Franz Carl Mertens was a German botanist who was a native of Bielefeld. He specialized in the field of algology. Mertens studied theology and languages at the University of Halle, and after graduation taught classes at Bremen Polytechnic College. In his spare time he studied botany, and through a mutual friend met German botanist Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834). With Roth, he took scientific expeditions throughout Europe, including Scandinavia.

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  • Franz Carl Mertens was a German botanist who was a native of Bielefeld. He specialized in the field of algology. Mertens studied theology and languages at the University of Halle, and after graduation taught classes at Bremen Polytechnic College. In his spare time he studied botany, and through a mutual friend met German botanist Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834). With Roth, he took scientific expeditions throughout Europe, including Scandinavia. From these trips, Mertens described a number of species of algae. He also performed illustrative work on Volume 3 of Roth's Catalecta botanica. With Erlangen professor Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), he published the third edition of Johann Christoph Röhling's Deutschlands flora, a five volume treatise on German flora. The plant genus Mertensia from the family Boraginaceae is named after him.
  • Franz Carl Mertens, né le 3 avril 1764 à Bielefeld et décédé le 19 juin 1831 à Brême, était un botaniste allemand.
  • Franz Carl Mertens foi um botânico alemão. Seu pai, Clamor Mertens, era de origem nobre porém pobre. Mertens estudou teologia e línguas na Universidade de Halle, obtendo um posto na escola politécnica de Bremen. Dedicou todo o seu tempo livre ao estudo da botânica. Graças a um amigo comum, encontra o botânico Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757-1834) em Oldenburg. Os dois viajam juntos, com Mertens se dedicando ao estudo das algas.
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  • Franz Carl Mertens was a German botanist who was a native of Bielefeld. He specialized in the field of algology. Mertens studied theology and languages at the University of Halle, and after graduation taught classes at Bremen Polytechnic College. In his spare time he studied botany, and through a mutual friend met German botanist Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834). With Roth, he took scientific expeditions throughout Europe, including Scandinavia.
  • Franz Carl Mertens, né le 3 avril 1764 à Bielefeld et décédé le 19 juin 1831 à Brême, était un botaniste allemand.
  • Franz Carl Mertens foi um botânico alemão. Seu pai, Clamor Mertens, era de origem nobre porém pobre. Mertens estudou teologia e línguas na Universidade de Halle, obtendo um posto na escola politécnica de Bremen. Dedicou todo o seu tempo livre ao estudo da botânica. Graças a um amigo comum, encontra o botânico Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757-1834) em Oldenburg. Os dois viajam juntos, com Mertens se dedicando ao estudo das algas.
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  • Franz Carl Mertens
  • Franz Carl Mertens
  • Franz Carl Mertens
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