Career
Federico Kurtz, also known as Fritz, (1854–1921) was a German-Argentine botanist. He relocated to Córdoba, Argentina, and in 1884, took over the chair of botany at the National University of Córdoba. His tenure at the Department of Botany influenced numerous younger Argentine naturalists, notably Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg and Juan Domíguez.
Kurtz retired from his post in 1915, and died in Córdoba in 1921.
His private herbarium and library were acquired by the National University of Córdoba and were incorporated into the Museum of Botany. The Kurtz nomenclature is used for the citation of the numerous species he classified in his career.
