Viktor Janka from Bulcs
Viktor Janka von Bulcs , also known as Victor von Janka or Viktor Janka for short (born December 24, 1837 in Vienna , † August 9, 1890 in Budapest as custodian of the botanical department of the Hungarian National Museum), was an Austro-Hungarian officer and botanist .
Life
Viktor Janka von Bulcs was already interested in floristry during his school days in Vienna and in Cluj , where his father's goods were located (especially in the floristry of Transylvania). In 1859 he was a cadet, in 1861 a lieutenant, and in 1867 he quit his service as an Imperial and Royal Cürassier lieutenant while retaining his officer character. He left Hungary and went to Transylvania , where he then devoted himself to his botanical studies. In 1870 he received a position as a curator in the botanical department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, on whose behalf he undertook study trips to the Balkans (1871/72) and to Malta (1874). He discovered numerous previously unknown European plant species that today bear his name.
Taxa and dedication names
The genus Jancaea Boiss is named after Janka . from the family of Gesneriad (Gesneriaceae).
Species named by him or after him are:
- Allium diaphanum Janka 1860
- Allium bulgaricum (Janka) Prodan
- Brassica barrelieri (L.) Janka
- Centaurea sadleriana Janka 1878
- Colchicum bisignanii Ten. ex Janka
- Colchicum hungaricum Janka
- Crambe biebersteinii Janka
- Iris sintenisii Janka
- Primula frondosa Janka
- Verbascum humile Janka
- Verbascum jankaeanum Pancic
- Verbascum purpureum (Janka) Hub.-Mor.
- Viola jooi Janka
Fonts
- 1871ː ["Correspondence from Turkey"]. Inː Austrian Botanical Journal . Volume 21, pp. 78 f., 147 f., 215-219, 249-252, 285-288
- 1872ː ["Correspondence from Constantinople"]. Inː Austrian Botanical Journal . Volume 22, pp. 337-339.
- 1873ː "Journey through Turkey". In communications from the imperial and royal Geographical Society in Vienna 1872 . Volume 15 (NF 5), p. 289 f.
literature
- Janka from Bulcs Viktor. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 74.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
Author entry and list of the described plant names for Viktor Janka von Bulcs at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janka, Viktor von Bulcs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1890 |
| Place of death | Budapest |