Eduard Hackel
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Eduard Hackel was an Austrian botanist. His father was a veterinary in Haida. He was married and had one son.
Hackel studied at the Polytechnical Institute in Vienna, and became substitute teacher at a high school in St. Pölten in 1869. He became full professor of natural history there upon obtaining his teaching certificate in 1871 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1900.
He published his first papers on grasses in 1871 and soon became known as a world expert on the grass family (Poaceae
). While he himself undertook only a single collecting trip – to Spain and Portugal, he was charged with working up collections of grasses mainly from Japan
, Taiwan
, New Guinea
, Brazil
and Argentina
.
Apart from systematics, Hackel also contributed to the morphology and histology of members of the grass family.
The genera Hackelia
(Boraginaceae
), and Hackelochloa
(Poaceae) are named for him.
Hackel studied at the Polytechnical Institute in Vienna, and became substitute teacher at a high school in St. Pölten in 1869. He became full professor of natural history there upon obtaining his teaching certificate in 1871 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1900.
He published his first papers on grasses in 1871 and soon became known as a world expert on the grass family (Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
). While he himself undertook only a single collecting trip – to Spain and Portugal, he was charged with working up collections of grasses mainly from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Apart from systematics, Hackel also contributed to the morphology and histology of members of the grass family.
The genera Hackelia
Hackelia
Hackelia is a genus of plants in the Borage Family, Boraginaceae. They are found in North America and southeast Asia. Of the approximately 40 species described, 10 are endemic to California....
(Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
), and Hackelochloa
Hackelochloa
Hackelochloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.The genus was named after Eduard Hackel, an Austrian botanist, by Otto Kuntze, in 1891. It comprises two Asian species Hackelochloa granularis Kuntze and Hackelochloa porifera D. Rhind.-External links:* *...
(Poaceae) are named for him.
Important works
- Monographia festucarum europeaearum 1864
- Gramineae in MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
’s Flora Brasiliensis, 1883, - Catalogue raisonné des graminées du Portugal. 1880.