Ladislav Josef Čelakovský
Ladislav Josef Čelakovský (born November 29, 1834 in Prague , † November 24, 1902 there ) was a Bohemian, k. k. and k. u. k. Austrian botanist . He researched mainly questions of the systematics and morphology of plants and the history of Czech botany. Its botanical author's abbreviation is “ Čelak. " .
Life
Ladislav Josef Čelakovský was the son of the Czech poet and translator František Ladislav Čelakovský . He studied at the Charles University in Prague . From 1860 he worked at the National Museum and gave lectures at the university. Between 1868 and 1883 he worked on a flora of the Czech Republic, for which he first described many species .
In 1877 he was accepted into the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences . Between 1879 and 1900, Čelakovský researched the morphology and physiology of the sexual organs of the naked . His work was taken up by Alexander Braun . In 1880 he was appointed full professor at Prague University.
He is the brother of the legal historian Jaromír Čelakovský (1846-1914) and the father of the botanist Ladislav František Čelakovský (1864-1916).
Dedication names
Ladislav Josef Čelakovský honor one was subgenus of daphne ( Daphne ) Celakovskya named, but also some species bear his name:
- Erigeron celakovskyi Rohlena
- Astracantha celakovskyana (Freyn & Bornm.) Podlech
- Lathyrus celakovskyi Širj.
- Orchis celakovskyi Rohlena
- Pulsatilla celakovskyana Domin
- Thymus celakovskyanus Schulze M.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Čelakovský, Ladislaus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 328 ( digitized version ).
- Čelakovský Ladislav. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 140.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Ladislav Josef Čelakovský in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Ladislav Josef Čelakovský at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Čelakovský, Ladislav Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1902 |
| Place of death | Prague |