Heinrich Carl Haussknecht
Heinrich Carl Haussknecht(30 November 1838 – 7 July 1903) was a Germanpharmacistandbotanical collectorwho was a native ofBennungen,Sachsen-Anhalt.
Trained as a pharmacist, Haussknecht is remembered for collecting and describing numerous species of plants. His botanical explorations took place inThuringia,Lower Saxony,Greeceand theMiddle East(the present-day nations ofTurkey,Syria,Iraq,Iran), where he discovered, among othersTulipa aleppensis.[1]He established a largeherbariuminWeimar,which after his death was placed under the supervision ofJoseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller(1862–1948). In 1949, the "Herbarium Haussknecht" was transferred to theUniversity of Jena.[2]
Haussknecht specialized in the study of the genusEpilobiumfrom the botanical familyOnagraceae.In 1884 he published amonographon the genus calledMonographie der Gattung Epilobium.[3]The botanical genusHaussknechtiawas named in his honour byPierre Edmond Boissier(1810-1885) in 1872.[4] Also he was honoured inFerula haussknechtiiWolff ex Rech. f.in 1952.[5]
Haussknecht distributed several large specimen series, all not beingexsiccataein the strong sense, but listed byIndExs – Index of Exsiccatae.[6]
References
[edit]- This article incorporates information based on a translation of an equivalent article at theSpanish Wikipedia.
- ^Richard Wilford 2006, Tulips, species and hybrids for the gardener, Portland, Timber Press, 77
- ^The botanical expeditions and collections of Hofrat Prof. Carl Haussknecht (1838-1903) in Anatolia
- ^WorldCat TitlesMonographie der gattung Epilobium
- ^"HaussknechtiaBoiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science ".Plants of the World Online.Retrieved15 May2021.
- ^"Ferula haussknechtiiH.Wolff ex Rech.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science ".Plants of the World Online.Retrieved23 September2021.
- ^Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae.Botanische Staatssammlung München:http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de.– München, Germany.
- ^International Plant Names Index.Hausskn.
External links
[edit]- IPNIList of botanical species described & co-described by Haussknecht
