Jost Fitschen

German botanist (1869–1947).

Jost Fitschen (1 January 1869, in Brest (Lower Saxony) – 26 January 1947, in Hamburg-Altona) was a German botanist known for his work in the field of dendrology. Beginning in 1889, he worked as a schoolteacher in the town of Geversdorf, afterwards teaching classes in Magdeburg (1894–1901), where he worked closely with Otto Schmeil. With Schmeil, he was co-author of the popular "Flora von Deutschland", a book on German flora that was published over many editions (98th edition issued in 2023). From 1901 to 1930, he taught classes in Altona, where for a period of time he also served as an academi

Abbreviations: Fitschen
Occupations: university teacher, teacher, botanist
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1947-01-26T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Brest
Direct attributions: 3 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 4 plants, 0 fungi

3 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to4 plants:

Pinus × schwerinii Fitschen 1930
plant hybrid species in the pinaceae family
Pinus × schwerinii, commonly known as the Schwerin pine or Schwerin's pine, is a hybrid pine species between Pinus wallichiana and Pinus strobus. It was first described by German botanist Jost Fitschen in 1930 in Ludwig Beissner's third edition of Handbuch der Nadelholzkunde. P. × schwerinii is named for Fritz Kurt Alexander von Schwerin, who owned the estate near Berlin where the hybrid was first observed growing in proximity to its parent species.
Picea alcoquiana var. reflexa (Shiras.) Fitschen 1930
endangered plant variety in the pinaceae family
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Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis (Maxim. ex Beissn.) Fitschen 1930
endangered plant variety in the pinaceae family
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Rubus hirsutior Fitschen ex H.E.Weber 1988
plant species in the rosaceae family
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