Anton Eleutherius Sauter (18 April 1800 in

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– 1881 in

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) was an

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physician and

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. From 1820 to 1826 he studied medicine at the

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, where one of his instructors was

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. After graduation, he worked as a physician at several locations in Austria. In 1840 he settled as a physician in

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, then from 1848 to 1871, served as a regional and district doctor in Salzburg.Sauter, Anton Eleutherius
Deutsche Biographie He is largely known for his investigations of flora native to

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. From 1866 to 1879 he published in seven volumes, "''Flora des Herzogthums Salzburg''" (Flora of the

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}. In 1860 he was co-founder of the ''Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde'' (board member, 1864–74). Numerous taxa with the specific epithet of ''sauteri'' are named after him, an example being ''Draba sauteri''. Sauter edited two

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-like series, namely ''Flora Tirolensis exsiccata alpina atque subalpina'' and ''Decaden getrockneter Alpenpflanzen''.Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 ''IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae''. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.

Works

* ''Versuch einer Geographisch-Botanischen Schilderung der Umgebung Wiens'' (1826), gedruckt bei Anton v. Haykul. * ''Flora des Herzogthums Salzburg'' (1866–1879) Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde, Nr. 6 und folgende, veröffentlicht in 7 Teilen. * ''Die Kryptogramische Flora der Nordseite unserer Alpen'' - verfasst in drei Teilen (Laubmoose, Lebermoose, Flechten) veröffentlicht im Botanischen Zentralblatt (1846).

References

University of Vienna alumni Physicians from the Austrian Empire Botanists from the Austrian Empire People from St. Johann im Pongau District 1800 births 1881 deaths Botanists from Austria-Hungary People from the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg {{botanist-stub