Count Friedrich Carl Eugen Vsemir von Berchtold, baron von Ungarschitz ( cz, Bedřich Karel Eugen Všemír Berchtold hrabě z Uherčic; 25 October 1781 – 3 April 1876), was a German-speaking

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n physician and

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from Austrian descent.

Biography

Berchtold was born in Stráž nad Nežárkou (german: Platz an der Naser) (now District Jindřichův Hradec), in the Austrian Empire. He graduated from medical school in 1804, after which he practiced medicine and devoted much of his time to botany and natural history. He eventually abandoned regular medical practice and travelled throughout Europe, the Middle East and Brazil. He co-authored several research papers with brother botanists

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and

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, including an important taxonomic work, '' O Přirozenosti Rostlin''. An avid worker for Czech national revival, Berchtold was involved in the establishment of the

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. He died in 1876 in Buchlau (now

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), Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic). The genus ''

Berchtoldia ''Chaetium'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Chaetium bromoides'' (J.Presl) Benth. - Mexico, Central America * ''Chaetium cubanum'' (C.Wright) Hitchc. - Cuba * ''Chaetium festucoides'' Nees - Colombia ( B ...

'' C.Presl (syn. ''

Chaetium ''Chaetium'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Chaetium bromoides'' (J.Presl) Benth. - Mexico, Central America * '' Chaetium cubanum'' (C.Wright) Hitchc. - Cuba * '' Chaetium festucoides'' Nees - Colombia ( B ...

'' Nees) was named in his honor. Tučapy - pamětní deska Berghtold

Selected publications

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Notes

Hrabě Hrabě, Hrabětová is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonín Hrabě (1902–?), Czech weightlifter * František Hrabě, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist * Václav Hrabě Václav Hrabě (June 13, 1940, Příbram, Czech ...

is the Czech equivalent, the female form is hraběnka.

References

External links

Partial list of papers by Berchtold
- WorldCat
Berchtold biography
on Czech Radio

Bibliography

* * 19th-century Austrian botanists Czech botanists 1781 births 1876 deaths Bryologists Pteridologists Botanists with author abbreviations

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