Anton Kerner von Marilaun

Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831 – 1898) was a Austrian botany scientist. Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ...

Career

Kerner was born in Mautern, Lower Austria on 12th November 1831, and studied Medicine in Vienna followed by an education in Natural History, for which he carried out phytosociologic studies in Central Europe. In 1860 Kerner was appointed professor of Natural History at the University of Innsbruck and in 1878 professor of Systematic Botany at the University of Vienna. He was also appointed as a Curator of the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. Kernerer died in 1898 in Vienna at the age of 67. Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, treatment and possible prevention of disease and injury. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 UN complex in Vienna, with the non-affiliated Austria Center Vienna in front - picture taken from Danube Tower in nearby Danube Park. ... Phytosociology is the study of the characteristics, classification, relationships, and distribution of plant communities. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Publications

Kerner was particularly active in the field of phytogeography and phytosociology, and wrote the comprehensive German text, "Das Pflanzenleben (Plant Life) der Donauländer", 1888/91. Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species. ... Phytosociology is the study of the characteristics, classification, relationships, and distribution of plant communities. ...

References

• Knoll, Fritz (1950): "Anton Kerner von Marilaun, ein Erforscher des Pflanzenlebens." in: "Oesterreichische Naturforscher und Techniker" ed. Austrian AcademySci.,Vienna, 216p.
• Petz-Grabenbauer,Mari, Kiehn, Michael (2004): "Anton Kerner von Marilaun" , Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der WissenschaftenI, Vienna, SBN 3-7001-3302-2.

Anton Kerner von Marilaun

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