Heinrich Rehm Explained

Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm (20 October 1828, Ederheim – 1 April 1916, Munich) ^[1] was a German mycologist and lichenologist.He studied at the Universities of Erlangen, Munich and Heidelberg, earning his medical doctorate in 1852. During his career, he was a practicing physician in Dietenhofen (from 1854), Sugenheim (from 1857), and Windsheim (from 1871). In 1875, he became regional medical examiner in Lohr am Main.^[2]

Starting with 1869 until his death Rehm distributed exsiccata specimens in five series, one of them co-edited by Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold.^[3]

Publications (including published schedae of his exsiccata works)

• Rehm, H. 1874. Ascomyceten Fasc. 5: 201-250
• ----. 1875. Ascomyceten 6: 251-300
• ----. 1881, publ. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 20: 97-103
• ----. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 21 (8): 113–123.
• ----. 1883. Ascomyceten Fasc. XV: 701-750
• ----. 1883. Ascomycetes Lojkani Lecti in Hungaria, Transilvania et Galicia. [i-iv], [1]-70. Berlin; Friedländer & Sohn
• ----. 1883. Ascomyceten fasc. XIV. Hedwigia 22: 52-61
• ----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVI. Hedwigia 24: 7-17
• ----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVII. Hedwigia 24 (6): 225-246
• ----. 1888. Ascomyceten 923, in sched.
• ----. 1888. Ascomyceten fasc. XIX. Hedwigia 27: 163-175
• ----. 1889. Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. Dr L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1. 3. Abth: Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. 209-336
• ----. 1889. Ascomyceten, Fasc. XX. Hedwigia 5: 347-358

Eponyms

In 1861, the fungal genus Rehmia was named after him by lichenologist August von Krempelhuber, it is now a synonym of Rhizocarpon.^[4] Other mycological genera that were named after him include; Rehmiella, Neorehmia now Trichosphaerella, Rehmiellopsis now Delphinella, Rehmiodothis, Discorehmia and Rehmiomycella .^{[2] [5]}

Notes and References

1. https://runeberg.org/nfcq/0682.html Projekt Runeberg
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190123#page/666/mode/1up Biodiversity Heritage Library
3. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
4. Web site: Rehmia caeruleoalba Kremp. - Names Record . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 25 September 2022.
5. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.