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]

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

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]

Written works edit

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

References edit

  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. ^ Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (1910), [online Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe], vol. 85, Wien: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, retrieved 2022-01-14 {{citation}}: Check |url= value (help)