Karl Rechinger

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Karl Rechinger (1867–1952) was an Austrian botanist born in Vienna. He was the father of botanist Karl Heinz Rechinger (1906-1998).

He studied at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1893. Afterwards he served as a demonstrator, followed by work as an assistant at the university botanical garden. Beginning in 1902 he worked at various functions at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, and from 1918 onward, he served as a curator of the botany department.[1]

In 1905, with his wife Lily Rechinger-Favarger (1880-1973), he participated on an expedition to Oceania, where he performed botanical research in Samoa, the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. As a result of the journey he published the following two works:

  • Deutsch Neu-Guinea. Streifzüge in Deutsch Neu-Guinea and auf den Salomons-Inseln, (1908).
  • Botanische and zoologische Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftlichen Forschungsreise nach den Samoa-Inseln, dem Neuguinea-Archipel and den Salomons-Inseln, (1908–15).
The standard author abbreviation Rech. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Rech. "Author Query for 'Rech.'"]. International Plant Names Index. 

External links

  • [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_authorAbbrev=Rech. IPNI] List of plants described and co-described by Rechinger.
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