{{Short description|German botanist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Andreas Fleischmann | image = | caption = Andreas Fleischmann | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1980}}<ref name="IPNI-Fleischm." /> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = Research into carnivorous plants | education = | employer = | occupation = botanist | title = | height = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | author_abbrev_bot = '''A.Fleischm.''' }} '''Andreas Fleischmann''' (born 1980) is a German botanist specialising in carnivorous plants, particularly ''Droseraceae'' and ''Lentibulariaceae''. He has (co-)published at least 46 new taxa including 14 species of ''Drosera'' (sundews), 7 species of ''Genlisea'' (corkscrew plants), 8 species of ''Heliamphora'' (marsh pitcher plants) and 3 species of ''Pinguicula'' (butterworts).<ref name="IPNI-Fleischm.">{{IPNI |id=20010034-1 |author=Andreas Fleischmann |access-date=2024-09-27}}</ref>
Fleischmann is curator of vascular plants at the Botanische Staatssammlung München (Bavarian State Collection for Botany).<ref name="BSM">{{cite web |title=PD Dr. Andreas Fleischmann |url=https://bsm.snsb.de/sektion-mitarbeiter/andreas-fleischmann/ |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref>
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== Awards == In 2016, the Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève made a special award of the Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle Prize to Fleischmann for scientific and botanical illustration in his ''Monograph of the genus Genlisea''.<ref name="DC-prize">{{cite web|title=Prix Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle|url=https://www.unige.ch/sphn/Prixetbourses/PdC/deCandolle.php|access-date=2025-07-31}}</ref>
Fleischmann was awarded the Bavarian State Medal for Outstanding Services to the Environment in September 2022 in recognition of his contributions to science communication, conservation policy and voluntary initiatives such as the ''Flora of Bavaria''.<ref name="BSM-medal">{{cite web |title=Bavarian Environment Minister Glauber awards SNSB botanist Andreas Fleischmann the Bavarian Environmental Medal |url=https://bsm.snsb.de/bavarian-environment-minister-glauber-awards-snsb-botanist-andreas-fleischmann-the-bavarian-environmental-medal/ |website=Botanische Staatssammlung Munchen |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref> The medal is the highest environmental award bestowed by the Free State of Bavaria.<ref name="Bayern-medal">{{cite web |title=Ehrung für Herausragende Verdienste um die Umwelt in Bayern |url=https://www.stmuv.bayern.de/ministerium/auszeichnungen/verdienst_umwelt/index.htm |website=Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz |access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref>
== Selected works == * Fleischmann, A. (2012). ''Monograph of the Genus'' Genlisea. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. {{ISBN|978-190-878-700-2}}. * Meierott, L., Fleischmann, A., Ruff, M., Lippert, W. (eds.) (2024). ''Flora von Bayern''. Haupt Verlag, Bern. {{ISBN|978-3258083599}} * Fleischmann A., Schlauer J., Smith S.A. & Givnish T.J. (2018): ''Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms''. In: Ellison A.M. & Adamec L. (eds.): ''Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology, and evolution''. Oxford University Press, 22 – 42. * Fleischmann A., Cross A.T., Gibson R., Gonella P.M. & Dixon K.W. (2018): ''Systematics and evolution of'' Droseraceae. In: Ellison A.M. & Adamec L. (eds.): ''Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology, and evolution''. Oxford University Press, 45 – 57. * Fleischmann A. & Roccia A. (2018): ''Systematics and evolution of'' Lentibulariaceae: I. ''Pinguicula''. In: Ellison A.M. & Adamec L. (eds.): ''Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology, and evolution''. Oxford University Press, 70 – 80.
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