Franz von Fleischer

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Franz von Fleischer (born November 27, 1801 in Lausigk , † August 24, 1878 in Hohenheim ) was a Saxon , German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ F. meat. "

Life

Fleischer devoted himself to pharmacy , made a botanical trip to the Alps of Tyrol and the neighboring northern Italy in 1825 and published the rare plants collected on this trip. He had collected over 400 species of higher plants and 200 species of mosses and lichens, more than 15,000 specimens in total.

The success of this trip led to the foundation of the Natural History Travel Association in Esslingen am Neckar , for which Fleischer went to the Levant in 1826 and 1827 . From 1828 to 1832 he studied medicine and natural sciences at the University of Tübingen , was then doctor and teacher at the Fellenberg Institute in Hofwil until 1834 , until 1840 professor of natural sciences at the Aarau Cantonal School , then at the Hohenheim Agricultural Academy , where he has only worked since 1874 Botany taught. A collection of Riesd grasses ( Carex ) belonging to his dissertation in 1832 on sedge grasses in Württemberg can be found in the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart.

Works

  • About the sedge grasses of Württemberg. Tübingen 1832.
  • Contributions to the doctrine of the germination of seeds. Tuebingen 1851.
  • About deformities of various cultivated plants. Esslingen 1862.
Fleischer's willowherb ( Epilobium fleischeri )

Honors

Among other things, Fleischer's willowherb ( Epilobium fleischeri Hochst.), Which he discovered on the Ortler , was named after Fleischer . The species was first described by Christian Ferdinand Hochstetter in 1826.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arno Wörz: The Esslingen Botanical Travel Association 1825-1845. A stock corporation for the implementation of natural history collecting trips. In: Stuttgart contributions to the history of science and technology. Volume 9, pages 46-50, 2016. ISBN 978-3-8325-4211-5
  2. ↑ M. Engelhardt, S. Seybold The collectors of the fern and flowering plants of the herbarium of the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart (STU) . In: Annuals of the Society for Natural History in Württemberg, Volume 165, Part 2, Pages 56–57, 2009. ISSN 0368-2307

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personal data
SURNAME Fleischer, Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausick
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1878
Place of death Hohenheim