Joachim Steetz
Joachim Steetz was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including:
- Nils Johan Andersson
- Nikolaus Binder
- Christian Friedrich Ecklon
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz
- Wilhelm Peters
- Ludwig Preiss
- Anton Rochel
- Moritz Richard Schomburgk
- Berthold Carl Seemann
- Charles Wilkins Short
- Franz Sieber
- Theodor Siemssen
- Andrew Sinclair
- Thomas Thomson
- Nikolai Turczaninow
- Jens Vahl
- Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher
Selected publications
- 1847: "Revisio generis Comesperma Labill. et synopsis Lasiopetalearum et Biittneriearum in Nova Hollandia indigenarum.".
- 1848: "Nekrolog. Entomol. Zeitung" 9: 194–198. – Obituary of Wilhelm von Winthem.
- 1853. "Die Familie der Tremandreen und ihre Verwandtschaft zu der Familie der Lasiopetaleen.".
- 1854: "Tremandreae". In Lehmann, J.G.C., "Plantae Preissianae". 1: 211–223.
- 1854: "Compositae". In Lehmann op. cit. 1: 417–490.
- 1854: "Compositae". In Seemann, B., " The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald", pp. 139–160.
- 1854: "Ein deutsches Urtheil über eine englische Kritik". Bonplandia 2: 169–170.
- 1854: "Trigonopterum" Steetz in Andersson, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 183.
- 1854: "Dr Steetz fiber den Begriff von Species". Bonplandia 2: 244–246.
- 1854: "Zuriickweisung, Dem Redacteur der ‘Bonplandia’". Bonplandia 2: 246–247.
- 1855: Fried. E. L. von Fischer. Bonplandia: 3: 18–21. – Obituary of F.E.L. von Fischer.
- 1855: "Gardeners’ Chronicle’s ‘Bad German habit’". Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia. Bonplandia 3: 147–155.
- 1855: "Replik. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 3: 203–205.
- 1856: "Klotzsch’s Angreifer. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 4: 280–281.
- 1857: "Klotzsch’s Begoniaceen. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 5: 60–65.
- 1857: "Compositae". In Seemann, B. op. cit. pp. 384–395.
- 1857: "Duhaldea Chinensis, De Cand. Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der Compositae". Bonplandia 5: 305–310.
- 1858: "Elvira biflora, DC. und Unxia digyna, Steetz. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 6: 128- 131.
- 1863: "Streptoglossa Steetz in F. Muell", Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 492–495.
- 1864: "Compositae". In Peters, W. C. H., "Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique". 6: 305–500.
Named by Steetz
Genera
- Adelostigma Steetz
- Ambassa Steetz
- Anisolepis Steetz
- Chrysodiscus Steetz
- Chthonocephalus Steetz
- Crystallopollen Steetz
- Gongrothamnus Steetz
- Gymnogyne Steetz
- Gynaphanes Steetz
- Hyalosperma Steetz
- Hypericophyllum Steetz
- Lysistemma Steetz
- Menotriche Steetz
- Pachysurus Steetz
- Pachythelia Steetz
- Platytheca Steetz
- Pleiotaxis Steetz
- Pogonolepis Steetz
- Pterochaeta Steetz
- Punduana Steetz
- Rhynchostemon Steetz
- Schoenia Steetz
- Siemssenia Steetz
- Silphiosperma Steetz
- Streptoglossa Steetz ex F.Muell.
- Trigonopterum Steetz
- Tuberostylis Steetz
- Xipholepis Steetz
Named in honor of Steetz
Genera
Species
- Achyrocline steetzii Vatke
- Aster steetzii F. Muell.
- Baccharis steetzi Andersson
- Bothriocline steetziana Wild & Pope
- Eupatorium steetzii Robinson
- Helichrysum steetzii Tovey & Morris
- Nidorella steetzii J.A. Schmidt
- Senecio steetzii Bolle
- Sphaeranthus steetzii Oliver & Hiern
- Streptoglossa steetzii F. Muell.
- Vernonia steetziana Oliver & Hiern
- Waitzia steetziana Lehm.