Lorenz Chrysanth Edler von Vest (18 November 1776, in Klagenfurt – 15 December 1840, in Graz) was an Austrian physician and botanist.

He studied medicine in Vienna and at the University of Freiburg, where in 1798 he received his doctorate. After a stint in the military, he settled into a medical practice in his hometown of Klagenfurt (1800). From 1804 to 1812 he taught classes in theoretical and practical medicine at the lyceum in Klagenfurt, and afterwards worked as a professor of botany and chemistry at the Johanneum in Graz. In 1829 he was appointed chief regional physician and health advisor to the Styrian government.[1][2]

In 1809 the plant genus Vestia (family Solanaceae) was named on his honor by Carl Ludwig Willdenow.[3]

Selected works

• Manuale botanicum inserviens excursionibus botanicus, sistens stirpes totius Germaniaephanerogamas, 1805.
• Anleitung zum gründlichen Studium der Botanik, 1818 – Instructions for the thorough study of botany.
• Versuch einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der in Steyermark cultivirten Weinreben, 1826 – Essay on a systematic compilation of vines cultivated in Styria.[4]

References

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[es] Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest

[ru] Фест, Лоренц