Martin Martens

Martin Martens (December 8, 1797 - February 8, 1863) was a Belgian botanist who was born in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Martens was a professor of chemistry and botany at the Catholic University of Louvain who specialized in the study and classification of Pteridophyta (ferns). With Henri Guillaume Galeotti (1814-1858) he published an important treatise on ferns of Mexico titled Memoire sur les Fougères du Mexique, et considérations sur la géographie botanique de cette contrée.

The standard author abbreviation M.Martens is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the Spanish Wikipedia.
• Excerpt from the American Fern Journal, vol.92, 2002

1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

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Name	Martens, Martin
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Date of birth	December 8, 1797
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Date of death	February 8, 1863
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