Helmut Baumann (botanist)

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Helmut Baumann (born May 20, 1937 in Gaildorf ; † May 15, 2014 in Stuttgart ) was a German pharmacist and botanist who devoted himself in particular to research into European-Mediterranean orchids . His botanical author's abbreviation is " H.Baumann ". His full name is Helmut Adolf Baumann.

Life

Helmut Baumann was born on May 20, 1937 in Gaildorf as the second of three children of the couple Paul Baumann and Gertrud Baumann. Buck born. Very early on in nature, Helmut Baumann studied pharmacy at the University of Tübingen after graduating from high school in 1957, which enabled him to pursue his floristic and botanical interests. During a guest semester in Innsbruck in 1962, he made many excursions to the Tyrolean Alps. From 1963 he worked as a pharmacist, first in Wilhelmshaven, then in Winnenden. In 1967 he was awarded a doctorate at the University of Tübingen with a thesis on the "steric course of mercury (II) -ÄDTA dehydration" . nat. PhD. From 1971 Baumann ran his own pharmacy in Böblingen. Baumann was with Brigitte Dorothee Baumann geb. Heugle (* 1938) is married and has two daughters, Susanne and Kathrin.

Services

Helmut Baumann mainly dealt with the domestic and European-Mediterranean orchids . To this end, he went on numerous excursions, photographed many types of plants and described a number of new taxa of orchids and published various books on the subject. He held various functions in the local orchid working group. Together with his wife and daughter, he endeavored to clarify and interpret the images in Leonhart Fuchs' herbal manuscript .

Works

  • European Wild Orchids / The wild orchids of Europe. Stuttgart, Kosmos-Verlag, 1982.
  • together with J. Griese, A. Kleinsteuber: The fern and flowering plants of Baden-Württemberg. Vol. 8: Special part (Spermatophyta, subclasses Commelinidae, Arecidae, Liliidae), Stuttgart, Ed. Eugen Ulmer, 1998, ISBN 3-8001-3359-8 .
  • together with Brigitte Baumann (his wife), Susanne Baumann-Schleihauf (his daughter): The herb book manuscript of Leonhart Fuchs. Stuttgart, Ed. Eugen Ulmer, 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3538-8 .
  • together with Theo Müller: Color Atlas Protected and Endangered Plants. Special edition. Stuttgart, Ed. Eugen Ulmer, 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3533-7 .
  • together with S. Künkele, R. Lorenz: Orchids of Europe with adjacent areas. Stuttgart, Eugen Ulmer, 2006. ISBN 3-8001-4162-0
  • together with S. Künkele, R. Lorenz, MJ Vázquez: Guía de orquídeas de Europa, Groenlandia, Azores, Norte de África y Oriente Medio. Barcelona, ​​Ed. Omega, 2007.
  • Together with Brigitte Baumann. The Mainz herbal book incunabula - "Herbarius Moguntinus" (1484) - "Gart der Gesundheit" (1485) - "Hortus Sanitatis (1491)." Scientific historical studies of the three prototypes of botanical and medical ladder from the late Middle Ages. Taking into account the forerunners Etymologiae˂ (around 630), ˃Capitulare de Villis˂ (around 800), ˃Hortulus˂ (around 840), ˃Physica˂ (1152), ˃De Vegetabilibus˂ (1256/1257), ˃buch der Natur˂ (1475), ˃Lateinischer Macer Floridus˂ (1st half of the 13th century), ˃Deutscher Macer Floridus˂ (1st half of the 15th century), Pseudo-Apuleius-Platonicus˂ (1481/1482), ˃Promptuarium Medicinae ˂ (1483) and ˃Garden of Health˂ / Hortus Sanitatis˂ reprints by Grüninger (1485/1486), Furter (1486), Dinckmut (1487), Prüss (1497) as well as the works ˃Arbolayre˂ ( 1486/86), Ruralia commoda˂ (1493) and ˃Liber de arte distillandi˂ (1500) . Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 2010 ISBN 978-3-7772-1020-9
  • One of his last works was published posthumously: H. Baumann: Zur Nomenclatur und Biologie von Myosotis rehsteineri (Hausm.) Wartm. ex Reut. (Lake Constance forget-me-nots) . Annual Society Natural Württemberg 170/1: 5-24. 2014.

Honors

Orchids named after Baumann:

  • Ophrys x baumanniana Sóo
  • Dactylorhiza baumanniana J. Hölz. & Künkele
  • Epipactis baumanniorum Ströhle (named after the couple Brigitte and Helmut Baumann)

literature

  • M. Kalteisen & R. Lorenz: Obituary Dr. Helmut Baumann. Reports of the working groups native orchids 31 (2): 300-313. 2014 (including bibliography)
  • Manfred Kalteisen, Richard Lorenz: Helmut Baumann, 1937–2014. Annual booklet Society Natural History Württemberg 170/1: 381-391. 2014 (photos and bibliography)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 1881. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
  2. ↑ a b Short biography of Helmut Baumann on the book Ulmer Naturführer Orchideen Europa. ulmer.de. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Working group native orchids Baden-Württemberg in the virtual library of biology (vifabio). Retrieved February 13, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaildorf
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 2014
Place of death Stuttgart