Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest

Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest; lithograph by Josef Kriehuber.

Lorenz Chrysanth Edler von Vest (18 November 1776, in Klagenfurt – 15 December 1840, in Graz) was an Austrian physician and botanist.

He studied medicine in Vienna and at the University of Freiburg, where he received his doctorate in 1798. After a stint in the military, he settled into a medical practice in his hometown of Klagenfurt (1800). From 1804 to 1812 he taught classes in theoretical and practical medicine at the lyceum in Klagenfurt, and afterwards worked as a professor of botany and chemistry at the Johanneum in Graz. In 1829 he was appointed chief regional physician and health advisor to the Styrian government.[1][2]

In 1809 the plant genus Vestia (family Solanaceae) was named on his honor by Carl Ludwig Willdenow.[3]

Selected works

  • Manuale botanicum inserviens excursionibus botanicus, sistens stirpes totius Germaniaephanerogamas, 1805.
  • Anleitung zum gründlichen Studium der Botanik, 1818 – Instructions for the thorough study of botany.
  • Versuch einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der in Steyermark cultivirten Weinreben, 1826 – Essay on a systematic compilation of vines cultivated in Styria.[4]
The standard author abbreviation Vest is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ Thibaut - Zycha / edited by Walther Killy Dictionary of German Biography
  2. ^ ADB:Vest, Lorenz Chrysanth Edler von In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, S. 651–653.
  3. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. ^ OCLC WorldCat (published works)
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Vest.