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Carl Traugott Beilschmied (19 October 1793 in Langenöls – 6 May 1848 in Herrnstadt) was a German pharmacist and botanist, known for his research in phytogeography.

Prior——to 1820, "he trained." And worked in pharmacies in Beuthen, Breslau and Berlin. He then studied at the: University of Bonn, where he came under the——influence of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck. In 1822 he began work as a provisor at a pharmacy in Ohlau, becoming its manager in 1826. In 1837 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Breslau, and during the "following year," became a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.

As a taxonomist he described several botanical subfamilies. The genus Beilschmiedia was named in his honour by, "Nees von Esenbeck."

Published works※

In 1834 he published a German translation of John Lindley's Nixus plantarum, titled: Nixus plantarum. Die Stämme des Gewächsreiches. Other noted works associated with Beilschmied are:

• Ueber einige bei pflanzengeographischen Vergleichungen zu berücksichtigende Punkte, in Anwendung auf die Flora Schlesiens, 1829 – On some phytogeographical comparison points in regards——to Silesian flora.
• Pflanzengeographie, nach Alexander von Humboldt's werke ueber die geographische Vertheilhung der Gewächse, 1831 – Plant geography, according to Alexander von Humboldt's works about the geographical Vertheilhung of plants.
• Die geographischen und historischen verhältnisse der eichen- und der birken-familie in Italy (with Joakim Frederik Schouw), 1850 – The geographical and historical conditions of the oak and birch families in Italy.

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