Ludwig Reichenbach

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach ( born January 8, 1793 in Leipzig, † March 17, 1879 in Dresden ) was a German naturalist, zoologist and botanist. His name is in the scientific literature with Rchb. abbreviated.

Life and work

Reichenbach was the son of Johann Friedrich Jacob Reichenbach, vice-principal at St. Thomas School in Leipzig and author of the 1818 published the first Greek- German dictionary. His son Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach was also a botanist and orchid researchers.

Reichenbach studied from 1810 medicine and science at the University of Leipzig, where in 1815 the Dr. phil. and in 1817 received his doctorate to the Dr. med. He habilitated in 1818 and was an associate professor in the same year, 1820 Professor of Natural History at the Surgical- Medical Academy in Dresden. Reichenbach worked there until its dissolution in 1862. He was also the director of the Natural History Collections at the kennel. He also led the justified by himself Botanical Garden of Dresden until his death.

Reichenbach made ​​to both the flora and the fauna of Germany earned in a number of works. He aspired to a natural system of species. In 1826 he founded the Saxon society for botany and horticulture "Flora" to Dresden, where he served until 1843 as Chief Executive.

Reichenbach decades was president of the " Isis ", the most prestigious scientific society in Dresden, where he worked until 1866 as chairman from 1836. 1834 was founded on the initiative of Reichenbach's " Dresden Animal Protection Association ", which is like the " Isis " until today.

Among his most famous books, heard his " full natural history of mammals and birds ." His zoological and botanical books are illustrated with real-life images that were drawn to the part of himself.

Reichenbach died in 1879 and was buried in the Trinity Cemetery in Dresden Johann city. The tomb but was cleared after the abandonment of right of use. However, the cemetery administration no longer awarded the grave site so that on the initiative of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden a stele was erected, which was unveiled on September 11, 2011.

The Reichenbachstraße in Dresden bears his name.

Honors and Dedikationsnamen

The plant genus Reichenbachia Spreng. has been named after him, and also a Veilchenart, the forest violets or Reichenbach's violet (Viola reichenbachiana Jord. Boreau ex ). His name is also used in specific epithet Echinocereus reichenbachii ( Terscheck ex Walpers ) F.Haage use. José Jerónimo Triana used the name Marsdenia reichenbachii for the condor Liane.

William Elford Leach used Interestingly, 1826 also the generic name for Reichenbachia a beetle of the family of rove beetles ( Staphylinidae ). Another insect that includes its name, belongs to the family of quiver Virgin ( Limnephilidae ) and was described by Friedrich reichenbachii Kolenati 1884 as Enoicyla.

Also in ornithology Reichenbach was honored in the specific epithet. So forgave Carl Johann Gustav Hartlaub in 1857 for the Reichenbach Nektarvogel the name Anabathmis reichenbachii and in 1852 named a subspecies of Zimtkopfliest as Todiramphus cinnamominus reichenbachii. Also August from Pelzeln described in 1870 in honor of Reichenbach's a subspecies of Rotachseltaube as Leptotila rufaxilla reichenbachii. Finally, described Jean Louis Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine 1863 in Museum Heineanum a subspecies of Rußspechts as Veniliornis fumigatus reichenbachi.

The Dutch also check out the trivial names Reichenbach's Honingeter for Papua honeyeater ( Meliphaga analogues ). Also in English can be found in some authors a common name called Reichenbach 's Whitethroat ( Leucochloris malvina ). Was long regarded this taxon Reichenbach has described 1855 as a valid taxon Art Today as a possible hybrid between the white -throated Hummingbird ( Leucochloris albicollis ) and the orange-bellied Emerald hummingbird ( Chlorostilbon lucidus ) is considered.

Writings

  • Flora germanica excursoria (1830-1832, 3 volumes ) online doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.309
  • Flora exotica (1834-1836)
  • The dog in his main and Nebenraçen (1835 )
  • Flora germanica exsiccata (1830-1845)
  • Overview of the vegetable kingdom and its natural stages of development (1828 )
  • Handbook of natural plant system ( 1837) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7598, 2nd Ed ( 1850) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7572
  • The herbarium Book ( 1841) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7694
  • Picture and description of recommended plants for garden culture (1821-1826, with 96 panels )
  • Monographia generis Aconite (1820, with 19 plates )
  • Illustratio specierum Aconiti generis (1823-1827, with 72 panels )
  • Iconographia botanica see plantae criticae (1823-1832, with 1,000 panels )
  • Iconographia botanica exotica (1827-1830) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.46725
  • Regnum animale (1834-1836, with 79 panels )
  • Germany Fauna (1842, 2 volumes)
  • Most complete natural history of the home and abroad (1845-1854, 2 sections in 9 volumes of over 1,000 panels ), including The newly discovered birds of New Holland (1845 ) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.48999
  • The quadrupeds (1845-1846) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.16011
  • Handbook of speciellen Ornithology (1851-1854)
  • The most complete natural history of the Apes ( 1862)
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