Georg Dieck
Georg Dieck (born April 28, 1847 in Zöschen ; † October 21, 1925 there ) was a German botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Dieck ".
biography
After attending grammar school in Naumburg, he studied natural sciences in Jena , where he was a student and assistant to Ernst Haeckel . In 1870 he set up a large arboretum in Zöschen , in which over 6000 different types of wood were cultivated. In addition to what he acquired from plant collectors, Dieck himself went on expeditions to the Rocky Mountains (1888), to the Caucasus (1891) and Spain (1892), where he collected beetles, plants and mosses , as well as new taxa such as Orthotrichum cupulatum var. baldaccii discovered. Further trips took him to France, Italy and Sicily, Morocco, the Balkans and Turkey. Several plant taxa are named after Dieck, including Brachythecium dieckii and the maple hybrid Acer × dieckii .
In 1900 Dieck's wild rose collection with 450 varieties of rose was exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris . The Europa-Rosarium in Sangerhausen acquired some of them .
Works (selection)
- The moor and alpine plants (Ice Age flora) of the National Arboretum u. Alpine garden Zöschen b. Merseburg: and their culture . E. Karras, Halle on the Saale, 1899
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Jens Eggers: Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists: Journal of moss research in Germany . Supplementary volume. Bonn J.-P. Frahm, c / o Botanical Inst. Of the Univ. Bonn 2005, ISBN 978-3-8311-0986-9 .
- Jörg Mantzsch : Georg Dieck - botanist from Zöschen. Attempt to get closer , Heimat und Geschichtsverein Zöschen eV, 2005.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Georg Dieck at the IPNI
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dieck, Georg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1847 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zöschen |
DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1925 |
Place of death | Zöschen |