Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius Explained

Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) was a German physician, mycologist and botanist.

In 1801, he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with the thesis Dissertatio Botanica Inauguralis De Iunco (treatise on rushes).^[1] He later settled in Stettin as a medical practitioner.^[2]

The plant genus Rostkovia from the family Juncaceae was named in his honor by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784-1856).^[3] His name is also associated with the species Euphrasia rostkoviana.^[4]

Written works

• Monographia generis iunci, 1801; with Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803).
• Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas nec non plantas praecipuas agri Swinemundii, 1824; with Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843).
• Die Pilze Deutschlands: Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Abt. 3, Volume 5; Volumes 21–22, 1844; with August Karl Joseph Corda (1809–1849) - German fungi : German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.
• Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, 1844; with Jacob Sturm (1771–1848) and Johann Wilhelm Sturm (1808–1865) - German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247589696 WorldCat Titles
2. http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/Imagenes/F(46)Fl_Iber13/Fl_Iber13_664.pdf BibDigital Diccionario
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&dq=Rostkovius+Rostkovia&pg=PA2337 CRC world dictionary of plant names. 4. R - Z
4. http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewWrongentry.php?idThread=1140812&idForum=6&lp=ende&lang=en Eyebright - LEO forums
5. http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Friedrich+Wilhelm+Gottlieb+Rostkovius%22 Google Search
6. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-rostkovius,%20friedrich%20wilhelm%20gottlieb WorldCat Identities