title: Kazimierz Karczmarz
text: # Kazimierz Karczmarz
  
  Kazimierz Karczmarz (7 May 1933 — 20 July 2011) was Polish botanist, bryologist , university teacher, long-time head of the Plant Systems Department of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, retired in 2003 .
  
  ## Awards and decorations
  
  * Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
  * Gold Cross of Merit
  * Medal of the Commission of National Education [pl]
  * Hononary medals from Lublin Voivodship and Tarnobrzeg Voivodship
  