Franz Josef Ruprecht

Franz Josef Ruprecht (Freiburg im Breisgau 11.11814 - St. Petersburg 8.4.1870) was an Austrian-born botanist and physician. He grew up, studied, and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1836 in Prague. After a short stint in medical practice in Prague, he was appointed curator of the herbarium of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg in 1839, then assistant director of the St. Petersburg botanical gardens between 1851 and 1855, and professor of botany in 1855 at the University of St. Petersburg.Darwin Correspondence: [http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/namedefs/namedef-4123.html Franz Josef Ruprecht] ]

He described many new plants collected in the Russian Far East, including Alaska, then under Russian rule; examples include "Adiantum aleuticum", "Lonicera maackii", and "Phellodendron amurense".

The genus "Ruprechtia" is named after him.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.]

Publications

* Ruprecht, F. J. "Flora Caucasi", P. 1. St. Pétersbourg 1869
* Postels, A., Ruprecht, F.J. "Illustrationes algarum", Weinheim, J. Cramer 1963

References

* Extensive biography on Allg. Deutsche Biographie [http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00008387/images/index.html?id=00008387&fip=68.198.179.131&no=17&seite=750]