caption death_date death_place birth_place citizenship other_names nationality ethnicity fields birth_date alt residence known_for image article_title author_abbrev_bot name alma_mater
josif pančić 25 february 1888 belgrade , kingdom of serbia -lrb- now serbia -rrb- ugrini , austrian empire -lrb- now croatia -rrb- austrian , serbian josip pančić serbian croat -lrb- and bunjevac -rrb- botany april 17 , 1814 josif pančić belgrade discovery of serbian spruce panc.jpg josif pančić
 pančić josif pančić university of budapest
josif pančić

josif pančić -lrb- ; april 17 , 1814 -- february 25 , 1888 -rrb- was a serbian botanist , doctor , a famous lecturer at the great school in belgrade and the first president of the serbian royal academy .
he extensively documented the flora of serbia , and is credited with having classified many species of plants which were unknown to the botanical community at that time .
pančić is credited for discovering the serbian spruce .
