Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck
Encyclopedia
Günther Ritter Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (25 August 1856 in Pressburg, modern Bratislava
– 23 June 1931 in Prague
) was a prominent Austria
n botanist.
After a period working as a volunteer at the Botanisches Hofkabinett, (later the Natural History Museum
), he became head of the Botanical Department there from 1885 to 1899. In 1894 he became assistant professor, and in 1895 associate professor at the University of Vienna
.
From 1899 to 1921 he was professor of systematic botany at the German Charles University in Prague and head of the Botanical Garden there.
His main interests were plant geography and the flora of the Alps and the Balkans. Beck also revised the pitcher plant
genus
Nepenthes
in his 1895 monograph, "Die Gattung Nepenthes
".
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
– 23 June 1931 in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
) was a prominent Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n botanist.
Life
Ritter Beck-Mannagetta, son of a state prosecutor, studied at the University of Vienna where he graduated as Dr. phil. in 1878.After a period working as a volunteer at the Botanisches Hofkabinett, (later the Natural History Museum
Naturhistorisches Museum
The Naturhistorisches Museum Wien or NHMW is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria.The collections displayed cover , and the museum has a website providing an overview as a video virtual tour....
), he became head of the Botanical Department there from 1885 to 1899. In 1894 he became assistant professor, and in 1895 associate professor at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
.
From 1899 to 1921 he was professor of systematic botany at the German Charles University in Prague and head of the Botanical Garden there.
His main interests were plant geography and the flora of the Alps and the Balkans. Beck also revised the pitcher plant
Pitcher plant
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection pressure favouring more deeply cupped leaves over...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Nepenthes
Nepenthes
The Nepenthes , popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises roughly 130 species, numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids...
in his 1895 monograph, "Die Gattung Nepenthes
Die Gattung Nepenthes
"Die Gattung Nepenthes" is a German-language monograph by Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau on the tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes. It was published in 1895 in four parts, spread over the March, April, May and June issues of Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung.Beck recognised...
".
Some publications
- Flora von Niederösterreich (1890–1893)
- Die Vegetationsverhältnisse der illyrischen Länder begreifend Südkroatien, die Quarnero-Inseln, Dalmatien, Bosnien und die Hercegovina, Montenegro, Nordalbanien, den Sandzak Novipazar und Serbien (1901)
- Hilfsbuch für Pflanzensammler (1902)
- Flora Bosne, Hercegovine i Novipazarskog Sandzaka (three volumes, 1903–1927)
- Grundriß der Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreiches, (1908)
- He also contributed to Engler and Prantl'sKarl Anton Eugen PrantlKarl Anton Eugen Prantl , also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist.Prantl was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie...
Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien: Orobanchaceae.
External links
- Biography with photo in: Jan-Peter Frahm & Jens Eggers, Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. Books on Demand Gmbh 2001. ISBN 3-8311-0986-9 , ISBN 978-3-8311-0986-9