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Place of Birth: Oberneuschönberg, Saxony, Germany
About 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.
- 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.
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