Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (29 January 1793, in Theusing – 8 September 1848) was a Bohemian botanist. He studied philosophy,

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and

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at the University of Prague, becoming an associate professor of economic and technical

botany Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "bot ...

in 1815. He discovered at least eleven species of plants, including ''Rhizobotrya alpina'' and ''Saxifraga hostii''. During his career he worked at the botanical garden of Emanuel Joseph Malabaila von Canal (1745-1826).BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications He was the taxonomic authority of many botanical species. Plants bearing the specific epithet of ''tauschii'' are named in his honor, e.g. '' Triticum tauschii''. In 1825, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal named the genus '' Tauschia'', or umbrellaworts (family

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) after him.

Biography

Tausch was born on January 29, 1793 in Bohemia to a master brewer, Josef Tausch, and Elizabeth Tausch. In his youth, Tausch visited a Piaristengymnasium, a higher educational institution, in the town of

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, sparking his curiosity in botany. From 1809 to 1812, he attended the Charles University in

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, where he studied philosophy, medicine, and botany. From 1815 to 1826, he served as a professor of botany at the botanical garden of Emmanuel Canal at Prague. From 1821 to his death, he was a member of the Academy in Turin, and in 1843, became president of the Bohemian Horticultural Society. He died at Prague on September 8, 1848, at the age of 55.

Publications

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Hortus canalius seu plantarum rariorum
, (tomas 1: decays 1 of 2) 1823. * ''Bemerkungen über einige Arten der Gattung Paeonia'', in Flora, Regensburg, 11, (6), 81–89.Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia
The Peony Library

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German Bohemian people 19th-century Austrian botanists People from Toužim 1793 births 1848 deaths Charles University alumni {{botanist-stub