Berthold Stein
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Born23 March 1847
Died27 February 1899 (aged 51)
Breslau, Province of Silesia, German Empire
OccupationsLichenologist and botanist
Berthold Stein | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 March 1847 |
| Died | 27 February 1899 (aged 51) Breslau, Province of Silesia, German Empire |
| Occupations | Lichenologist and botanist |
Berthold Stein (1847–1899) was a Prussian botanist and lichenologist.[1][2] After working as a disciple[a] at the Botanical Garden in Berlin in 1865 he became superintendent[b] at the Innsbruck Botanical Garden. He held this position from 1873 to 1880, during which he also started to collect lichens. From 1880 to 1890 he was royal[3] superintendent at the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden. Based on a quote in 1879 by Stein himself[4] he can be considered as a student of Gustav Körber. His main area of interest was the flora of Silesia.[4][5][6]
He worked extensively on the taxonomy of the genera Masdevallia,[7] Pescatoria (as Pescatorea)[8] and Paphiopedilum[9] in the orchid family.
Books
- 1879. Flechten. Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien. Second Part. With Ferdinand Cohn. Ed. J.U. Kern, 400 pp.[10]
- 1882. Lichenes Maderenses at Mindanaoenses. Verhandl. der Schlesischen Gesellsch. fur vaterlánd. Kultur.[11]
- 1882. Uebersicht der gegenwärtig in den europäischen gärten cultivirten primeln.[11]
- 1889. Ueber afrikanische Flechten[12]
- 1890. Übersicht über die auf Dr hans meyer's drei Ostafrika-expeditionen (1887–89) gesammelten Flechten[11]
- 1892. Stein's Orchideenbuch. Beschreibung, Abbildung und Kulturanweisung der empfehlenswertesten Arten. Mit 184 in den Text gedruckten Abbildungen.[13]
Journals
- Drei Cerastien. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift. Vol. 28, No. 1 (January 1878), pp. 18–27
Eponymous taxa
- Steinia Zahlbr.[4]
- Acarospora steinii Körb.[4]
- Gyalecta steinii E.K.Novák[4]
- Lecidea steinii Zahlbr.[4]
- Leptorhaphis steinii Körb.[4]
- Populus × steiniana Bornm.
- Primula × steinii Obrist ex Stein. Likely named after the village of Steinach in Austria where this natural hybrid was found. "Im Kalkgeröll des hinteren Önnes im Gschnitsthale bei Steinnach (Central-Alpen Tirols) in 2000 M. Höhe in einem eizigen Rasen gefunden."[14]
- The abbreviation "Stein" is used to indicate Berthold Stein as an authority on the scientific description and classification of plants.
