August Neilreich (12 December 1803,

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1 June 1871) was an Austrian lawyer and

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. He studied law at the

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, eventually attaining the position of ''Oberlandesgericht Rath''. At the age of 53 he was forced into early retirement from the legal profession due to illness. As a young man, he was inspired by the botanical work of

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (; born Ludwig Alois Friedrich Köchel; 14 January 1800 – 3 June 1877) was an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist, and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the ...

(1800-1877). Although he is largely known for investigations of flora native to

and

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, he published works on plants found throughout the

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. The plant genus ''Neilreichia'' was named in his honour by

Eduard Fenzl Eduard Fenzl (1808, in Krummnußbaum – 1879, in Vienna) was an Austrian botanist. Life and contributions An obituary notes " ewas Professor of Botany and Director of the Imperial Botanical Cabinet, a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, ...

(1808–1879). His name is also associated with the species ''Asperula neilreichii'' (Eastern Alps-Meier).Negotiations / Zoological and Botanical Society in Vienna, Volume 45

Selected writings

* ''Flora von Wien'', etc. 1846 - Flora of Vienna. * ''Flora von Nieder-Oesterreich'', 1859 - Flora of Lower Austria. * ''Nachträge zur Flora von Nieder-Oesterreich'', 1866 - Supplement to the flora of Lower Austria. * ''Aufzählung der in Ungarn und Slavonien bisher beobachteten Gefässpflanzen'', 1866 - Enumeration of previously observed

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and

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. * * Originally published within another work.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neilreich, August Scientists from Vienna 19th-century Austrian botanists Botanists from the Austrian Empire Lawyers from the Austrian Empire 1803 births 1871 deaths University of Vienna alumni