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Richard Wettstein (30 June 1863 in Vienna – 10 August 1931 in Trins) was an Austrian botanist. His taxonomic system, the Wettstein system, was one of the earliest based on phyletic principles.
Richard Wettstein | |
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 Richard Wettstein on a 1927 photo | |
| Born | Anna Weinberg July 30, 1863 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Died | August 10, 1931 (aged 68) Trins, First Austrian Republic |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
Wettstein studied in Vienna, where he was a disciple of Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831-1898) and married his daughter Adele.[1] He was a professor at the University of Prague from 1892, and at the University of Vienna from 1899. He newly laid out the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna.[2]
In 1901 he became president of the Vienna Zoological-Botanical Society (Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft), and during the same year took part in a scientific expedition to Brazil. In 1919 he was appointed vice-president of the Vienna Academy of Sciences. During his later years (1929–30), he traveled with his son, Friedrich, to eastern and southern Africa.[3]
The mycological genus Wettsteinina is named in his honor and also Wettsteiniola, which is a genus of flowering plants from Brazil, belonging to the family Podostemaceae, also honor's Richard Wettstein.[4]
In 1905, he was co-president of the International Botanical Congress, held in Vienna.[5]
Selected publications
- Nolanaceae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae in (Engler & Prantl 1895, pp. 1–107).
- Grundzüge der geographisch-morphologischen Methode der Pflanzensystematik, 1898 - Basics of geographical-morphological methods of plant systematics.
- Botanik Und Zoologie In Österreich in den Jahren 1850 Bis 1900, 1901 - Botany and zoology in Austria in the years 1850 to 1900.
- Der Neo-Lamarckismus und seine Beziehungen zum Darwinismus, 1903 - Neo-Lamarckism and its relationship to Darwinism.
- Wettstein, Richard (1924). Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik 2 vols (3rd ed.). Vienna: Deuticke. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- 1st ed. 1901–1908 Vol. I 1901, Vol. II 1908 Deuticke, Vienna
- 2nd ed. 1910–1911
- 3rd ed. 1923–1924
- 4th ed. 1933–1935
See also
- Wettstein system
Notes
References
- Franz Speta 2000, Warum Otto STAPF (1857-1933) Wien verlassen hat. Phyton (Horn, Austria) 40/1, 89-113
- Thomas Maisel. Scholars in Stone and Bronze: The Monuments in the Arcaded Courtyard of the University of Vienna. University of Vienna. Böhlau Verlag Wien 2008. p. 42 Richard Wettstein von Westerheim (1863–1931) botanist, ISBN 9783205782247
- Ingeborg 2014.
- "Wettsteiniola Suess. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- Stafleu & Cowan 1976–1988, Volume 1. A–G Wettstein von Westerheim, Richard (1863–1931) pp. 221-235
- International Plant Names Index. Wettst.
Bibliography
- Chamberlain, Charles J. (January 1908). "Wettstein's Handbuch". Botanical Gazette. 45 (1): 58. doi:10.1086/329449. JSTOR 2467403.
- Engler, Adolf; Prantl, Karl, eds. (1895). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten, insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen, unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten 1887–1915 IV(3b). Leipzig: W. Engelmann. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- Ingeborg, Schinnerl (2014). "Wettstein, Richard". Aeiou Encyclopedia (in German and English). Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- Janchen, Erwin (2013) [1933]. Richard Wettstein: Sein Leben und Wirken (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783709153666. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- Stafleu, Frans A.; Cowan, Richard S. (1976–1988). Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types: Taxon. Lit., ed. 2 (TL2) (2nd ed.). Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. ISBN 90-313-0224-4.
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[ru] Веттштейн, Рихард
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