Karl Rechinger (9 April 1867 – 29 November 1952) was an Austrian

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born in

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. He was the father of botanist

Karl Heinz Rechinger Karl Heinz Rechinger (16 October 1906, Vienna – 30 December 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist and phytogeographer. Life Karl Heinz Rechinger was born in Vienna on 16 October 1906. He was the son of Dr Karl Rechinger, then assistant at ...

(1906-1998). He studied at the

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, earning his doctorate in 1893. Afterwards he served as a demonstrator, followed by work as an assistant at the university

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. Beginning in 1902 he worked at various functions at the ''

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'' in Vienna, and from 1918 onward, he served as a

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of the botany department.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1905, with his wife

Lily Rechinger-Favarger ''Lilium'' ( ) is a genus of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world ...

(1880-1973), he participated on an expedition to Oceania, where he performed botanical research in

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, the

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and

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. 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).

Eponymy

The plant species '' Alpinia rechingeri'', '' Areca rechingeriana'', '' Balaka rechingeriana'', '' Berberis rechingeri'', '' Carduus rechingeri'', '' Carex rechingeri'', '' Celsia rechingeri'', '' Euphrasia rechingeri'', '' Galeopsis rechingeri'', '' Guillainia rechingeri'', '' Laportea rechingeri'', '' Lycianthes rechingeri'', '' Mariscus rechingeri'', '' Masdevallia rechinergiana'', '' Melolhria rechingeri'', '' Oncidium rechingerianum'', '' Ophrys rechingeri'', '' Pandanus rechingerii'', '' Pelasites rechingeri'', '' Piper rechingeri'', '' Primula rechingeri'', '' Schomburgkia rechingerana'', '' Solanum rechingeri'', ''

Syzygium rechingeri ''Syzygium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. I ...

'', '' Tylophora rechingeri'' and '' Wedelia rechingeriana'' are named after him.

References

Biography of Charles Rehinger @ Nationaal Herbarium Nederland

External links

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List of plants described and co-described by Rechinger. 19th-century Austrian botanists 1867 births 1952 deaths Scientists from Vienna 20th-century Austrian botanists Scientists from Austria-Hungary {{Austria-botanist-stub