Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss (8 April 1786 – 9 December 1830) was a professor at Halle.
He described the pteridophytes collected by Adelbert von Chamisso, and he named the fern Cibotium chamissoi after him.
The genus Kaulfussia is named for Kaulfuss.
[1] In 1816, he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle, where in 1823, he became a full professor of botany.
[2] More than 200 plant names were published by Kaulfuss.