Otto Stapf

Austrian botanist (1857-1933).

Otto Stapf FRS (23 April 1857 – 3 August 1933) was an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist, the son of Joseph Stapf, who worked in the Hallstatt salt-mines. He grew up in Hallstatt and later published about the archaeological plant remains from the Late Bronze- and Iron Age mines that had been uncovered by his father. Stapf studied botany in Vienna under Julius Wiesner, where he received his PhD with a dissertation on cristals and cristalloids in plants. 1882 he became assistant professor (Assistent) of Anton Kerner. In 1887 he was made Privatdozent (lecturer without a chair) in Vienna. He p

Abbreviations: Stapf
Occupations: university teacher, scientific collector, botanist
Citizenships: Austria
Languages: German
Dates: 1857-03-23T00:00:00Z – 1933-08-03T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Bad Ischl
Direct attributions: 817 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1,221 plants, 0 fungi

817 plants attributed, 404 plants contributed to1,221 plants:

Cymbopogon citratus (Lemon-grass) (DC.) Stapf 1906
perennial and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Cymbopogon citratus, commonly known as West Indian lemon grass or simply lemon grass, is a tropical plant native to South Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia and introduced to many tropical regions. Cymbopogon citratus is often sold in stem form. While it can be grown in warmer temperate regions, it is not hardy to frost.
Digitaria exilis (Fonio) (Kippist) Stapf 1915
annual plant species in the poaceae family
Digitaria exilis is a species of grass that is referred to as findi or fundi in areas of Africa such as The Gambia, with the English common names white fonio, fonio millet, hungry rice, and acha rice. It is the most important of a diverse group of wild and domesticated Digitaria species known as fonio that are harvested in the savannas of West Africa. The grains are very small. It has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable use of the land. Fonio has continued to be important locally because it is both nutritious and one of the
Akaniaceae (Turnipwood Family) Stapf 1912
plant family in the order brassicales
The Akaniaceae or turnipwood family are a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales. They comprise two genera of trees, Akania and Bretschneidera, each with a single species. These plants are native to China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and eastern Australia.
Desmostachya bipinnata (Halfa Grass) (L.) Stapf 1900
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Desmostachya bipinnata, commonly known as halfa grass, big cordgrass, and salt reed-grass, is an Old World perennial grass, long known and used in human history. The grass is tall, tufted, leafy, perennial grass, branching from the base, erect from a stout creeping rootstock.
Cortaderia (Pampas Grass) Stapf 1897
plant genus in the poaceae family
Cortaderia is a genus of plants in the Poaceae or grass family of plants. All current species included in the Cortaderia genus are native to South and Central America, ranging from the Patagonia region of southern Chile and Argentina, to Costa Rica. For many years, five species native to New Zealand were included in the genus, but since 2011 these have been since reclassified into the genus Austroderia containing only species native to New Zealand.
Ephedra sinica (Chinese Ephedra) Stapf 1927
edible, perennial, medicinal, and fruit plant species in the ephedraceae family
Ephedra sinica (also known as Chinese ephedra or ma huang) is a species of Ephedra in the plant family Ephedraceae. Native to Mongolia, northern China, and Russia, it is a shrub found on arid highland slopes, dry river beds, steppes, fields or mountain sides. E. sinica contains alkaloids, including ephedrine, which have been a basis for using the plant in traditional medicine for thousands of years. Due to concerns about alkaloid toxicity, ephedrine has been banned from the market in the European Union, United States, and many other countries.
Rosularia (DC.) Stapf 1923
plant genus in the crassulaceae family
Rosularia is a small genus of the family Crassulaceae. It includes about 28-35 species from Europe, the Himalayas, and northern Africa.
Uncarina Stapf 1895
plant genus in the pedaliaceae family
Uncarina, also called succulent sesame, mousetrap plant, or local names include farehitra or farehitsy, is a genus of semi-succulent flowering plants in the Pedaliaceae (the sesame family) found in Madagascar. As most species within the genus are inhabitants of dry, semi-arid or seasonally-dry regions, many mature into water-storing pachycauls, or "caudiciformes"—a common colloquial term to describe plants that normally inhabit drier climates and develop a large, woody base, or "foot", known as a caudex. In these species, a plant's lower half gradually accumulates and stores water (similarly
Hyparrhenia hirta (Thatching Grass) (L.) Stapf 1919
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Hyparrhenia hirta is a species of grass known by the common names common thatching grass and Coolatai grass. It is native to much of Africa and Eurasia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. In eastern Australia it is a tenacious noxious weed. In South Africa, where it is native, it is very common and one of the most widely used thatching grasses. It is also used for grazing livestock and weaving mats and baskets. This is a perennial grass forming clumps 30 centimetres to one metre tall with tough, dense bases sprouting from rhizomes. The inflorescence atop the wiry
