-4123. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ Kreutz, Karel C.A.J.; Sosef, Marc S.M. (April 2014). "(2278) Proposal to conserve the name Serapias helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) (Orchidaceae) with a conserved type". Taxon. 63 (2): 432–434. doi:10.12705/632.26.
  3. ^ Bateman, Richard (April 2009). "What's in a Name? 1. The Heavy Responsibility of Using a Previously Described Name" (PDF). Journal of the Hardy Orchid Society. 6 (2 (52)): 53–62. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. ^ Lewis, Les. "The Orchids of Cyprus: Book Review" (PDF). Journal of the Hardy Orchid Society. 2 (4(38)): 128. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Karel C.A.J. Kreutz Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden". ResearchGate. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Plant Names Search". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  7. ^ Uhlich, Holger; Kreutz, Karel (C.A.J.); Rätzel, Stephan (2015). "A contribution to the taxonomy and phytogeography of Orobanche alba Steph. ex Willd. (Orobanchaceae)". Phytotaxa. 222 (1): 1–16. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.222.1.1. ISSN 1179-3155. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Kreutz.
  9. ^ Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 25(2): 168 (166-175; figs.) 2008
  10. ^ Naturalistes Belges 71(3): 135. 1990 (IK)