Karl Rechinger
Karl Josef Titus Rechinger (born April 9, 1867 in Vienna ; † November 29, 1952 there ) was an Austrian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Rech. "
Life
Rechinger studied botany under Julius von Wiesner at the University of Vienna and graduated in 1893 with a doctorate. From 1893 to 1902 he worked as an assistant in the botanical department of the Natural History Museum in Vienna . Until 1922 he worked as curator in the court museum.
In 1905 he went on a research trip to the South Seas with his wife Lily Rechinger-Favarger (1880–1973). They traveled to the South Sandwich Islands , Samoa and New Guinea , among others .
Rechinger was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery . His son Karl Heinz Rechinger was also a botanist.
Works
- Investigations into the limits of divisibility in the vegetable kingdom (1893)
- Forays into German New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. A botanical expedition (1908)
- Botanical and zoological results of a scientific research trip to the Samoa Islands, the New Guinea Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (1908–1915)
proof
- Ilse Jahn (Ed.): History of Biology. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3827410231 , p. 934.
- Biography in the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, online
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Rechinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Zoological-botanical database: Dr. Karl Rechinger sen.
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Karl Rechinger at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rechinger, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rechinger, Carl Josef Titus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1952 |
| Place of death | Vienna |