Alyssum desertorum (Desert Madwort) Stapf 1886
annual plant species in the brassicaceae family
Alyssum desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name desert madwort. It is native to Europe, North Africa and Asia, and it is found in parts of western North America as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. This is a hairy annual herb producing upright stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are linear to oblanceolate-linear in shape, 0.5-4 millimeters long and 0.3-3 millimeters wide. The entire plant is covered by 8-20 rayed stellate trichomes, giving the plant a grayish appearance. It produces small yellowish flowers with
Acroceras Stapf 1920
plant genus in the poaceae family
Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar. Species formerly included see Brachiaria Panicum Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum
Voacanga africana Stapf 1894
medicinal and psychoactive plant species in the apocynaceae family
Voacanga africana is a small tree native to tropical Africa belonging to the family Apocynaceae that grows to 6 m (20 ft) in height and bears leaves that are up to 30 cm (12 in) in length. The yellow or white flowers are succeeded by paired, follicular, dehiscent fruit with a mottled green exocarp and a pulpy, yellow mesocarp surrounding the seeds. The plant contains alkaloids acting as CNS depressants and hypotensives.
Hyparrhenia rufa (Jaragua Grass) (Nees) Stapf 1919
perennial and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Hyparrhenia rufa is a species of grass known by the common names jaraguá, jaraguá grass, and giant thatching grass. It is native to Africa and it is widespread in the world as a cultivated forage and fodder for livestock and a naturalized and sometimes invasive species.
Eriolobus florentinus (Florentine Crabapple) (Zuccagni) Stapf 1933
plant species in the rosaceae family
Malus florentina, the Florentine crabapple, Italian crabapple, or hawthorn-leaf crabapple, is a species of apple (Malus) in the rose family (Rosaceae). It was first described in 1806 as Crataegus florentina, however, the species' taxonomy was unclear for decades, and it was at times considered to be a natural hybrid between the wild service tree (Torminalis glaberrima) and the European wild apple (M. sylvestris). Today, its inclusion in Malus is largely undisputed. It is a small deciduous tree with dark-green leaves, characterised by large, white flowers, small fruit, and a late flowering
Encephalartos transvenosus (Modjadje Cycad) Stapf & Burtt Davy 1926
plant species in the zamiaceae family
Encephalartos transvenosus is a palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae, with a localized distribution in Limpopo, South Africa. Its common names, Modjadji's cycad or Modjadji's palm, allude to the female dynasty of the Lobedu people, the Rain Queens, whose hereditary name is Modjadji. The queen resides near a valley (of late a nature reserve) which is densely forested with these cycads, which they protected and hold sacred. The species name transvenosus refers to the fine network of veins between the main veins. These can be seen when the leaf is held up to the light.
Cynoglossum amabile (Chinese Hound's-tongue) Stapf & J.R.Drumm. 1906
annual, perennial, medicinal, and vegetable plant species in the boraginaceae family
Cynoglossum amabile, the Chinese hound's tongue or Chinese forget-me-not, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Asia. A hardy annual growing to 50 cm (20 in), it has hairy leaves and cymes of sky-blue flowers in late summer. This plant, closely related to the common forget-me-not of temperate gardens (Myosotis sylvatica), is also grown as an ornamental. In cultivation in the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. (confirmed 2017). The Latin specific epithet amabile means "lovely".
Tulipa tarda Stapf 1933
plant species in the liliaceae family
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Setaria palmifolia (Palm Grass) (J.Koenig) Stapf 1914
edible, perennial, and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Setaria palmifolia is a species of grass known by the common names palmgrass, highland pitpit, hailans pitpit, short pitpit, broadleaved bristlegrass, and knotroot.
Ranalisma Stapf 1900
plant genus in the alismataceae family
Ranalisma is a genus in the family Alismataceae. It includes two species; one from tropical Africa (R. humile) and the other (R. rostrata) from southeast Asia. Ranalisma rostrata is a critically endangered marsh species, and is included in the list of China national level I key protection plants. After the introduction of breeding programs in China the population has been increasing.
Pamianthe Stapf 1933
plant genus in the amaryllidaceae family
Pamianthe is a genus of South American bulbous perennials in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. They can be found in sandy, but rocky areas in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Funtumia Stapf 1901
plant genus in the apocynaceae family
Funtumia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1900. It is native to Africa. Species Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf - widespread from Senegal to Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf - widespread from Senegal to Sudan + Tanzania, south to Zaire
