Otto Sendtner (27 June 1813 – 21 April 1859) was a German botanist and phytogeographer born in Munich.
He received his education at the University of Munich, where he was a student of Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–1867). Afterwards he served as a private secretary to a Silesian nobleman, and during his spare time performed studies of cryptogramic flora of the Sudetenland.
In 1841 he was appointed curator of the Leuchtenbergsche Naturalienkabinett in Eichstätt. Two years later he accompanied Mutius von Tommasini (1794–1879) on a botanical excursion through Istria and Tyrol, and in 1847 conducted botanical research in Bosnia. During this time period he also performed phytogeographical studies in southern Bavaria. In 1854 he became an associate professor, and in 1857 was appointed to the second chair of botany, as well as first curator of the herbarium at the University of Munich.
Sendtner was a pioneer in the field of phytogeography, and in his research conducted important analyses involving the vertical distribution patterns of different types of vegetation. The genus Sendtnera Endl. (1840) is probably named after him, although no etymology is given.[1] Also the specific epithet of Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. was also named in his honour.[2]
As a taxonomist he described many plants within the family Solanaceae.[3]
In 1993, the University of Munich started producing Sendtnera, an annually published botanical magazine of the university botany department. It was named after Otto Sendtner.[4] Until Volume 8 in 2002.[5]
^BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
^"Halacsya sendtneri (Boiss.) Dörfl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^IPNI List of taxa described and co-described by Sendtner.
^"Sendtnera | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^"Books/Journals {!} Sendtnera". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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Rundschau. 11. Stuttgart: Arbeitskreis für Wehrforschung. Gessler, Otto (1958). Sendtner, Kurt (ed.). Reichswehrpolitik in der Weimarer Zeit. Stuttgart:...
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