Philipp Maximilian Opiz
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Filip Maxmilián Opiz; portrait by Josef Mukařovský
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Memorial plaque in Čáslav, his birthplace
Philipp (Filip) Maximilian Opiz (5 June 1787 in Čáslav – 20 May 1858 in Prague) was a Czech-German forester and botanist.
Beginning in 1805 he served as a cameral-beamter in his hometown of Čáslav, later working in Pardubice (from 1808) and Prague (from 1814). In 1831 he became a Forstamtsconcipist (forestry official).[1]
He was the taxonomic authority of numerous plant species,[2] and the creator of many sets of exsiccatae. In 1830 Carl Borivoj Presl named the genus Opizia in his honor.[3]
Principal works[]
- Deutschlands cryptogamische Gewächse. Ein Anhang zur Flora Deutschlands von Joh. Christ. Röhling, 1817 - German cryptogams; Notes in regards to "Flora Deutschland" by Johann Christoph Röhling.
- Böheims phänerogamische und cryptogamische gewächse, 1823 - Bohemian phanerogams and cryptogams.
- Seznam rostlin květeny české, 1852, Inventory of Czech flora.[4]
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- Czech botanists
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- People from Čáslav
- 1787 births
- 1858 deaths
- German Bohemian people
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