Karl Otto von Seemen (2 August 1838 - 23 June 1910) was a German botanist and horticulturalist. He is noted for his studies of plants in the south of Africa [ citation needed ].
According to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) some 109 plant names were published by Seemen, including species of Castanopsis, Fagus, Pyrola, Quercus and Salix [1]
1903. Salices Japonicæ, &c. (Leipzig, Gebrüder Borntraeger) 83 pp. [6]