Karl Heinz Rechinger
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Karl Rechinger was an Austrian botanist born in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. He was the son of botanist Karl Rechinger
Karl Rechinger
Karl Rechinger was an Austrian botanist born in Vienna. He was the father of botanist Karl Heinz Rechinger .He studied at the University of Vienna, and from 1902 to 1922 was a museum curator at the botanical division of the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum...

 (1867-1952).

Rechinger was professor of botany 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...

. He was in 1971 elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...

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