Heinrich Schenck

Johann Heinrich Rudolf Schenck (* 1860 in Siegen, † 1927 in Darmstadt ) was a German botanist and university professor. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Schenck ".

Biography

Schenck studied from 1879 to 1880 Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn from 1881 to 1882 at the University of Berlin. In Berlin, his teacher, August Wilhelm Eichler and especially Simon Schwendenerstrasse were. From 1882 to 1883 he was again in Bonn and was there in 1884 when Eduard Strasburger Dr. phil. doctorate.

1886/1887 he undertook together with Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper a research trip to Brazil, where they were among others, Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller in Blumenau. 1889 Schenck lecturer at the University of Bonn in 1896 and received a call to the chair of botany at the Polytechnic University of Darmstadt. At the same time he was appointed director of the Botanical Garden in Darmstadt.

Schenck's research interest was the water plants in which he investigated the histological structure as well as the living conditions especially. He summed up his results in this area together in the first ecological monograph on this group. Next he studied the morphology, histology and ecology of lianas.

He was co-founder and up to the 16th edition of Strasburger co-editor. His brother Adolf has established itself as a geographer, botanist, mineralogist and a name, his daughter Erna, married Erna Walter (1893-1992) was also a botanist.

Works

  • Textbook of botany for colleges. Jena: G. Fischer. to 16 Edit by Hans Fitting; Ludwig Jost; Henry Schenck; George Karsten
  • Of vegetation from the Sierra Mixteca de Mexico. Jena: Fischer, 1922.
  • Martin Schongauer 's Dragon Tree. Jena: Fischer, 1920
  • Lichen. Jena: Fischer, 1914
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetation of the Canary Islands: with inset posthumous writings AFW Schimpers. Jena: Fischer, 1922
  • About flora and vegetation of St. Paul and New Amsterdam: with inset posthumous reports. A. F. W. Schimpers. Jena: Fischer, 1922
  • Comparative presentation of plant geography of the sub-Antarctic islands, especially on the flora and vegetation of Kerguelen: with inset posthumous writings AFW Schimpers. Jena: Fischer, 1922
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetation and flora of the Seychelles: with inset posthumous writings of AFW Schimper & after d preparatory work by H. Schenk. Edited by Ludwig Diels. - Jena: Fischer, 1922
  • Alpine vegetation. Jena: Fischer, 1908
  • Mediterranean trees. Jena: Fischer, 1905
  • Beach vegetation of Brazil. Jena: Fischer, 1903
  • Of vegetation from southern Brazil. Jena: Fischer, 1903
  • Tropical crops. Jena: Fischer, 1903
  • Comparative anatomy of submerged plants: with 10 plates. Cassel: Fischer, 1886
  • Contributions to the biology and anatomy of lianas: in particular, the native Brazilian species. Jena: Fischer, 1892
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