Cyrtococcum Stapf 1917
plant genus in the poaceae family
Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. Species Cyrtococcum bosseri A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum capitis-york B.K.Simon - Queensland Cyrtococcum chaetophoron (Roem. & Schult.) Dandy - tropical Africa Cyrtococcum deccanense Bor - India, Sri Lanka Cyrtococcum deltoideum (Hack.) A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum fuscinode (Steud.) A.Camus - Comoros Cyrtococcum humbertianum A.Camus - Madagascar Cyrtococcum longipes (Hook.f.) A.Camus - India, Myanmar to Andaman Islands Cyrtococcum multinode (Lam.) Clayton - Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar, Comoros,
Ceratostigma willmottianum (Chinese Plumbago) Stapf 1914
medicinal plant species in the plumbaginaceae family
Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese plumbago, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet. It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red.
Pseudechinolaena (Perulifera) Stapf 1919
plant genus in the poaceae family
Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar. Species Pseudechinolaena camusiana Bosser - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena madagascariensis (A.Camus) Bosser - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena moratii Bosser - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Stapf - tropical - southern Africa, Asia (China, Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), New Guinea, Latin America (from central Mexico to Uruguay) Pseudechinolaena tenuis Bosser -
Danthoniopsis Stapf 1916
plant genus in the poaceae family
Danthoniopsis is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. Species Danthoniopsis acutigluma Chippind. - Zaïre, Zambia Danthoniopsis aptera R.I.S.Correia & Phipps - Angola Danthoniopsis barbata (Nees) C.E.Hubb. - eastern Africa, Arabian Peninsula Danthoniopsis chevalieri A.Camus & C.E.Hubb. - western Africa Danthoniopsis chimanimaniensis (J.B.Phipps) Clayton - Zimbabwe, Mozambique Danthoniopsis dinteri (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. - southern Africa Danthoniopsis lignosa C.E.Hubb. - Angola., Namibia Danthoniopsis parva (J.B.Phipps) Clayton - Limpopo Danthoniopsis petiolata (J.B.Phipps)
Capillipedium Stapf 1917
plant genus in the poaceae family
Capillipedium (common name scented-tops) is a genus of plants in the grass family. They are native to Africa, Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Western Pacific. Capillipedium mistryi is an exception in the genus from India in which solid instead of translucent pedicels are seen and spikelets are multispiculated, racemes comprising up to 25 spikelets. A recently described species, C. yashwantraoi, from Madhya Pradesh, India has been subsumed under the former as a new heterotypic synonym. Species formerly included see Hemisorghum Capillipedium venustum - Hemisorghum venustum
Sorghum arundinaceum (Common Wild Sorghum) (Desv.) Stapf 1917
annual and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Sorghum arundinaceum, the common wild sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, and the Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to northern South America, the US states of California and Florida, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Guinea, and a number of smaller islands worldwide. It is the wild progenitor of cultivated sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, with some authorities considering it to be a mere variety or subspecies; Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum, or Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum.
Primula alpicola (Moonlight Primrose) (W.W.Sm.) Stapf 1932
perennial plant species in the primulaceae family
Primula alpicola, the moonlight primrose, is a species of Primula native to Bhutan and southeastern Tibet, where it grows in vast numbers along the Tsangpo valley alongside Primula florindae. Their habitats hardly ever overlap; P. florindae prefers wetter soils close to rivers, giving way to P. alpicola on drier sites. It was first collected for western horticulture in 1926 by Frank Kingdon-Ward, and was described as a variety of Primula microdonta by William Wright Smith, but later raised to a distinct species by Otto Stapf. It grows to 15–50 cm (rarely to 1 m) tall with many bell-shaped
Morus mesozygia (African Mulberry) Stapf 1909
plant species in the moraceae family
Afromorus mesozygia, known as black mulberry or African mulberry, is the only species in the genus Afromorus. The plant is a small- to medium-sized forest tree of Tropical Africa. Its leaves and fruit provide food for the mantled guereza, a colobus monkey native to much of Tropical Africa, and for the common chimpanzee of West and Central Africa. It is also a commercial hardwood. The trees can be found in Ngogo in Kibale National Park in Uganda, where they are a food source for chimpanzees.
Hyparrhenia filipendula (Fine Thatching Grass) (Hochst.) Stapf 1919
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
Hyparrhenia filipendula is a species of perennial bunchgrass commonly known as Tambookie grass, fine thatching grass, and fine hood grass. It grows to a height of 1 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 4.9 ft).
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