Euphrasia Rostkoviana
''Euphrasia officinalis'', also known as eyebright or eyewort, is a species of plant in the family Orobanchaceae. ''Euphrasia officinalis'' herb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea, or externally as compresses, for treatment of disorders of the eyes and the gastrointestinal tract. A preliminary study demonstrated protective effects of Euphrasia officinalis against UVB-induced photoaging. Synonyms of ''E. officinalis'' include ''E. rostkoviana'' (named after Prussian botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius) and ''E. fennica.'' References officinalis ''Officinalis'', ''officinale'', or occasionally ''officinarum'' is a Medieval Latin epithet denoting organisms—mainly plants—with uses in medicine, herbalism, manufacturing, and cookery. It commonly occurs as a specific epithet, the second t ...

Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family (biology), family of mostly parasitic plants of the order (biology), order Lamiales, with about 90 genus, genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ''Striga'') were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae ''sensu lato''. With its new circumscription, Orobanchaceae forms a distinct, monophyletic family. From a phylogenetic perspective, it is defined as the largest crown clade containing ''Orobanche major'' and relatives, but neither ''Paulownia tomentosa'' nor ''Phryma leptostachya'' nor ''Mazus japonicus''. The Orobanchaceae are annual plant, annual herbaceous plant, herbs or perennial plant, perennial herbs or shrubs, and most (all except ''Lindenbergia'', ''Rehmannia'' and ''Triaenophora'') are parasitic plant, parasitic on the roots of other plants—either holoparasitic or hemiparasitic (fully or partly parasitic). The holoparasitic species lack chlorophyll and therefore ...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius
Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) was a German physician, mycologist and botanist. In 1801, he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with the thesis ''Dissertatio Botanica Inauguralis De Junco'' (treatise on rushes), studying under Carl Ludwig Willdenow. He later settled in Stettin as a medical practitioner and continued to study plants and fungi, and publish on them. The plant genus ''Rostkovia'' from the family Juncaceae was named in his honor by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784-1856). His name is also associated with the species ''Euphrasia rostkoviana''. Written works *Monographia generis iunci, 1801; with Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803). *Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas nec non plantas praecipuas agri Swinemundii, 1824; with Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843). *''Die Pilze Deutschlands: Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen''. Abt. 3, Volume 5; Volumes 21– ...
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