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Karl Heinz Rechinger (16 October 1906, Vienna – 30 December 1998) was an Austrian botanist and phytogeographer. He was the son of botanist Karl Rechinger (1867-1952). He studied botany, geography and geology at the University of Vienna, and beginning in 1928, worked as a demonstrator under Richard Wettstein in Vienna's institute of botany.〔(Biodiversity Heritage Library ) Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications〕 He later served as an assistant in the department of botany at the Naturhistorisches Museum, where from 1961 to 1971, he was the museum's director. He made important contributions involving flora native to Southwestern Asia and Greece, being recognized for his work on ''Flora Iranica'' and as the author of ''Flora Aegaea''.〔(JSTOR Global Plants ) biography〕 As a taxonomist, he described many species of plants.〔(IPNI ) List of plants described and co-described by Karl Heinz Rechinger〕 Rechinger was also a lecturer of botany at the University of Vienna, and in 1956–57 was a visiting professor in Baghdad, where he founded a herbarium.〔〔(The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles ) by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson〕 He was in 1971 elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The genera ''Rechingerella'', ''Rechingeria'' and ''Rechingeriella'' are named in his honor.〔 He also collected reptiles on his journeys, including two species that were named after him; ''Elaphe rechingeri'' and ''Eirenis rechingeri''.〔〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karl Heinz Rechinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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