Franz Petrak

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Franz Petrak
Born(1886-10-09)October 9, 1886
Mährisch-Weißkirchen
DiedOctober 9, 1973(1973-10-09) (aged 87)
Vienna
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Mycology
Author abbrev. (botany)Petr.

Franz Petrak (9 October 1886, Mährisch-Weißkirchen – 9 October 1973, Vienna) was an Austrian-Czech mycologist.

From 1906 to 1910, he studied botany at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Richard Wettstein. In 1913 he obtained his doctorate of sciences, and until 1916, worked as a high school teacher in Vienna. During World War I, he was stationed in Galicia and Albania, where he collected specimens in his spare time.[1] From 1918 to 1938, he worked as a private scientist in his home town, and from 1938 to 1951, was associated with the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.[2]

He was the author of nearly 500 published works, primarily in the field of mycology.[3] Much of his mycological work was published in the journal Annales mycologici and its successor Sydowia. Reportedly, his private herbarium contained 100,000 specimens.[2]

As a taxonomist, he described numerous species within the genus Cirsium (family Asteraceae).[4] The mycological genera Petrakiella, Petrakiopeltis and Petrakina are named in his honor, the latter genus being circumscribed by Raffaele Ciferri in 1932.[2]

Franz Petrak died 9 October 1973 in Vienna.[5]

Selected works[]

  • Die nordamerikanischen Arten der Gattung Cirsium, 1917.
  • Die Gattungen der Pyrenomyzeten, Sphaeropsideen und Melanconiee, 1926.
  • Die phaeosporen Shaeropsideen und die Gattung Macrophoma, 1926.
  • "Index of fungi. Petrak's lists, 1920-1939". Cumulative index by the Commonwealth Mycological Institute (Great Britain), 1956.
  • "Index of fungi : list of new species and varieties of fungi, new combinations and new names published 1920-1939", 1957.
  • "Index of fungi: a supplement to Petrak's lists, 1920-1939". By the Commonwealth Mycological Institute (Great Britain), 1969.[6]
The standard author abbreviation Petr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ "3.2. Pilz-Herbarien (P) Fungi P (Collectors Index Herbarium M)" (in German). University of Munich. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. ^ Schaeuer, Christian. "Alphabetical Index to Mycotheca generalis". University of Graz. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ^ "List of plants described and co-described by Petrak". International Plant Names Index.
  5. ^ "Franz Petrak zum Gedenken" [Franz Petrak in Memoriam] (PDF). Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien (in German). Vienna. 81: 661–664. February 1978.
  6. ^ "Most widely held works by Franz Petrak". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  7. ^ IPNI.  Petr.
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