RNDr. Miloš Deyl, DrSc. (19 June 1906 in Smidary – 21 February 1985 in

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) was a Czechoslovak

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. For the general public, his most famous publication is ''Naše květiny (Our Plants)''. This systematical plant atlas, illustrated by Květoslav Hísek introduces over 700 most important species of

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. Since the first release in 1973, it has been re-published 3 times, in 2001 for the last time.

Life

He was born as a middle son in the family of a school director in Smidary. Between 1925 and 1929 he studied at the

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. In 1931, he defended a doctoral thesis with the topic ''Příspěvek k poznání stavů koncentrace vodíkových iontů k asociacím rostlinným'' there. In 1933 he was nominated as a science specialist in National Museum in Prague. in 1946, he was appointed as a national museal board member. He worked in the botany department of

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till 1976. During the World War 2 occupation he was active in resistance group, where he encrypted radio transmissions. In his marriage with Blažena (born Straširybková), a daughter Blanka and a son Vladimír were born.

Scientific work

Next to Floristics he focused on

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of plants. In 1946 he published a monography ''Study of the genus Sesleria''. Among botanists, he is considered to be a founder of Czech

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, thanks to a large ''Synecological study from Carpathian Ukraina''. This comprehensive volume of ''Plants, soil and climate of Pop Ivan'' has been published in 1940 and serves until today as a unique comparison base for current research initiatives
Deyl Alpine research station
in Maramures Mountains"). Other important publication is "Plevele polí a zahrad", illustrated by Otto Ušák, published in 1956. He also co-authored ''Historický vývoj organismů'' by Vladimír Novák. Every year, he travelled across

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and

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to study local plants and environment. On his expeditions, he also joined F. A. Novák (to

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and

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), Pavel Sillinger (to

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and

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), Ivan Klášterský (to

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), Albert Pilát (to Serbian Macedonia and

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to compare vegetation environment of

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and Slovak Tatras - "Alpinky", 1939), Karel Domin, Vladimír Krajina. He brought a large collection of herbaria samples from his European expeditions.

References

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