Josef Holub (biologist)
Josef Ludwig Holub (born February 5, 1930 in Mladá Boleslav , Czechoslovakia , † July 23, 1999 near Mladá Boleslav) was a Czech botanist . By describing newly discovered species and reorganizing the systematics of several plant groups, he contributed to overview editions of Czech and European flora . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Holub ".
Life
Josef Holub studied at the Charles University in Prague , where he taught botany after graduating in 1953.
He was one of the founders of the Botanical Institute of the Czech Republic, in which he worked for a long time. He contributed to the creation of the Biosystematics Department and the establishment of the Institute's journal Folia Geobotanica & Phytotaxonomica.
Josef Holub became president of the Czech Botanical Society in 1991, after he had already become editor of the journal ("Preslia") of this society in 1990.
Until his death, the scientist went on excursions to numerous countries, mainly in Central Europe.
plant
Josef Holub was mainly active in the fields of taxonomy and nomenclature of vascular plants .
He was familiar with various methods; However, his work is characterized by the plant-sociological method, which is particularly evident in his contributions to the mapping of vegetation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia .
An example of an order that the biologist had a major influence on are the Lycopodiales ( Lycopodiales ). His services also include the development of a classification for the horsetail family ( Equisetaceae ). Other genera on which Holub made extensive studies are worm ferns ( Dryopteris ), Lastraea and Thelypteris . Most recently he worked mainly on the genera Rubus and Hawthorn ( Crataegus ).
Josef Holub was one of the main authors of the flora of the Czech Republic and the flora of Slovakia.
One of Holub's achievements was to have carried out one of the first studies on threatened species in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. His contributions led to the first edition of the Red Lists for these two countries.
Honors
The plant genera Holubogentia Á.Löve & D.Löve from the gentian family (Gentianaceae) and Neoholubia Tzvelev from the sweet grass family (Poaceae) were named after Holub .
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Holub in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://ibot.cas.cz/personal/holub Article in memoriam Josef Holub (English)
- Botanical Institute of the Czech Republic
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Josef Holub (biologist) at the IPNI
- František Krahulec, Petr Pyšek: Necrology for Josef Holub. In: Botanický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (The Institute of Botany of the ASCR). Retrieved February 27, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holub, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holub, Josef Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mladá Boleslav |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1999 |
| Place of death | at Mladá Boleslav |