August Heintze

Heintze was born on 26 September 1881 to Fredrik and Kerstin (née Svensson) Heintze in Skurup, Skåne. He had a younger sister, Anna Maria (b. 1889). He enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1901. He graduated in 1906, and earned his doctorate in 1913. His first position was as a teacher at Uddevalla kommunalgymnasium. Heintze died on 6 May 1941 in Stockholm, and is buried in the Skurups Norra Kyrkogård ("Skurup's Northern Cemetery"). He is known for his work on the classification of cormophytes, particularly the family Ranuculaceae. == Selected publications ==

Publications include: • (Cormofyt. Fylog.) (Abstract in German.) • Heintze, August. (1932–1935) Handbuch der Verbreitungsökologie der Pflanzen. Stockholm, Selbstverlag • Heintze, August. (1908) Växtgeografiska anteckningar från ett par färder genom Skibottendalen i Tromsö amt. Arkiv Bot. v 7 no 11 • Heintze, August. (1913) Växttopografiska undersökningar i Åsele Lappmarks fjälltrakter. I–II Arkiv Bot. v 12 no 11; v 13 no 5 • Heintze, August. (1909) Växtgeografiska undersökningar i Råne socken af Norrbottens län. Arkiv Bot. v 9 no 8 == Legacy ==

Published names include: • Burmanniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 159 1927. • Burmanniidae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927. • Marattiophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927. • Orchididae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927. • Oxalidales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 13, 126 1927. • Paeoniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 12. 1927 • Psilotophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927. • Ranunculaceae subfam. Thalictroideae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 103 1927. • Trolliinae Heintze, Cormfyt. Fylog.: 103. 1927 == References ==