Ludwig Radlkofer

Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (born December 19, 1829 in Munich ; † February 16, 1927 there ) was a Bavarian , German botanist and university professor . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Radlk. "

Live and act

Radlkofer studied medicine at the University of Munich , where he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. He then studied botany at the University of Jena . There he was a student of Matthias Jacob Schleiden , with whom he worked microscopically, anatomically and pharmacologically. In Jena he obtained his doctorate in 1855. phil. From 1856 he was a private lecturer and in 1859 was appointed associate professor and adjunct at the Botanical Conservatory in Munich (now the Herbarium and Botanical Garden in Munich ). From 1863 to 1913 Radlkofer was full professor of botany at the University of Munich. In 1892 he succeeded Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli as director of the Botanical Museum in Munich. In 1862 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina , the Bavarian Academy of Sciences made him an extraordinary member in 1875, and in 1882 he became a full member of the Academy. In 1900 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

As a continuation of Matthias Schleiden, Radlkofer introduced anatomical analysis as a method of determination for herbal pharmaceuticals in pharmacognosy and botanical systematics. He finally corrected Schleiden's mistake about the role of pollen and confirmed Wilhelm Hofmeister's research on the fertilization of phanerogams .

Well-known students of Radkofer were Hans Solereder , Otto Renner , Carl Prantl , Ernst Küster , Johannes Gottfried Hallier , Felix Eugen Fritsch and Theodor Herzog .

Honors

The plant genera Radlkofera Gilg and Sinoradlkofera F.G.Mey. from the soap tree family (Sapindaceae) as well as Radlkoferella Pierre from the sapote family (Sapotaceae) and Radlkoferotoma Kuntze from the sunflower family (Asteraceae) have been named after him.

Fonts

(1859): About crystals of proteinaceous bodies of plant and animal origin: a contribution to the physiology of plants and animals, to the chemistry and physics of organic bodies - Leipzig: Engelmann
(1875): Monograph of the Sapindaceae genus Serjana - Munich: KB Academy
(1914): New Sapindaceae from Panama and Costa Rica - Washington: Smithson. Inst.
(1887): Monographia generis Serjaniae supplementum: Supplements to the monograph of the Sapindaceae Cattung Serjania - Munich
(1886): About the work and the effects of the plant - Munich: K. Hof- u. Univ.-Buchdr. v. Dr. C. Wolf & Son
(1883): About the methods in botanical systematics, especially the anatomical method - Munich: Academy

literature

Ilse Jahn (Ed.): History of Biology
Karl Mägdefrau : history of botany . Gustav Fischer Verlag , Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-437-20489-0 .
Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 .

Web links

Literature by and about Ludwig Radlkofer in the catalog of the German National Library
Author entry and list of the plant names described for Ludwig Radlkofer at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Radlkofer, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Radlkofer, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German botanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	February 16, 1927
Place of death	Munich

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous 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 .