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Franz Josef Niedenzu (1857-1937) was a German botanist who held appointments at the Botanical Garden Breslau (1886-1889) and the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden (1889-1892). He was also a professor of mathematics and natural history at the Braunsberg Lyceum Hosianum (1892-1926) in what was then East Prussia. Niedenzu founded a botanical garden at the Lyceum in 1893 (Stafleu & Cowan 1981)..

The classification of Lecythidaceae employed by Niedenzu is similar to that used today except that Japarandiba is a synonym of Gustavia; Napoleonoideae and Napoleonea are spelled Napoleonaeoideae and Napoleonaea, respectively; and Asteranthos is placed in the closely related Scytopetalaceae.

I am grateful to the LuEster T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden for giving permission to scan this article, and to Sandra McNeill in particular for executing the scans.

This publication is in German.

Literature Cited

Stafleu, F. A. & R. S. Cowan. 1981. Taxonomic Literature. Volume III: Lh-O. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht and W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague.