Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (born January 3, 1824 in Dresden , † May 6, 1889 in Hamburg ) was a Saxon , German botanist . He mainly specialized in orchids . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Rchb.f. "
Life
He was the son of the botanist Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879), who also wrote the Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae . This explains the addition “f.” Or “fil.” To his botanical abbreviation, from the Latin filius “son”.
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach began studying orchids at the age of 18 and helping his father with writing.
In 1852 he received his doctorate with a thesis on orchid pollen and in 1863 became professor of botany and director of the botanical garden in Hamburg . In 1854 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
It was precisely at this time that many newly discovered orchid species were sent to Europe from South America and Asia, and Reichenbach identified, described and classified a large number of these species.
After the death of John Lindley , the father of modern orchid science in 1865, Reichenbach became the world's leading orchid expert.
He bequeathed his extensive estate, consisting of a herbarium and library, to the Natural History Museum in Vienna and not, as one might assume, to the Botanical Garden in London, on the condition that it would not be consulted for 25 years. Reichenbach may have decided to take this step out of a reservation about Robert Allen Rolfe , a self-taught orchid expert who was appointed leading taxonomist in London.
After Reichenbach's death, his work was continued by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin (1847–1934).
Honors
After Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, the orchid genera Reichantha Luer and Reichenbachanthus Barb.Rodr. named.
Works
- Xenia orchidacea . (1854-1900).
- Germany's Flora ... band 13 / 14-22 (1850-1886).
- Otia botanica hamburgensia . (1878-1881).
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 .
- Gustav Dilling: Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 272-276.
- E. [duard August von] Rule : Prof. Dr. Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach †. In: Gartenflora , Volume 38, Parey Verlag, Berlin 1889, p. 315 f.
- 3124. Reichenbach, (Heinrich Gustav) . In: Hans Schröder (ed.): Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present , Volume 6, Pauli-Schoff, continued by Carl Rudolph Wilhelm Klose, Hamburg, 1873, p. 189.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach at the IPNI
- Overview of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1852 to summer semester 1863)
- Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Short biography and publications of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824-1889). (No longer available online.) In: Akademische Gymnasium Hamburg. University of Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, October 8, 2016, formerly in the original ; accessed on December 1, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 28, 2016.
- ↑ 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 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1889 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |