Walter Rausch

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Walter Rausch (born November 15, 1928 in Vienna ) is an Austrian cactus specialist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Rausch ".

Live and act

Walter Rausch studied seven semesters at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Around 1954 he became interested in South American cacti . In 1962 Walter Rausch made his first trip through Bolivia and Argentina . Research trips to Uruguay , Brazil , Peru and Chile followed . He explored the locations of the cacti on foot or as a passenger on the back of vans. He covered larger distances with a bicycle or a moped. All in all, he spent more than seven years in the natural habitats of South American cacti. He was often accompanied by various other cactus lovers, such as Ernst Markus, Ernst Zecher , Franz Kühhas and Dirk van Vlier.

In particular, Walter Rausch dealt with the genus Lobivia . Albert Buining encouraged him to write down his findings about this genus. His three-part main work Lobivia was published from 1975 to 1976 . The diurnal Echinopsidinae from an areal geographic point of view . 1985/1986 followed Lobivia 85 . Walter Rausch is the first to describe numerous species of cacti. His last first description so far is Echinopsis millarensis .

In 1969 Walter Rausch became a member of the International Organization for Succulent Research . In 1970 the members of the Society of Austrian Cactus Friends voted him an honorary member. He is also an honorary member of the Vienna Regional Group of the Society of Austrian Cactus Friends. On July 8, 1985, Walter Rausch received the CSSA Fellow Award from the Cactus and Succulent Society of America .

Walter Rausch was married twice. After the death of his first wife Margarethe (1928–1972), he married Rosario Rausch (* 1951) from Santiago del Estero in Argentina.

Honors

The following plant species from the cactus family were named after Walter Rausch: Echinopsis rauschii H.Friedrich , Gymnocalycium rauschii H.Till & W.Till , Lobivia rauschii Zecher , Parodia nothorauschii D.R. Hunt , Sulcorebutia rauschii Gerhart Frank and Lobivia walteri R.Kiesling .

Fonts (selection)

Books

  • Collective numbers from Walter Rausch's expeditions. First to fourth collecting trip 1962 to 1970 . Vienna 1970.
  • Directory of Walter Rausch collective numbers. First to sixth collecting trips 1962 to 1974 . Vienna 1975.
  • Lobivia. The diurnal Echinopsidinae from an areal geographic point of view . 3 parts, Rudolf Herzig, Vienna 1975–1976.
  • Lobivia 85 . Rudolf Herzig, Vienna 1985–1986.
  • Lobivia: Deskriptiones Lobiviarum Novarum . Vienna 1985–1986.

Magazine articles

  • Trichocereus vasquezii Rausch spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 25, Number 9, 1974, pp. 193-194.
  • New discoveries from Walter Rausch . In: Chileans . Volume 9, Number 31, 1976, pp. 22-23.
  • Gymnocalycium ferrarii intoxication . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 32, Number 1, 1981, pp. 6-7.
  • Parodia herzogii intoxication . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 32, Number 2, 1981, pp. 30-32.
  • Rebutia simoniana Rausch - A new species from the Aylostera section . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 35, Number 9, 1984, p. 204.
  • Three new taxa from the group of Gymnocalycium andreae . In: Gymnocalycium . Volume 13, number 4, 2000, pp. 377-380 - with Hans Till
  • Gymnocalycium kroenleinii Kiesling, Rausch & Ferrari, spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 51, number 12, 2000, pp. 315-318 - with Roberto Kiesling and Omar Ferrari
  • Parodia uhligiana (Cactaceae) - a new description . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 57, number 9, 2006, pp. 225-232 - with Lothar Diers

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literature

  • Wolfgang Papsch, Joesef Pöschl: Austrians in the world of cacti . Society of Austrian Cactus Friends, Wiener Neustadt 2000, p. 20-21 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Rausch: Echinopseen . Volume 6, number 2, 2009, p. 45.
  2. ↑ A Brief Chronicle of IOS (accessed October 16, 2012).
  3. ↑ A small chronicle of the Society of Austrian Cactus Friends . ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.cactusaustria.at  
  4. ↑ CSSA Fellow Award ( Memento from May 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Intoxication, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cactus specialist
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna