Wenceslas Bojer

Boii Wenceslas ( Václav, or Wenzel Boii; born September 23, 1795 in Řesanice, Bohemia, † June 4, 1856 in Port Louis, Mauritius ) was a naturalist and botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Boii ".

Biography

Wenceslas Boii was born the son of Simon and Barbara dust Boii in Bohemia. Like his father, he was first gardener. During his training at the botanist Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, he attracted the attention of Franz Wilhelm Sieber, who gave him a position at the Imperial Museum in Vienna. Between 1821 and 1823 operating Boii together with Sieber and Carl Theodor Hilsenberg botanical studies in Mauritius. In 1822 he was sent by the Mauritian Governor Robert Townsend Farquhar to Madagascar, where he accompanied Prince Rafaria and James Hastie, the envoy of King Radama I of Madagascar on their expeditions. Boii explored the west coast of Madagascar, before he arrived in Antananarivo.

From 1824 Boii worked as an interpreter in Africa. He explored several coasts in Africa and was able to gather a large collection of plants and minerals. In 1829, he was next to Charles Telfair, Jacques Delisse ( 1773-1856 ) and Julien Desjardins of the founders of the Société royale des Arts et des Sciences de l' île Maurice, the first scientific association of Mauritius. 1842 Boii curator at the Museum Desjardins and 1848 Director of the Jardin des Pamplemousses. In 1849 he was elected a member of the Scholars Academy Leopoldina.

Bojers last treatise Rapport sur ​​le Tarandeur of cannes (1856 ) was the sugarcane borer ( Diatraea saccharalis ), who had destroyed in 1850s, two-thirds of the sugar cane harvesting in Mauritius and the governor had then exposed to 50,000 francs for an effective remedy for the plague.

Wenceslas Boii died in 1856 at a plegia.

Ehrentaxa

After Boii are several plants and Tiertaxa of Africa, Madagascar, named the Seychelles and the Mascarene Islands, including, but not Bojers Skink ( Gongylomorphus bojerii ), the Palm Weaver (Ploceus bojeri ) Dionycha bojerii, Ficus bojeri, Uapaca bojeri, Streptocarpus thompsonii var. bojeri, Euphorbia bojeri, Epilobium bojeri and Wahlenbergia bojeri.

Augustin- de Candolle Pyrame named in his honor in 1836, the plant genus Bojeria. Today it is a synonym for Inula from the sunflower family ( Asteraceae). Constantine S. Rafinesque - Schmaltz named, also in 1836, a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae ( Euphorbiaceae ) named Bojeria. This homonym is, however, invalid in accordance with the rules of the ICBN.

Writings (selection )

  • Hortus mauritianus: ou enumeration des plantes, exotiques et indigènes, croissent qui a l' Ile Maurice, disposées d' aprés la méthode naturelle, 1837.
  • Espèces nouvelles de plantes à Madagascar et îles Comores, 1841.
  • Planches relative au genre Gærtnera Lam., 1847.
  • Vahea madagascariensis et Cassia filipendula, 1847.

Swell

  • Noël Réganrd: Notice consacrée à Boii dans le Dictionnaire de Biographie de la Société Royale mauricienne Proceedings of Arts and Sciences, 1956.
  • William Jackson Hooker: Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1856
  • Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson: Report on the scientific achievements in the field of entomology. 1857
Kasejovice Radama I. Bojer's skink Euphorbia milii Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Constantine Samuel Rafinesque International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants International Plant Names Index Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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