Career
He was an assistant at the botanical gardens in Berlin during 1876–1879, and later became a private scholar. The botanical genus Vatkea was named in his honor by Karl August Otto Hoffmann in 1880.
He was an assistant at the botanical gardens in Berlin during 1876–1879, and later became a private scholar. The botanical genus Vatkea was named in his honor by Karl August Otto Hoffmann in 1880.