Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (10 September 1849 – 24 February 1893), also known as
Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a
German botanist. Prantl was born in
Munich,
Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation
Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie (The
inulin, a contribution to the plant physiology). He worked with
Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli and
Julius Sachs. From 1887 on, he published
Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (
The Natural Plant Families) with fellow botanist Adolf Engler, who completed the work in 1915. In 1877 he became a professor at the forest educational institution at
Aschaffenburg, transferring to
Breslau University in 1889, where he also became director of the botanical garden there. Prantl worked particularly on
Cryptogams.