Ludwig von Sarnthein

Ludwig von Sarnthein (4 January 1861, in Hermannstadt – 1 February 1914, in Hall, Tyrol) was a government administrator and botanist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

He obtained his education in Innsbruck, later serving as a government official in Brixen and Trieste (from 1892), Innsbruck (1905) and Ampezzo (1906), where he ultimately attained the rank of Bezirkshauptmann (district governor).[1][2]

With Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre, he was co-author of works associated with the flora of Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein. As taxonomists, the two men co-described numerous botanical species.[3]

  • Flora der Gefürsteten Grafshaft Tirol, des Landes Vorarlberg und des Fürstenthumes Liechtenstein. Nach eigenen und fremden Beobachtungen, Sammlungen und den Litteraturquellen, (1900 to 1913) – Flora of Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein : According to our own observations and observations of others (with Dalla Torre).
    • Die Algen von Tirol, Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein, 1901.
    • Die Flechten (Lichenes) von Tirol, Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein, 1902.
    • Die Moose (Bryophyta) von Tirol, Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein, 1904.
    • Die Pilze (Fungi) von Tirol, Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein, 1905 (with Paul Wilhelm Magnus).
    • Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen (Pteridophyta et Siphonogama) von Tirol, Vorarlberg und Liechtenstein, 1906.[4]
The standard author abbreviation Sarnth. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]
  1. ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ Nachlassverzeichnis - L. v. Sarnthein biography
  3. ^ IPNI List of plants described & co-described by Sarnthein.
  4. ^ WorldCat Search published works
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Sarnth.