Karl Rechinger (9 April 1867 – 29 November 1952) was an Austrian
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 ...
born in
Vienna. He was the father of botanist
Karl Heinz Rechinger
Professor Karl Heinz Rechinger Hon FRSE (16 October 1906, Vienna – 30 December 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist and phytogeographer.
Life
Karl Heinz Rechinger was born in Vienna on 16 October 1906. He was the son of Dr Karl Rechinge ...
(1906-1998).
He studied at the
University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1893. Afterwards he served as a demonstrator, followed by work as an assistant at the university
botanical garden. Beginning in 1902 he worked at various functions at the ''
Naturhistorisches Museum'' in Vienna, and from 1918 onward, he served as a
curator of the botany department.
BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
In 1905, with his wife Lily Rechinger-Favarger (1880-1973), he participated on an expedition to Oceania, where he performed botanical research in Samoa, the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. As a result of the journey he published the following two works:
* ''Deutsch Neu-Guinea. Streifzüge in Deutsch Neu-Guinea and auf den Salomons-Inseln'', (1908).
* ''Botanische and zoologische Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftlichen Forschungsreise nach den Samoa-Inseln, dem Neuguinea-Archipel and den Salomons-Inseln'', (1908–15).
Eponymy
The plant species ''Alpinia rechingeri
''Alpinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, ...
'', ''Areca rechingeriana
''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name u ...
'', '' Balaka rechingeriana'', '' Berberis rechingeri'', '' Carduus rechingeri'', '' Carex rechingeri'', ''Celsia rechingeri
Celsia can refer to:
Plants
* ''Celsia'' Boehm., nom. illeg., considered a synonym of '' Colchicum''
* ''Celsia'' Heist. ex Fabr., nom. illeg., considered a synonym of '' Ornithogalum''
* '' Verbascum'', various species, particularly ''V. bugulifo ...
'', '' Euphrasia rechingeri'', '' Galeopsis rechingeri'', '' Guillainia rechingeri'', ''Laportea rechingeri
''Laportea'' is a genus of plants in the family Urticaceae. They are herbaceous, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae, they have stinging hairs. There are stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant. The genus ...
'', ''Lycianthes rechingeri
''Lycianthes'' is a genus of plants from the nightshade family (Solanaceae), found in both the Old World and the New World, but predominantly in the latter. It contains roughly 150 species, mostly from tropical America, with 35-40 species in ...
'', ''Mariscus rechingeri Mariscus may refer to:
* ''Mariscus'', a synonym for a genus of plants, '' Cyperus''
* ''Cladium mariscus
''Cladium mariscus'' is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae, sedge family known by the common names swamp sawgrass, great fen-se ...
'', ''Masdevallia rechinergiana
''Masdevallia'', abbreviated Masd in horticultural trade, is a large genus of flowering plants of the Pleurothallidinae, a subtribe of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). There are over 500 species, grouped into several subgenera. The genus ...
'', '' Melolhria rechingeri'', ''Oncidium rechingerianum
''Oncidium'', abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae). As presently conceived (May 2014), it is distributed across m ...
'', ''Ophrys rechingeri
The genus ''Ophrys'' is a large group of orchids from the alliance Orchis in the subtribe Orchidinae. They are widespread across much of Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, the Canary Islands, and the Middle East as far east as Turkmenistan.
...
'', ''Pandanus rechingerii
''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. The greatest number of species are found in Madagascar and Malaysia. Common n ...
'', '' Pelasites rechingeri'', ''Piper rechingeri
Piper may refer to:
People
* Piper (given name)
* Piper (surname)
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Comics
* Piper (Morlock), in the Marvel Universe
* Piper (Mutate), in the Marvel Universe
Television
* Piper Chapman, le ...
'', '' Primula rechingeri'', '' Schomburgkia rechingerana'', '' Solanum rechingeri'', '' Syzygium rechingeri'', '' Tylophora rechingeri'' and '' Wedelia rechingeriana'' are named after him.
References
Biography of Charles Rehinger @ Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
External links
IPNI
List of plants described and co-described by Rechinger.
19th-century Austrian botanists
1867 births
1952 deaths
Scientists from Vienna
20th-century Austrian botanists
Scientists from Austria-Hungary
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