Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) was a German physician, mycologist and botanist.

In 1801, he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with the thesis Dissertatio Botanica Inauguralis De Iunco (treatise on rushes).[1] He later settled in Stettin as a medical practitioner.[2]

The plant genus Rostkovia from the family Juncaceae was named in his honor by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784-1856).[3] His name is also associated with the species Euphrasia rostkoviana.[4]

Written works

  • Monographia generis iunci, 1801; with Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803).
  • Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas nec non plantas praecipuas agri Swinemundii, 1824; with Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843).
  • Die Pilze Deutschlands: Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Abt. 3, Volume 5; Volumes 21–22, 1844; with August Karl Joseph Corda (1809–1849) - German fungi : German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.
  • Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, 1844; with Jacob Sturm (1771–1848) and Johann Wilhelm Sturm (1808–1865) - German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ WorldCat Titles Dissertatio botanica de Junco.
  2. ↑ BibDigital Diccionario Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (biographical information)
  3. ↑ CRC world dictionary of plant names. 4. R - Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
  4. ↑ Eyebright - LEO forums Euphrasia rostkoviana
  5. ↑ Google Search (publications)
  6. ↑ WorldCat Identities (publications)
  7. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Rostk.
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