Friedrich August Marshal von Bieberstein

Friedrich August Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein , also known as LB Friderico , (born July 30, 1768 in Stuttgart , † June 28, 1826 in Marf near Charkow ) was a German botanist and explorer . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ M.Bieb. "

origin

Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein was a family member of the old Meissen noble family Marschall von Bieberstein . His parents were the Württemberg colonel and later Oettingen-Wallerstein court marshal Conrad Otto Christoph Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1726–1796) and his wife Johanna Theresia Henriette nee. von Wolf (1738–1783).

Life

Like his two brothers Ernst Franz Ludwig and Karl Wilhelm , Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein was a graduate of the Hohen Karlsschule in Stuttgart. Already in his youth he was interested in science. His scientific career began in 1792 when he began his service in the Russian military in the Crimea. Marshal von Bieberstein lived in Russia and later became the Imperial Russian State Councilor, director of silk construction and curator of the Flora Taurico-Caucasica.

He carried out several research trips in the Caucasus and published a geographical description of the countries in the Caucasus (see picture). It contains information about topography, history, economy, population and the flora and fauna. Some of the plants that live there were discovered by him or described for the first time and still bear his name today. He is also said to have contributed to the creation and further development of the park in the summer palace of the Russian tsar in Crimea.

After his death, his plant collection of around 10,000 species was acquired by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg; it is currently owned by the Komarov Botanical Institute.

Taxonomic honor

The genus Biebersteinia Steph. named from the order of the soap tree-like (Sapindales) and the family of the Biebersteiniaceae .

Works

Flora taurico-caucasica . (1808-1819).
Centuria plantarum rariorum Rossiae meridionalis . (Part I, 1810; Part II, 1832; Part III, 1843).

literature

Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Frans A. Stafleu: Marshal von Bieberstein and His Flora Taurico-Caucasica . In: Taxon . tape 22 , no. 1 , February 1973, p. 126-128 , JSTOR : 1218044 (first page).
Ernst Wunschmann: Marshal von Bieberstein, Friedrich August Freiherr . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 432.

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

Works by and about Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein in the German Digital Library
Author entry and list of the plant names described for Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Marshal von Bieberstein, Friedrich August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Marshal von Bieberstein, Friedrich August Freiherr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	June 28, 1826
Place of death	Marf near Kharkov

[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 .