Wilhelm Zopf

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Wilhelm Zopf

Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf (born December 12, 1846 in Roßleben , † June 24, 1909 in Münster ) was a German botanist and biologist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Zopf ".

Life

He studied natural sciences at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and received his doctorate in 1878 on the conidia fruits of Fumago at the University of Halle . From 1880 to 1883 he taught as an associate professor at the Agricultural University in Berlin . In 1882 he completed his habilitation at the University of Halle.

Zopf became known for his work on the systematics of mushrooms . In his day, he saw bacteria as fissure fungi . As a result, he researched the production of dyes in fungi and lichens . In 1881 Wilhelm Zopf was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1899 he was appointed full professor of botany at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster , where he also served as director of the botanical garden .

Zopf was the first to describe the genera Copromyxa Zopf , Hyphochytrium Zopf , Rhizidiomyces Zopf and Rhodococcus Zopf . Some species can also be traced back to him. The mushroom genera Zopfia Rabenh are named after him . , Zopfiella G.Winter and Zopfinula Kirschst.

Fonts

  • The conidia of Fumago. (with 8 plates) Blochmann, Halle (Saale) 1878.
  • For knowledge of the Phycomycetes. I. On the morphology and biology of the Anylisteen and Chytridiaceae, at the same time a contribution to phytopathology . In: Nova Acta , Volume XLVII, No. 4, Hall 1884. ( online )
  • Developmental study of Crenothrix Polyspora , the cause of the Berlin water calamity. Springer, Berlin 1879.
  • On the history of the development of the Ascomycetes, Chaetomium . Halle (Saale) 1881.
  • Investigations into the diseases of lichens caused by parasitic fungi . Halle (Saale) no year
  • The mushrooms, processed according to the latest standpoints . Eduard Trewendt, Breslau 1884/1885.
  • The mushroom animals or slime molds . Trewendt, Breslau 1885. ( online )
  • On the morphology and biology of the lower fungal animals (monadines), at the same time a contribution to phytopathology . Veit & Comp., Leipzig 1885. ( online )
  • About the tannin and anthocyanin containers of the Fumariaceen and some other plants . Cassel 1886.
  • Arable crops diseases caused by parasites . Parey, Berlin 1887.
  • For knowledge of infectious diseases of lower animals and plants. Halle (Saale) 1888.
  • About mushroom dyes . In: Botanische Zeitung , 47th year 1889, pp. 53–91.
  • The mushrooms in a morphological, physiological, biological and systematic relationship . Eduard Trewendt, Breslau 1890. ( online )
  • Lichen substances in a chemical, botanical, pharmacological and technical relationship . Jena 1907. ( online )

literature

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  • University Archives Halle-Wittenberg, Repository 11, Personnel File 17514 (Zopf)

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Zopf  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member entry by Wilhelm Zopf at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ 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 .
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Schröder Rector of the University of Münster
1903–1904 		Leo of Savigny
personal data
SURNAME Zopf, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zopf, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Rossleben
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1909
Place of death Muenster