Hugó Lojka

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Hugó Lojka

Hugó Lojka (6 January 1844 – 7 September 1887) was a Hungarian teacher and lichenologist. He was one of the first researchers of Hungarian cryptogams, especially lichens.

Life[]

Lojka was born on 6 January 1844 in Geltendorf in Galicia. His father was an evangelical minister from Moravia who had become a naturalized citizen of Hungary, and instilled a love of Hungarian nationality in his children. The young Lojka attended elementary school in Stryi, four classes of middle school in Lviv, and the remainder of his schooling in Eperjes, where the relatives of his father's first wife lived.[1] Lojka attended the University of Vienna during 1862 to 1868. He studied to become a physician, although he spent much of his time in the study of botany. Circumstances prevented him from completing his medical degree, so he went to Budapest. There he obtained a teacher's certificate in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and went on to become a teacher.[2] He taught first at a junior high school, later at an urban girls' school, and finally at the state girls' high school.[1] In 1886, on his return from an extended journey in Transylvania, he contracted pleurisy,[3] which compelled him to give up teaching. He died on 7 September 1887, at the age of 42.[2]

Lojka collected lichens from all over Hungary from 1862 until his death. His herbarium was purchased by the Vienna National History Museum.[2]

Eponymy[]

Lojka has had many species named in his honour. These include:[2]

Rehm (1906); J.Lahm; J.Lahm (1876); Servít & Nádv. (1936); Rehm (1906); Müll.Arg. (1887); Rehm (1895); Vain. (1899); Szatala (1954); S.Y. Kondr., Lőkös & Hur (2015); Szatala (1932); Hue (1898); Gyeln. (1932); Zschacke (1914); Thüm. (1876); Rehm (1870); Motyka (1961); Sommier et Levier; Poetsch (1872); Rehm (1888); Hazsl. (1884); Szatala (1925); Nyl. (1881); and Servít (1946).

The standard author abbreviation Lojka is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Szatala, Ö. (1932). "Lojka Hugo hagyatekanak zuzmoi" [Lojka Hugo legacies of lichens]. Magyar Botanikai Lapok (in German). 31: 67–126.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). "Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora" [Investigators of Austria's lichen flora] (PDF). Stapfia (in German). 104 (2): 1–211 (see p. 89).
  3. ^ von Degen, Á. (1932). "Hugo Lojka 1845–1887". Magyar Botanikai Lapok (in German). 31: 61–66.
  4. ^ IPNI.  Lojka.
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