Rudolf Raimann (botanist)

Rudolf Raimann (1863 – 5 December 1896 in Vienna) was an Austrian botanist.[1]

In 1889 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna, where his influences included botanist Julius Wiesner. He worked as a volunteer in the department of botany at the Imperial Natural History Museum,[2] and for a period of time taught classes in natural history at the Handelsakademie (school of business and commerce) in Vienna.[3] The plant genus Raimannia (J.N. Rose ex N.L. Britton & A. Brown, 1913) of the family Onagraceae commemorates his name.[4][5]

Published works

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He made contributions in regards to the section on Onagraceae in Engler and Prantl's Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. A few of his other writings include:

References

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  1. ^ The American Naturalist, Volume 31
  2. ^ a b Das geistige Wien: Künstler- und Schriftsteller-Lexikon, Volume 2 by Ludwig Eisenberg
  3. ^ Flora der gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol, etc. by Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre, Paul Wilhelm Magnus, Ludwig von Sarnthein
  4. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  5. ^ Raimannia GBIF
  6. ^ Anzeiger, Volumes 25-26
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Raim.