Jean-Louis Kralik (1813,

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

– 1892,

Tresserve Tresserve (; frp, Trèssarve) is a Communes of France, commune in the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban unit, urban area of Chambéry.< ...

) was a French

botanist Botany, also called , 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 "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. He worked as a professor in Strasbourg, and for a period of time was

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

Philip Barker Webb Philip Barker Webb (10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854) was an English botanist. Life Webb was born to a wealthy, aristocratic family; his father was the lord of the manors of Witley and Milford, Surrey, Milford, in Surrey, England. Webb was e ...

herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...

. From 1855 to 1885 he was curator of

Ernest Cosson Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (22 July 1819 – 31 December 1889) was a French botanist born in Paris. Cosson is known for his botanical research in North Africa, and during his career he participated in eight trips to Algeria. In several of these ...

's herbarium. As a botanical collector, he conducted extensive investigation of North African flora on expeditions to

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and

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. The genus ''Kralikia'' (synonym '' Tripogon'') was named in his honor by Cosson and

Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve (7 December 1796 – 20 February 1878) was a French soldier and botanist who was a native of Saint-Eutrope-de-Born in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. He studied at École Militaire de Brienne, and later at t ...

Published works

* ''Catalogue des plantes observées en Syrie et en Palestine de décembre 1850 à avril 1851'', (with

Louis Félicien de Saulcy Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de Saulcy (19 March 1807 – 4 November 1880), better known as simply Félicien or Félix de Saulcy, was a French numismatist, Orientalist, and archaeologist. Early life Louis Felicien de Saulcy was born in Lil ...

, Ernest Cosson and

Jean-Hippolyte Michon Jean-Hippolyte Michon (21 November 1806 – 8 May 1881) was a French priest, an archaeologist, and the founder of graphology. Born in Laroche-près-Feyt, department of Corrèze, he studied in Angoulême and at the seminary in Église Saint-Sulpice ...

) - Catalog of plants seen in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

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from December 1850 to April 1851. * ''Notes sur quelques plantes rares ou nouvelles : recueillies, en 1854, par M.L. Kralik dans le sud de la régence de Tunis'', (with Ernest Cosson); 1857 - Notes on some new and rare plants, collected in 1854 in the south of the Régence de Tunis. * ''Catalogue Des Reliquiae Mailleanae'' (1869) - A catalogue of the herbarium collections of Alphonse Maille.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

External links

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List of plants described and co-described by Kralik. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kralik, Jean-Louis 1813 births 1892 deaths 19th-century French botanists Scientists from Strasbourg