Gustav Heinrich von Bongard
August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard was a German botanist who worked in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Born in Bonn, he was among the first botanists to describe the new plants then being discovered in Alaska, including species now of major commercial importance like Sitka Spruce and Red Alder. The specimens he described were mostly collected by Carl Mertens at Sitka, Alaska.
The plant genus Bongardia is named in his honor.
Selected writings
Observations sur la végétation de l'ile de Sitcha, 1833Esquisse historique des travaux sur la botanique entrepris en Russie depuis, 1834- Genera plantarum ad familias suas redacta, 1835.
- "Historical Sketch of the Progress of Botany in Russia from the Time of Peter the Great to the Present Day", ; Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Companion to the Botanical Magazine... By W.J. Hooker. Vol. 1. pp. 117–186,
- Plantae quatuor brasilienses novae, 1839.Verzeichniß der im Jahre 1838 am Saisang-Nor und am Irtysch gesammelten Pflanzen, A second supplement to "Flora Altaica", 1841.