Rupert Huter (26 September 1834, Kals – 11 February 1919, Ried bei Sterzing) was an Austrian

clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

and

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 studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Brixen Brixen (, ; it, Bressanone ; lld, Porsenù or ) is a town in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic and ...

, afterwards working as an assistant priest in the town of

Sankt Jakob in Defereggen Sankt Jakob in Defereggen (Southern Bavarian: ''St. Jakoub in Dejfreggin'') is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Population Personalities *Mario Scheiber Mario Scheiber (born March 6, 1983, in Sankt Ja ...

. From 1861 to 1881, he served as a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

in several Austrian communities, later being named an ''expositur'' in Jaufental. From 1884 to 1918, he was a priest in Ried bei Sterzing. Herbarbogen Rupert Huter

With Pietro Porta (1832–1923) and Giorgio Rigo (1841–1922), he participated in several botanical expeditions, including trips to

Carnia Carnia ( fur, Cjargne or ''Cjargna''/''Cjargno'' in local variants, vec, Ciargna, german: Karnien, sl, Karnija) is a historical-geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli. Its 27 municipalities all belong to the Province of Ud ...

Friuli Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia ...

(1873), southern Italy (1874, 1875, 1877), Spain (1879) and the

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...

(1885). His

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 ...

of nearly 120,000 specimens was bequeathed to the "Vinzentinum" in Brixen. Of particular interest, are specimens of 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'') ...

'' contained within the herbarium. The genus ''Hutera'' (synonym ''

Coincya ''Coincya'' is a genus of flowering plant that belongs to the family Brassicaceae. Three species of the plant are endemic to the British Isles, these being ''Coincya wrightii'' (Lundy cabbage), '' Coincya cheiranthos'' (nokkasinapit) and '' Coinc ...

'') bears his name, as do species with the specific epithet of ''huteri''. an example being ''

Ligusticum huteri ''Ligusticum huteri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, endemic to the Serra de Tramuntana on Majorca, Spain. The plant's natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical an ...

''.

Associated writings

* ''Flora der Gefässpflanzen von Höhlenstein und der nächsten Umgebung'', 1872 –

Vascular plant Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They al ...

s of Höhlenstein and its immediate vicinity. * ''Herbar-Studien''. Wien Selbstverl, 1908 – Herbarium studies. * "Die Gattung Hieracium L. (Compositae) im Herbarium Rupert Huter (Vinzentinum Brixen, BRIX) kommentiertes Verzeichnis mit taxonomischen und nomenklatorischen Ergänzungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Typus-Belege", part of the series "Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (Innsbruck); Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum", Günter Gottschlich (2007).Google Books
Die Gattung Hieracium L. (Compositae) im Herbarium Rupert Huter (Vinzentinum Brixen, BRIX)

References

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