| Name | Mertens, Franz Karl (Carl) |
| Start Date | 1764 |
| End Date | 1831 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: LE; additional material at K (2,000), PC (types of algae), OXF] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 102874 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ebd961ab-26ca-41f8-b916-080ffa3fea5d |
| Variant name | Franz Karl (Carl) Mertens |
| Author name | Mertens |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Mert. |
| Standard/Label Name | F. K. Mertens |
| Full Name | Mertens, Franz Karl (Carl) |
| Geography Author | Germany |
| Specialty Author | Pteridophytes |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Author in | Deutschl. Fl. (Mertens & W. D. J. Koch), ed. 3 |
| Author in | Deutschl. Fl. (Roehling), ed. 3. |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by F. K. Mertens |
| Collections in | 1847 (1) |
| Collector Teams: | F. K. Mertens & W. D. J. Koch Mertens & Galeotti |
| Author Teams: | Mertens & W. D. J. Koch Mertens & Galeotti |