Karel Kavina (September 4, 1890 – January 21, 1948, both in

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) was a Czech botanist. Kavina was professor of botany at the Technical University in Prague. He worked on

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, plant morphology and anatomy, and

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. He published several atlases and monographs and was editor-in-chief of two botanical journals. In 1938, botanist

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Kavinia ''Kavinia'' is a genus of fungi in the Lentariaceae family. The genus contains five species, and has a largely European distribution. The genus name of ''Kavinia'' is in honour of Karel Kavina (1890–1948) was a Czech botanist. The genus was c ...

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in the

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family. The genus contains five species, and has a largely European distribution. It was named in Kavina's honour.

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Příruční slovník naučný ''Příruční slovník naučný'' (PSN) was a four-volume encyclopedia in Czech published in Czechoslovakia between 1962 and 1966. The encyclopedia was published by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The aim was to displace the older ''Ott ...

1962 (encyclopedia by

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech: ''Československá akademie věd'', Slovak: ''Česko-slovenská akadémia vied'') was established in 1953 to be the scientific center for Czechoslovakia. It was succeeded by the Czech Academy of Science ...

): volume II, page 477. 1890 births 1948 deaths Czechoslovak botanists Czech botanists Scientists from Prague Academic staff of Czech Technical University in Prague {{CzechRepublic-botanist-stub