August von Hayek

August von Hayek (December 14, 1871 - June 11, 1928) was an Austrian botanist who was a native of Vienna. He was born as a son of Gustav von Hayek, and August was the father of economist Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992).

From 1926 Hayek was a professor at the University of Vienna. He is remembered for phytogeographical studies of Styria and the Balkans. Among his better known publications are the following:

Prodromus Florae Peninulae Balkanicae, (Preliminary Publication of Balkan Peninsula Flora)
Flora der Steiermark, (Flora of Styria)
Schedae ad Florum stiriacum exsiccatum, 1904-1912
Die Pflanzendecke Österreich-Ungarns, Volume 1, 1916
Allgemeine Pflanzengeographie, (General Phytogeography), 1926

The standard author abbreviation Hayek is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Hayek, August von
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Date of birth	December 14, 1871
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