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Josef Aloys Frölich or Alois von Frölich (10 March 1766, Flora of North America
Froelichia Moench, Methodus. 50. 1794.
German page
well illustrated
Einträge im International Plant Name Index für Alois Frölich
Well illustrated. {{DEFAULTSORT:Frolich, Josef Aloys German entomologists 1766 births 1841 deaths 19th-century German botanists People from Ostallgäu 18th-century German botanists
Josef Aloys Frölich or Alois von Frölich (10 March 1766, Marktoberdorf
Marktoberdorf () is the capital of the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Swabia.
Marktoberdorf is near Kempten, Füssen, known for the castle Neuschwanstein, Bad Wörishofen, and Schongau. The nearest larger city is K ...
– 11 March 1841) was a German doctor
Doctor or The Doctor may refer to:
Personal titles
* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
, 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 ...
and entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
. He is not to be confused with Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich
Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich (1805 – 1878) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
He is not to be confused with Josef Aloys Frölich, his father, also an entomologist but specialising in Coleoptera. Franz Anton Gottfried ...
(1805–1878), his son, also an entomologist but specialising in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
.
In the field of botany he described many species within the genus ''Hieracium
''Hieracium'' (),
known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, 'hawk'),
is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion (''Taraxacum''), chicory ('' Cichorium'') ...
''. The genus ''Froelichia
''Froelichia'', or snakecotton, is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae.
Species include:
* '' Froelichia arizonica''
* '' Froelichia chacoensis''
* '' Froelichia drummondii''
* '' Froelichia floridana''
* '' Froelichia gracilis''
* '' ...
'' (family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
) is named in his honor.Froelichia Moench, Methodus. 50. 1794.
Works
* ''De Gentiana libellus sistens specierum cognitarum descriptiones cum observationibus. Accedit tabula aenea'' Erlangen: Walther, 1796 itel auch: ''De Gentiana'', Erlangen: Kunstmann; ''De gentiana dissertatio''; ''Dissertatio inauguralis de Gentiana'' zugleich: Erlangen, Med. Diss., January 1796 * ''Beschreibungen einiger neuer Eingeweidewürmer'', in: Der Naturforscher, 24, S. 101-162, Halle, 1789 * ''Bemerkungen über einige seltene Käfer aus der Insektensammlung des Herrn Hofr. und Prof. Rudolph in Erlangen'', in: ''Der Naturforscher
''Der Naturforscher'' ( "The Naturalist") was a German scientific publication of the Enlightenment devoted to natural history. It was published yearly from 1774 to 1804, by J. J. Gebauers Witwe and Joh. Jac. Gebauer at Halle and edited first ...
'', 26, S. 68-165, Halle, 1792.
See also
* :Taxa named by Josef Aloys FrölichReferences
* H. Wolf: ''Josef Aloys Frölich (1766-1841) und die Flora von Ostwürttemberg'', in: ''Restaurierung und Katalogisierung des Herbariums Leiner in Konstanz'' (Berichte der Botanischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Südwestdeutschland, Beiheft 1), S. 81-148, Karlsruhe, 2004. ISSN 1617-5506 * W. Lippert: ''Josef Aloys Frölich und die Flora des Allgäus'', in: ''Restaurierung und Katalogisierung des Herbariums Leiner in Konstanz'' (Berichte der Botanischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Südwestdeutschland, Beiheft 1), S. 149-159, Karlsruhe, 2004. ISSN 1617-5506 * Karl Otto Müller: ''Alois Frölich: Arzt und Naturforscher 1766 - 1841'', in: Schwäbische Lebensbilder, Bd. 1, S. 203-207, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1940 *Neue Deutsche Biographie
''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (''NDB''; literally ''New German Biography'') is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 26 volumes published thus far cover ...
, Bd. 4, S. 360 und Bd. 5, S. 77
German page
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External links
Einträge im International Plant Name Index für Alois Frölich
Well illustrated. {{DEFAULTSORT:Frolich, Josef Aloys German entomologists 1766 births 1841 deaths 19th-century German botanists People from Ostallgäu 18th-century German botanists