Christian from Steven
Christian von Steven ( Russian Христиан Христианович Стевен / Christian Christianovich Stewen , scientific. Transliteration Christian Christianovič Steven ; born 19 jul. / The 30th January 1781 greg. In Fredrikshamn / Finland ; † 18 jul. / The 30th April 1863 greg. In Simferopol ) was a Russian botanist and entomologist of Swedish origin. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Steven ".
Live and act
Steven graduated from the medical-surgical faculty of the Petersburg Academy in 1799 and then worked in a silkworm farm in the Caucasus , where he rose to the position of assistant to the inspector (1806). In 1812 he was instrumental in founding the Nikita Botanical Garden in Crimea , which he was director until 1824. He was temporarily Chancellor of Moscow University . In southern Russia he worked from 1826 to 1851 as head of a silkworm farm.
Dedication names
The plant genera Stevenia Adams ex Fisch. from the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae), plus Stevenorchis Wankow & Kränzl. and Steveniella Schltr. from the orchid family (Orchidaceae) are named after him. Furthermore, the species epithet of Paeonia steveniana Kemularia-Nathadse (syn. Paeonia wittmanniana var. Nudicarpa Schipcz. , Paeonia daurica subsp. Wittmanniana (Hartwiss ex Lindl.) DY Hong ) is chosen after him.
Works (selection)
- Monographia Pedicularis , 1822
- List of plants growing wild on the Tauride Peninsula , 1856–1857
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 .
- ↑ a b Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2058. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Christian von Steven at the IPNI
- Alexander von Nordmann , Christian Steven, the Nestor of Botanists , in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc , B. XXXVIII, 1-2, p. 100 sq, Moscow, 1865
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SURNAME | Steven, Christian from |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stewen, Christian Christianowitsch; Стевен, Христиан Христианович (Russian); Steven, Christian Christianovič (scientific transliteration) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian botanist and entomologist of Swedish origin |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1781 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamina , Finland |
DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1863 |
Place of death | Simferopol , Ukraine |