Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach ( born January 3, 1824 in Dresden, † May 6, 1889 in Hamburg) was a noted German botanist. He was mainly specialized in orchids. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Rchb.f. ".

Life

He was the son of the botanist Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879), who also wrote the Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae. Therefore, the addition of " f " or declared " profile. " To its botanical name abbreviation from the Latin filius = " son ".

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach began at age 18 to study orchids and assist his father in writing the iconography.

In 1852 he received his doctorate with a thesis on orchid pollen and in 1863 professor of botany and director of the botanical garden in Hamburg.

Just at that time a great many newly discovered species of orchids from South America and Asia were sent to Europe and Reichenbach identified, described and classified a number of these species.

After the death of John Lindley, the father of modern orchidology in 1865 Reichenbach became the world's leading orchid experts.

His rich estate, consisting of the herbarium and library, he bequeathed to the Natural History Museum Vienna, and not, as one might suspect, the Botanical Gardens in London, under the condition that this will for 25 years not consulted. At this step, Reichenbach decided possibly from a reservation to Robert Allen Rolfe, a self-taught Orchid expert, who was appointed to leading taxonomists in London.

After Reichenbach's death, his work of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin (1847-1934) was continued.

Works

  • Xenia orchidacea. From 1854 to 1900.
  • Flora of Germany .... 13/14-22, 1850-1886.
  • Otia botanica hamburgensia. From 1878 to 1881.

Swell

  • Robert Zander, Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds.): Handbook of Plant Names. 13th edition. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
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