Karl von Keissler

Karl von Keissler (13 March 1872, in Vienna – 9 January 1965) was an Austrian lichenologist and mycologist.

In 1895 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Vienna, afterwards spending several years as an assistant in the botanical garden at Vienna. From 1899 to 1938, he performed various functions in the botanical department at the Naturhistorisches Museum.[1] In 1922 (or 1923) he was appointed director of the museum's botanical department.[2][3] Starting from 1923 until 1933 he published the exsiccata Kryptogamae exsiccatae editae a Museo Palatino Vindobonensi.[4]

The lichenicolous fungi genus Keissleriomyces (D.Hawksw. 1981) bears his name,[5] as do the mycological genera Keissleria (a synonym of Broomella Sacc.[6]) and Keissleriella (both were named by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel). Similarly, Keisslerellum was published by Werner in 1944 before becoming a synonym for Mycoporellum (Müll.Arg.)[7] Also Keisslerina (a synonym of Dothiora Fr.[8]) and Neokeissleria (a synonym of Ceriospora Henn. & Plöttn.[9]) both were named by Franz Petrak.[1][10]

  1. ^ a b Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ Geneall Biografia de Heinrich von Handel-Mazetti
  3. ^ Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen, Volume 1 by Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers
  4. ^ "Kryptogamae exsiccatae editae a Museo Palatino Vindobonensi: IndExs ExsiccataID=231863677". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  5. ^ Archiv.org Full text of "Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).
  6. ^ "Keissleria Höhn". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Keisslerellum Werner, 1944". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Keisslerina Petrak, 1920". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Neokeissleria ribis (Henn. & Plöttn.) Petr". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.