Kálmán Vánky
Kálmán Géza Vánky (born June 15, 1930 in the Transylvania region , Romania ) is a Szekler- Hungarian Romanian mycologist who last lived in Germany . His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " Vánky ".
Life
Kálmán Vánky studied biology at the University of Bucharest and medicine at the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences and Technology Târgu Mureș . He then worked as a doctor, initially in Romania, and from 1969 in Sweden. He took Swedish citizenship. In 1985 he received his PhD in botany from Uppsala University . From 1986 he worked as a researcher at the Institute for Botany at the University of Tübingen .
He is the first to describe numerous types of smut fungi . The genus Vankya ( family Urocystidaceae , order Urocystales ) and several species were named after him.
Publications
- Carpathian ustilaginales , 1985, ISBN 91-554-1704-3 (also Diss. Univ. Uppsala 1985)
- Illustrated genera of Smut fungi , 1987, ISBN 3-437-30557-3
- European smut fungi , 1994, ISBN 3-437-30745-2
- (with Franz Oberwinkler ): Ustilaginales on polygonaceae. A taxonomic revision , 1994, ISBN 3-443-51029-9
- (with Eric HC McKenzie): Smut fungi of New Zealand , 2002, ISBN 962-85677-0-5
- Smut fungi of the Indian Subcontinent , 2007, ISBN 978-83-89648-59-4
- Smut fungi of the world , 2012, ISBN 978-0-89054-398-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ species list ; Smut fungi of Australia , Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland Government
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vánky, Kálmán |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vánky, Kálmán Géza (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish mycologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Transylvania |