Siegfried Reissek Explained
Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen - 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology.[1]
From 1837 to 1841 he was a student at the University of Vienna. He worked as assistant curator at the Royal Botanical Collection in Vienna between 1845 and 1867, when he was appointed head curator; and from 1848 was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.[2] He circumscribed numerous plant taxa, including the genus Stenanthemum (family Rhamnaceae).[3] The plant genus Reissekia from Brazil (in the family Rhamnaceae) commemorates his name.[4] [5]
Publications
- Über die selbständige Entwickelung der Pollenzelle zur keimtragenden Pflanze, 1844 - On the self-development of the pollen cell in germinating plants.
- Die Fasergewebe des Leines. des Hanfes, der Nessel und Baumwolle, 1851 - The fibrous tissue of rope, hemp, nettle and cotton.
- Untersuchungen über die Fäulniss der Mohrrüben, 1852 - Studies on the putrefaction of carrots.
- Alphitomyces schroetteri (1856).
- Die Palmen. Eine physiognomisch-culturhistorische Skizze, 1861 - The palms.
- Celastrineae, Ilicineae et Rhamneae, 1861. In: Flora Brasiliensis.
- Die Vegetation von Südasien, 1864 - Vegetation of southern Asia.
- "Correspondence : Reissek (Siegfried) and Engelmann (George)", 1876.
References
- http://data.onb.ac.at/nlv_lex/perslex/R/Reissek_Siegfried.htm Nachlässe in Österreich - Personenlexikon
- http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_R/Reissek_Siegfried_1819_1871.xml Reissek, Siegfried (1819-1871), Botaniker
- https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&dq=Reisseck+1819&pg=PA2561 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ...
- https://books.google.com/books?id=dJ4CAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Reissekia%22+%22Reissek%22&pg=PA855 Botanische Zeitung, Volume 29
- Web site: Reissekia Endl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 March 2021 . en.
