Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) was a German physician, mycologist and botanist.
In 1801, he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with the thesis Dissertatio Botanica Inauguralis De Iunco (treatise on rushes).[1] He later settled in Stettin as a medical practitioner.[2]
The plant genus Rostkovia from the family Juncaceae was named in his honor by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784-1856).[3] His name is also associated with the species Euphrasia rostkoviana.[4]
Written works
edit- Monographia generis iunci, 1801; with Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803).
- Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas nec non plantas praecipuas agri Swinemundii, 1824; with Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843).
- Die Pilze Deutschlands: Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Abt. 3, Volume 5; Volumes 21–22, 1844; with August Karl Joseph Corda (1809–1849) - German fungi : German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.
- Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, 1844; with Jacob Sturm (1771–1848) and Johann Wilhelm Sturm (1808–1865) - German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ WorldCat Titles Dissertatio botanica de Junco.
- ^ BibDigital Diccionario Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (biographical information)
- ^ CRC world dictionary of plant names. 4. R - Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
- ^ Eyebright - LEO forums Euphrasia rostkoviana
- ^ Google Search (publications)
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Rostk.