Karel Bořivoj Presl

Tombstone of the brothers Jan Svatopluk and Karl Bořiwog Presl.

Karel Bořivoj Presl (born February 17, 1794 in Prague , † October 8, 1852 ibid) was a Bohemian, k. k. Austrian botanist . His first name is also written Carl or Carel or Carolus , his middle name also occurs in the spelling Bořiwog , Boriwog , Boriwag . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " C.Presl "; earlier the abbreviation " KB Presl " was also in use.

Life

Presl was a professor of natural history and technology at the University of Prague. His brother Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791-1849) was a professor of zoology and mineralogy. His mother was Maria Theresia Anna Presl, b. Straka. C. Presl honored her with the name of the plant genus Strakaea C.Presl from the family of aristolochiaceae (Aristolochiaceae). Maria Theresia Anna Presl had two sons and four daughters.

Honors

Him and his brother Jan Svatopluk Presl honor the species was Preslia Opiz the plant family of the mint (Lamiaceae) and the genus Preslianthus Iltis & Cornejo from the family of capparaceae named (Capparaceae).

The magazine Preslia , which has been published since 1914, is also named after the two brothers.

In 1837 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . From 1838 Presl was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Fonts

with Jan Svatopluk Presl: Flora Čechica . Prague 1819 ( digitized )
Reliquiae Haenkeanae… (1825–1835).
Karl Bořiwog Presl: Flora sicula, exhibens plantas vasculosas in Sicilia… 1826.
Symbolae botanicae… (1830–1858).
Prodromus monographiae Lobeliacearum… 1836.
Tentamen pteridographiae . 1836 (Suppl. 1845).
Hymenophyllaceae . 1843.
Epimeliae botanicae . 1851.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Prešl, Karl Borsiwoj . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, pp. 275–279 ( digitized version ).
Ernst Wunschmann: Presl, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 569-572.
Eva Hoffmannová: Jan Svatopluk Presl, Karel Bořivoj Presl. Melantrich, Prague 1973 ( Odkazy pokrokových osobností naší minulosti. 34, ZDB -ID 1147274-1 ).
H. Riedl: Presl Karel Bořivoj. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 267 f. (Direct links on p. 267 , p. 268 ).
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 .

Web links

Commons : Karel Bořivoj Presl - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Karel Bořivoj Presl at the IPNI

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 .
↑ Karel Presl . List of members Leopoldina

personal data
SURNAME	Presl, Karel Bořivoj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Presl, Karl Bořivog
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	bohemian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 1852
Place of death	Prague

[Burkhardt_2018-1] A ^b ^c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 .

[2] Karel Presl . List of members Leopoldina