Josef Franz Freyn

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Josef Franz Freyn (7 December 1845, Prague – 16 January 1903, Prague-Smíchov) was an Austrian civil engineer and botanist.

He received technical training in Prague (1862–1865) and attended engineering school in Vienna (1865–1867). Afterwards he was employed in the construction of railways in Hungary and later worked in Istria (1874–1878). In the meantime he conducted investigations of regional flora. In 1878 he relocated to Opočno, later returning to Prague (1881), where he owned a construction company.[1][2]

As a botanist, Freyn was self-taught, who reportedly never attended a formal lecture on botany.[1] In addition to research of Hungarian and Istrian flora, he processed botanical collections from the Iberian peninsula, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkestan et al. As a botanical collector, he collaborated with Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Eduard Hackel and Paul Sintenis.[3] Freyn is remembered for his specialized studies of individual plant species, especially those within the genera Ranunculus and Hieracium.[2]

Selected publications

  • Die Flora von Süd-Istrien, 1878 - Flora of southern Istria.
  • Beitrag zur flora von Bosnien und der angrenzenden Hercegovina. 1888 - Contributions involving the flora of Bosnia and in particular Herzegovina.
  • Zur Kenntniss einiger Arten der Gattung Ranunculus, 1881 - Treatise on species of the genus Ranunculus.
  • Ueber neue und bemerkenswerthe orientalische Pflanzenarten, 3, Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 6(11), 1898 - On new and remarkable Oriental plant species.
  • "Plantae ex Asia media (Fragmentum): Enumeratio plantarum in Turania a Cl. Sintensis ann. 1900-1901 lectarum, additis quibusdam in regione Caspica, Transcaspica, Turkestanica, praesertim in Altiplanite Pamir a cl. Ove Paulsen ann. 1898-1899 aliisque in Turkestania a V.F. Brotherus ann. 1896 lectis"; publisher: Genève : Imprimerie Romet, (1906).[4]
The standard author abbreviation Freyn is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Archive.org Full text of "Taxonomic literature] a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
  3. ↑ JSTOR Global Plants
  4. ↑ WorldCat Search (publications)
  5. ↑ "Author Query for 'Freyn'". International Plant Names Index. 

External links

  • IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Freyn.
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