| Name | Schmidt, Otto Christian | 
| Date of birth | 1900  | 
| Date of death | 1951  | 
| Remarks |  [author note: Herbarium and types: B (mostly extant)] [collector note: Azores, Bay of Naples, Helgoland, Scharhorm & Neuwerk: B] | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 133717 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7e98771f-6879-4c31-88cf-6a07d093c539 | 
| Variant name | Otto Christian Schmidt | 
| Author name | O. C. Schmidt | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | O. C. Schmidt | 
| Standard/Label Name | O. C. Schmidt | 
| Full Name | Schmidt, Otto Christian | 
| Geography Author | Germany | 
| Geography Collector | Italy | 
| Specialty Author | Algae | 
| Specialty Author | Cryptogamic, unspecified | 
| Specialty Author | Pteridophytes | 
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes | 
| Specialty Collector | Algae | 
| Citation as Author |  Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author |  Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht | 
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors S  | 
| Member of teams/groups |  | 
| Collector Teams: | Ekman & O. C. Schmidt  O. C. Schmidt & F. Petrak   | 
| Author Teams: | Ekman & O. C. Schmidt  O. C. Schmidt & Petrak   |