Ignaz Friedrich Tausch

Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (29 January 1793, in Theusing – 8 September 1848) was a Bohemian botanist.

He studied philosophy, medicine and natural sciences at the University of Prague, becoming an associate professor of economic and technical botany in 1815. He discovered at least eleven species of plants, including Rhizobotrya alpina and Saxifraga hostii.[1] During his career he worked at the botanical garden of Emanuel Joseph Malabaila von Canal (1745-1826).[2]

He was the taxonomic authority of many botanical species.[3] Plants bearing the specific epithet of tauschii are named in his honor, e.g. Triticum tauschii.[4] In 1825, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal named the genus Tauschia, or umbrellaworts (family Apiaceae) after him.[2]

  1. ^ "Ignaz Friedrich Tausch - Alpine Garden Society - Plant Encyclopaedia". encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. Retrieved 2015-10-05.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Tausch.
  4. ^ CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names ..., Volume 1 by Umberto Quattrocchi