Christoph Friedrich Otto


Christoph Friedrich Otto was a German gardener and botanist.
He was born in Schneeberg, Saxony. From 1805 to 1843 he was inspector of the Botanical [Garden in Berlin]. Together with Albert [Gottfried Dietrich], he edited the Allgemeinen Gartenzeitung from 1833 until his death in 1856 in Berlin.
The genus of plants Ottoa H.B.Carl [Sigismund Kunth|K.] is named after him. As a taxonomist, he was the binomial authority/co-authority of many species, including numerous plants within the family Cactaceae.

Published works

  • Abbildung der fremden in Deutschland ausdauernden Holzarten, 1819–1830.
  • Abbildungen auserlesener Gewächse des königlichen botanischen Gartens, 1820–1828 - Illustrations of plants from the royal botanical gardens.
  • Abbildungen neuer und seltener Gewächse …, 1828–1831 - Illustrations of new and rare plants.
  • Abbildung und Beschreibung blühender Cacteen, 1838–1850 - Illustrations and descriptions of blooming cacti.
  • "Icones plantarum rariorum horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis" -, 1840–1844.