Johanna A. Witasek

Johanna A. Witasek
Born(1865-08-13)August 13, 1865
DiedJuly 5, 1910(1910-07-05) (aged 44)
NationalityAustrian
OccupationBotanist
Known forplant taxonomy
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)Witasek

Johanna Amalia Witasek (13 August 1865 – 5 July 1910) was an Austrian botanist noted for her work on taxonomy, geographic distribution, and nomenclature.[1][2]

Her last major work was on nightshade (Solanum) plants and appeared in 1909. This material came from the Samoa trip of Karl Rechinger and Lily Rechinger-Favarger.[3] Rechinger's work of Botanical and Zoological Results, submitted to the Academy of Sciences in July 1909, was reprinted in 1910, including Witasek's contributions. The work was published in the same year.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Witasek is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Written works

  • Witasek, Johanna (1902). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Campanula (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2018.

References

  1. ^ "Witasek, Johanna A. (1865-1910)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ Creese, Mary R. S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2004). "Austria-Hungary". Ladies in the Laboratory II: West European Women in Science, 1800-1900 : a Survey of Their Contributions to Research. Scarecrow Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780810849792. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ J. Witasek. "Solani generis species et varietates novae" (PDF) (in Latin). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Vol. Bd.85 (1910). Wien: Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1910.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Witasek.