Friedrich Wilhelm Rostkovius

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Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (* 1770 , † 1848 ) was a Prussian , German doctor , botanist and mycologist (mycologist). Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Rostk. "

education and profession

Rostkovius was a student of the botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow and received his doctorate in 1801 with a treatise on rushes (Dissertatio botanica inauguralis de Junco) at the University of Halle. He then practiced as a doctor in Szczecin .

Others

The scientific name of the common eyebright ( Euphrasia rostkoviana ) is named after Rostkovius, as is the genus Rostkovia, one of the seven genera of the rush family .

Works by Rostkovius

  • Rostkovius, FWG (1801): Dissertatio botanica inauguralis de Junco , dissertation.
  • Meckel, PFT & Rostkovius, FWG (1801): Monographia generis iunci - Cum tabulis Binis Aeneis . ( Preview in Google Book Search)
  • Sturm, J., Corda, AKJ, Ditmar, LPF, Preuss, CG, Rostkovius, FWG & Sturm, JW (1817): Germany's flora in illustrations according to nature with descriptions, 3. Dept. - Germany's mushrooms . ( Digital version , PDF; 11.8 MB)
  • Rostkovius, FWG & Schmidt, WLE (1824): Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas nec non plantas praecipuas agri Swinemundii.
  • Rostkovius, FWG (1839): Germany's Flora, Dept. III. The mushrooms of Germany.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stafleu, FA & Cowan, RS (1983): Taxonomic literature - A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types . Second edition, Volume IV, ISBN 90-313-0549-9 , 1214 pages. ( Digitized version , PDF; 74.3 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Rostkovius, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rostkovius, Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, botanist and mushroom expert (mycologist)
DATE OF BIRTH 1770
DATE OF DEATH 1848