Carl Anton von Meyer (in Russian: Карл Анто́нович фон Ме́йер,Karl Antonovich von Meyer) (1 April 1795 – 24 February 1855) was aGerman,Russifiedbotanist andexplorer.

Meyer was born inVitebsk. He received his education at theImperial University of Dorpat (1813–14) as a student ofKarl Friedrich von Ledebour, with whom he later embarked on a scientific journey to theCrimea (1818). In 1826, with Ledebour andAlexander G. von Bunge, he took part in an expedition to theAltay Mountains and theKirghiz Steppe (Kazakhstan). Plants collected on the trip formed the basis of "Flora Altaica" (four volumes issued between 1829 and 1833).^[1]

In 1835 he began work as a botanist for theAcademy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, where he conducted research withFriedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer. In 1844 he succeededCarl Bernhard von Trinius as director of the academy's botanical museum, and in 1850 replaced Fischer as head of the imperial botanical garden. Meyer was the only botanist to have held both positions, being in charge of the garden and museum simultaneously until his death inSaint Petersburg in 1855.^[1]

Among his written works were treatises on the plant familiesCruciferae andPolygonaceae.^[1] The following are a few of his principal works:

• Enumeratio plantarum novarum a cl. Schrenk lectarum (with Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer), 1841–1842.
• Flora Altaica; scripsit Carolus Fridericus a Ledebour, adiutoribus Car. Ant. Meyer et Al. a Bunge. (with Karl Friedrich von Ledebour and Alexander Georg von Bunge), 1829–1833.
• Versuch einer Monographie der Gattung Ephedra: durch Abbildungen erläutert, 1846.^[2]

• Category:Taxa named by Carl Anton von Meyer

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