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### Author
Maatsch, Richard Franz Theodor (1904-x), German horticulturist; studied at the Berlin-Dahlem Horticultural College 1928-1931; manager of the floricultural experiment station of this college 1931-1946; at the Humboldt University 1946-1949; from 1949-1973 professor of floriculture and director of the Floricultural Institute of the Technical University at Hannover
**Abbreviated name**: *Maatsch* \[standard form in IPNI: *Maatsch*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
BFM 3008; Bossert p. 247; Kew 3: 527; MW p. 287; Zander ed. 10, p. 687, ed. 11, p. 783-784.
- Renard, Gartenwelt 69: 504-505. 1969.
- Zimmer, K., Chron. hort. 14(3): 47. 1974 (portr., brief biogr., b. 4 Dec 1904).
#### Composite works
Editor of *Pareys illuslr. Gartenbaulexikon*, ed. 5, 1956 and of R. Schlechter, *Die Orchideen*, ed. 3, 1971-x.