Karl Fritsch

Karl Fritsch ( born February 24, 1864 in Vienna, † 17 January 1934 in Graz ) was an Austrian botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Fritsch ".

Life

Karl Fritsch was the son of Karl Fritsch meteorologists. He began Sciences at the University of Innsbruck to study and moved in the same subject then to the University of Vienna. In 1886 he was able to complete this program successfully with a doctorate ( Dr. phil. ). Immediately afterward, he got a job as a volunteer in the Botanical Department of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. 1890 appointed one Fritsch as demonstrator at the Plant Physiology Institute, University of Vienna, where he was still in the same year could imagine his habilitation.

From 1892 worked as an adjunct Fritsch by the Botanical Gardens was founded in 1896 to " aoProf. " Appointed. Four years later he accepted a position as a " professor of systematic botany " at the Karl- Franzens- University of Graz. He was also in 1905 "or Prof. "promoted. As such, he was instrumental in the restructuring of the Botanical Laboratory into a modern institution. In 1910 he was entrusted in Graz with the management of the Botanic Gardens.

Fritsch's extensive research focused particularly on systematic studies of the flora of Austria, and to the family of plants Gesneriaceae and the layout of the monocots ( class of monocots ). Also, research on fungi and Myxomycetes were his constant interest.

Fritschiana

In his honor, a magazine series was founded in 1994 by the Institute of Botany and baptized Fritschiana. It is the direct Schedae - books of Professor Josef Pölt and discusses the research at the botanical collection of the Institute. The range has now been extended to floristic and taxonomic work and currently consists of 131 books.