Franz Josef Niedenzu was a German

Germany

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 botanist born in Köppernig

Koperniki

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. For most of his career he was a professor and subsequently rector

Rector

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 at the Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg, East Prussia

East Prussia

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 (presently Braniewo

Braniewo

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, Poland). Niedenzu also established a botanical garden

Botanical garden

A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...

 in Braunsberg.

Niedenzu is remembered for his work with the botanical family Malpighiaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics...

. He identified numerous new species, as well as six genera; Alcoceratothrix (Byrsonima

Byrsonima

Byrsonima is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries...

), Callyntranthele (Blepharandra

Blepharandra

Blepharandra is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Blepharandra comprises 6 species of trees and shrubs native to sandy savannas and scrub forests of Guyana, southern Venezuela, and Amazonian Brazil.-External links:*...

), Cordobia, Diaspis (Caucanthus), Malpighiodes

Malpighiodes

Malpighiodes is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Malpighiodes comprises 4 species of woody vines native to northern South America.-External links and reference:...

, and Sprucina (Jubelina

Jubelina

Jubelina is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Jubelina comprises 6 species of woody vines occurring in tropical wet primary and secondary forests of Central America and South America.-External links and reference:* ...

).