Johann Christian Mikan

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Johann Christian Mikan (1769–1844)

Johann Christian Mikan (born December 5, 1769 in Teplitz, died December 28, 1844 in Prague) was an Austrian-Czech botanist, zoologist and entomologist. He was the son of Joseph Gottfried Mikan.[1]

Mikan was a professor of natural history at the University of Prague where he played basketball and created the Mikan drill.[2] He was one of three leading naturalists on the Austrian Brazil Expedition.[3]

He wrote Monographia Bombyliorum Bohemiæ, iconibus illustrata in 1796, Entomologische Beobachtungen, Berichtigungen und Entdeckungen in 1797, and Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis, etc. in 1820.[4] Mikan described many new species, including the Black Lion Tamarin.

Notes

The standard author abbreviation J.C.Mikan is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

The genus Mikania Willd. (Asteraceae) was named for his father Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743–1814), professor of botany and chemistry at the Prague University.

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References

  1. ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: M-Q. CRC Press. pp. 1690–. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6. Retrieved 23 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ Thomas Adam (2005). Germany and the Americas: O-Z. ABC-CLIO. pp. 809–. ISBN 978-1-85109-628-2. Retrieved 23 April 2012. 
  3. ↑ 1–3 December 2006: Eduard Suess-Symposium in Vienna – The Sternberg Project, University of Vienna
  4. ↑ Books by Johann Christian Mikan, Amazon UK
  5. ↑ "Author Query for 'J.C.Mikan'". International Plant Names Index. 
  • Anonym 1852 [Mikan, J. C.] Lotos 2 63–65.
  • Eiselt, J. N. 1836 Geschichte, Systematik und Literatur der Insectenkunde, von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Als Handbuch für den Jünger und als Repertorium für den Meister der Entomologie bearbeitet. Leipzig, C. H. F. Hartmann .
  • Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758–1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden.
  • Stearn, T. 1956 Mikan's Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis J. Soc. Bibliog.Nat. Hist. 3(3):135–136 doi:10.3366/jsbnh.1956.3.3.135.

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