Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1717–1783), Stablemaster of the

Margrave of Bayreuth The Principality of Bayreuth (german: Fürstentum Bayreuth) or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (''Markgraftum Brandenburg-Bayreuth'') was an immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern dyna ...

, was a German biologist. In 1778 he developed a process of staining micro-organisms with indigo and carmine (''Abhandlung über die Saamen - und Infusionsthierchen, und über die Erzeugung, nebst mikroskopischen Beobachtungen des Saamens der Thiere in verschiedenen Infusionen'' - Treatise on seed and infusoria, and their production, along with microscopic observations of the semen of animals in different suspensions). The fern genus ''

Gleichenia ''Gleichenia'' is a genus of ferns. Its closest relative is the genus ''Stromatopteris'', restricted to New Caledonia. Species include: * '' Gleichenia abscida'' Rodway * ''Gleichenia alpina ''Gleichenia alpina'', commonly known as alpine cor ...

'' was named in his honour.

Publications

''Drosophila : a contribution to its morphology and development'' - W. F. von Gleichen, 1764
A description of

Drosophila melanogaster ''Drosophila melanogaster'' is a species of fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit fly or lesser fruit fly, or less commonly the "vinegar fly" or "pomace fly". Starting with Ch ...

edited in 1764 by Johann Christoph Keller (1737-1796) who also engraved the accompanying copper-plate.
''Dissertation sur la génération, les animalcules spermatiques, et ceux d'infusions, avec des observations microscopiques sur le sperme et sur différentes infusions'' - Gleichen-Russwurm, Wilhelm Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1717-1783''Auserlesene mikroskopische Entdeckungen bey den Pflanzen, Blumen und Blüthen, Insekten und andern Merkwürdigkeiten : mit illuminirten Kupfertafeln'' - Nürnberg, 1777''Von Entstehung, Bildung, Umbildung Und Bestimmung Des Erdkörpers... ''''Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen der geheimen Zeugungstheile der Pflanzen in ihren Blüten, und der in denselben befindlichen Insekten'' - Nürnberg, Raspe, 1790

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