Siegfried Jost Casper

Siegfried Jost Casper (born 12 January 1929) is a German biologist whose primary research is in limnology and the plant genus Pinguicula (the butterworts). Together with Heinz-Dieter Krausch he has published a basic reference work on the sweet-water flora of central Europe. For many years he studied the East German lake Stechlinsee as well as the river Saale. In 1966 he published a monograph of the genus Pinguicula, a work that is still in use today. He has described at least 14 new species, most recently Pinguicula lippoldii and Pinguicula toldensis in 2007.[1] He has served as head of the Botanical Garden of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and since 1990 has been a member of the "Akademie Gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften" in Erfurt.

Publications
  • Monographie der Gattung Pinguicula L., (Bibliotheca Botanica, Heft 127/128), 1966, Stuttgart

Notes and references

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article (retrieved December 29, 2006).

  1. Casper, S.J. 2007. Pinguicula lippoldii nova spec. and Pinguicula toldensis nova spec. – two endemic Pinguicula species (Lentibulariaceae) from East Cuba new to science. Wulfenia 14: 75–96.
  2. IPNI.  Casper.


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