Alexander Zahlbruckner

Alexander Zahlbruckner (born May 31, 1860 in St. Georgen near Preßburg , † May 8, 1938 in Vienna ) was an Austrian botanist who specialized in lichen . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Zahlbr. "

Life

Alexander Zahlbruckner was a grandson of the botanist Johann Zahlbruckner . From 1878 to 1883 he studied at the University of Vienna , among others with Anton Kerner von Marilaun and Julius Wiesner , and received his doctorate with the dissertation “New Contributions to the Knowledge of Lenticelles”. He then assisted under Günther Beck von Mannagetta and Lerchenau at the Natural History Museum in Vienna , where he finally became curator and from 1918 the director of the botanical department. He held this post until 1922.

His numerous publications include the Catalogus lichenum universalis , a 10-volume directory of all known lichens, which appeared between 1922 and 1940 .

In 1918 he received the professional title of Hofrat . In 1928 he became a corresponding member of the Botanical Society of America .

Honors

The lichen genus Zahlbrucknerella Herre and the plant genus Zahleria Luer from the orchid family are named after him .

literature

Ivan Pišút: Alexander Zahlbruckner (1860-1938): The Author of Two Historical Milestones in Lichenology in The Bryologist Vol. 105, No. 2 (2002), pp. 243–245
Richard S. Cowan; Frans A. Stafleu: Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types , Volume W-Z (1988) p. 500

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Literature by and about Alexander Zahlbruckner in the catalog of the German National Library
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Alexander Zahlbruckner at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Zahlbruckner, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian botanist specializing in lichens
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Georgen near Pressburg
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1938
Place of death	Vienna

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .