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Franz Petrak (9 October 1886, Mährisch-Weißkirchen – 9 October 1973, Vienna) was an Austrian-Czech mycologist.

Franz Petrak
Born(1886-10-09)October 9, 1886
Mährisch-Weißkirchen
DiedOctober 9, 1973(1973-10-09) (aged 87)
Vienna
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Mycology
Author abbrev. (botany)Petr.

From 1906 to 1910, he studied botany at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Richard Wettstein. In 1913 he obtained his doctorate of sciences, and until 1916, worked as a high school teacher in Vienna. During World War I, he was stationed in Galicia and Albania, where he collected specimens in his spare time.[1] From 1918 to 1938, he worked as a private scientist in his home town, and from 1938 to 1951, was associated with the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.[2]

He was the author of nearly 500 published works, primarily in the field of mycology.[3] Much of his mycological work was published in the journal Annales mycologici and its successor Sydowia. Reportedly, his private herbarium contained 100,000 specimens.[2]

As a taxonomist, he described numerous species within the genus Cirsium (family Asteraceae).[4]

The mycological genera of; Petrakia Syd. & P.Syd. 1913 (family Pseudodidymellaceae), Petrakiella Syd. 1924 (Phyllachoraceae), Franzpetrakia Thirum. & Pavgi 1957 (Ustilaginaceae), Petrakiopeltis Bat., A.F.Vital & Cif. 1958 (Microthyriaceae), Petrakiopsis Subram. & K.R.C.Reddy 1968 (Ascomycota) and Petrakina (family Asterinaceae) have all been named in his honor, the latter genus being circumscribed by Raffaele Ciferri in 1932.[2][5]

Franz Petrak died 9 October 1973 in Vienna.[6]


Selected works


The standard author abbreviation Petr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

See also



References


  1. "3.2. Pilz-Herbarien (P) Fungi P (Collectors Index Herbarium M)" (in German). University of Munich. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. "Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. Schaeuer, Christian. "Alphabetical Index to Mycotheca generalis". University of Graz. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. "List of plants described and co-described by Petrak". International Plant Names Index.
  5. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  6. "Franz Petrak zum Gedenken" [Franz Petrak in Memoriam] (PDF). Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien (in German). Vienna. 81: 661–664. February 1978.
  7. "Most widely held works by Franz Petrak". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  8. International Plant Names Index.  Petr.

На других языках

- [en] Franz Petrak

[ru] Петрак, Франц

Франц Петрак (нем. Franz Petrak[5][6][7], 9 октября 1886[7] — 1973) — австрийский ботаник и миколог[5], один из самых продуктивных систематиков своего времени[6].


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