Christian Luerssen

Christian Luerssen was a German botanist. He was an authority in the field of pteridology.
In 1872, at Leipzig, he graduated as a university teacher of botany, and was later appointed professor of botany at the Forest Academy at Neustadt-Eberswalde. From 1888, he served as a professor at the University of Königsberg. After his death, a portion of his botanical collection was donated by Otto Bjurling to the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Luerssen was the taxonomic authority of the family Sciadopityaceae. He has a number of plant species named after him, such as Koeleria luerssenii and Cassia luerssenii.

Written works

Filices Graeffeanae. Beitrag zur kenntniss der farnflora der Viti-, Samoa-, Tonga- und Ellice's inseln, 1871 - Contribution to the knowledge of ferns of Viti Levu, Samoa, Tonga and the Ellice Islands.Grundzüge der Botanik - Basics of botany.Die Farnpflanzen, oder, Gefassbündelkryptogamen - Ferns, or vascular-bundle cryptogams.Handbuch der systematischen botanik, mit besonderer berücksichtigung der arzneipflanzen. Volume 1, 1879 - Manual of plant systematics, with special consideration to medicinal plants.Die Pflanzen der Pharmacopoea germanica botanisch erläutert, 1883 - Plants of the Pharmacopoeia Germanica botanical explained.Die einführung japanischer waldbäume in die deutschen forsten, 1885 - Introduction of Japanese forest trees into German forests.