German naturalist and botanist (1878–1950).
Carl Curt Hosseus (1878–1950) was a German botanist born in Stromberg im Thale, Rhineland. He gained his doctorate in 1903 from Leipzig University, and sailed Genoa in 1904 for Thailand where he found Viola hossei, which was named for him. He was the first botanist to collect in northern Thailand. A complete set of his Thai collections is housed in the Botanische Staatssammlung, Munich. He also visited Ceylon, Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, returning to Europe in 1906; he made botanical collections in all these countries, which totalled 512 specimens. Hosseus emigrated to Argentina and und
Abbreviations: Hosseus
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, German
Dates: 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Stromberg
Direct attributions: 24 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 30 plants, 0 fungi