Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology.[1]
From 1837 to 1841 he was a student at the University of Vienna. He worked as assistant curator at the Royal Botanical Collection in Vienna between 1845 and 1867, when he was appointed head curator; and from 1848 was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.[2] He circumscribed numerous plant taxa, including the genus Stenanthemum (family Rhamnaceae).[3] The plant genus Reissekia from Brazil (in the family Rhamnaceae) commemorates his name.[4][5]
Publications
edit- Über die selbständige Entwickelung der Pollenzelle zur keimtragenden Pflanze, 1844 – On the self-development of the pollen cell in germinating plants.
- Die Fasergewebe des Leines. des Hanfes, der Nessel und Baumwolle, 1851 – The fibrous tissue of rope, hemp, nettle and cotton.
- Untersuchungen über die Fäulniss der Mohrrüben, 1852 – Studies on the putrefaction of carrots.
- Alphitomyces schroetteri (1856).
- Die Palmen. Eine physiognomisch-culturhistorische Skizze, 1861 – The palms.
- Celastrineae, Ilicineae et Rhamneae, 1861. In: Flora Brasiliensis.
- Die Vegetation von Südasien, 1864 – Vegetation of southern Asia.
- "Correspondence : Reissek (Siegfried) and Engelmann (George)", 1876.
References
edit- ^ Nachlässe in Österreich - Personenlexikon
- ^ Reissek, Siegfried (1819-1871), Botaniker Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation
- ^ CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ Botanische Zeitung, Volume 29
- ^ "Reissekia Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Reissek.
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