Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (December 9, 1798 – November 20, 1875) was a German botanist who was a native of Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

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He studied natural sciences at the University of Göttingen, and in 1818 took a botanical journey through Hungary and Croatia. In 1822 he became a lecturer at Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

, where he later became a professor, and in 1837 was appointed director of its 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...

. The plant genus Bartlingia from the family Fabaceae

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

 is named in his honor.

Selected publications

• De litoribus ac insulis maris Liburnici (1820)
• Ordines naturales plantarum (1830)
• Flora der österreichischen Küstenländer, (Flora of the Austrian Coastal Areas); (1825)
• Vegetabilia cellularia in Germania septentrionale praesertim in Hercynia et in agro Gottingensi (1834 and 1836), with Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe
  Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe
  Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe was a German pharmacist, botanist and bryologist who was a native of Fürstenberg.In 1810 he became an apprentice pharmacist to his uncle in Brakel, and over the next fifteen years worked in a number of pharmacies at several locations, including in Halle an der Saale Georg...
  
  (1795–1880)