Franz Paula von Schrank
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Franz von Paula Schrank (1747–1835) was a German
botanist and entomologist.
Schrank was the first director of the botanical gardens in Munich
from 1809 to 1832.
Shrank was the first author to use the genus
name Triops
. He used this term in his work on the fauna of Bavaria
in 1803.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
botanist and entomologist.
Schrank was the first director of the botanical gardens in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
from 1809 to 1832.
Shrank was the first author to use the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
name Triops
Triops
Triops is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca . They are considered living fossils, with a fossil record that reaches back to the Carboniferous, .-Relatives and fossil record:...
. He used this term in his work on the fauna of Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
in 1803.
Works
- Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte (Augsburg, 1776)
- Vorlesungen über die Art die Naturgeschichte zu studieren (Ratisbohn, 1780)
- Enumeratio insectorum Austriæ indigenorum (Wien, 1781)
- Anleitung die Naturgeschichte zu studieren (München, 1783)
- Naturhistorishce Briefe über Österreich, Salzburg, Passau und Berchtsgaden with Karl Maria Erenbert Freiherr von MollKarl von MollKarl Maria Erenbert Freiherr von Moll was an Austrian naturalist and statesman.-Works:...
, Salzburg, 1784–1785) - Anfangsgründe der Botanik (München, 1785)
- Baiersche Reise … (1786)
- Verzichniss der bisher hinlaneglich bekannten Eingeweidewürmer, nebts einer Abhandlungen über ihre Anverwandschaften (München, 1787)
- Bayerische Flora (München, 1789)
- Primitiæ floræ salisburgensis, cum dissertatione prævia de discrimine plantarum ab animalibus (Frankfurt, 1792)
- Abhandlungen einer Privatgesellschaft vom Naturforschern und Ökonomen in Oberteutschland (München, 1792)
- Anfangsgründe der Bergwerkskunde (Ingolstadt, 1793)
- Reise nach den südlichen Gebirgen von Bayern, in Hinsicht auf botanische und ökonomische Gegenstände (München, 1793)
- Fauna Boica Vol 3 (Nürnberg, 1803)
- Flora monacensis (München, 1811–1820)
- Plantæ rariores horti academici Monacensis descriptæ et iconibus illustratæ (1819)
- Sammlung von Zierpflanzen (1819)
External links
- Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia
- BDHL Digitised Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte
- BDHL Digitised Enumeratio insectorum Austriae indigenorum
- BDHL Digitised Sammlung naturhistorischer und physikalischer Aufsäze, hrsg. von Franz von Paula Schrank.
- BDHL Digitised Naturhistorische Briefe über Oestreich, