Date of birth and alternative name (Johann August Carl) from Sven Sievers (wikipedia entry)
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There is disagreement over the full name of this author. TL2 and A.K.Sytin, Petr Simon Pallas, botanik: 182, 184 (1997) have Johann Erasmus. Quattrocchi, CRC world dictionary of plant names (2000) has Johann August Carl.