Alexander G. von Bunge
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: Aleksandr Andreevich von Bunge, Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Бу́нге; September 29, 1803 – June 7, 1890) was a Baltic German
Baltic German
The Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...
botanist. He was a professor of botany at the University of Tartu
University of Tartu
The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu is the national university of Estonia; it is the biggest and highest-ranked university in Estonia...
, and was director of the department from 1842 until 1844. He undertook many scientific expeditions into Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and especially Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
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His son Alexander von Bunge (1851–1930) was a zoologist and explorer.
Commemoration
Taxons:- Genus Bungea from family OrobanchaceaeOrobanchaceaeOrobanchaceae, the broomrape family, is a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato...
- Pulsatilla bungeana from genus Pulsatilla
- Euonymus bungeanusEuonymus bungeanusEuonymus bungeanus, also called winterberry euonymus, is a large deciduous shrub, or a small semi-evergreen tree native to China. It grows to 6 meters tall and 4.5 meters wide. It has small flowers and pink fruits with a yellow shading....
from genus EuonymusEuonymusEuonymus , often called spindle or spindle tree, is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. It comprises about 170–180 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees... - Allium bungei from genus AlliumAlliumAllium is a monocot genus of flowering plants, informally referred to as the onion genus. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic....
- Pinus bungeanaPinus bungeanaPinus bungeana is a pine tree native to northeastern and central China. It is a slow-growing tree to 15-25 m tall...
from genus Pinus - Fraxinus bungeana from genus Fraxinus
- Clerodendrum bungei from genus ClerodendrumClerodendrumClerodendrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. Its common names include glorybower, bagflower and bleeding-heart...
- Catalpa bungei from genus CatalpaCatalpaCatalpa, commonly called catalpa or catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate regions of North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia....
Places:
Bunge Land
Bunge Land
Bunge Land or Zemlya Bunge is a huge empty and almost barren intermediate zone. It is located between Kotelny and Faddeyevsky, which, unlike Bunge Land, could be described as proper islands. Sandy and flat, its area is 6,200 km²...
in the New Siberian Islands
New Siberian Islands
The New Siberian Islands are an archipelago, located to the North of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha Republic....
and a crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
were named after him.