Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten (1765–1843) was a German physician and botanist who was a native of Luckau.

He studied in Dresden

Dresden

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 and Leipzig

Leipzig

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, and while at Leipzig performed field studies of its local flora, publishing the treatise Flora Lipsiensis in 1790. That same year he earned his philosophy degree, and in 1791 received his medical doctorate. Afterwards he furthered his studies of botany and medicine in Vienna

Vienna

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.

In 1793 he travelled to Transylvania

Transylvania

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, where he undertook pioneer investigations of its flora. Subsequently he remained in Transylvania for the rest of life, working as a doctor and teacher in Schäßburg (today- Sighişoara

Sighisoara

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, Romania). In 1816 he published the first of a four-volume work on Transylvanian flora titled Enumeratio Stirpium in Magno Transylvaniae Principatu praeprimis indigenarum.

A species of bellflower

Bellflower

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, Campanula

Campanula

Campanula is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell"....

baumgartenii, is named after Baumgarten.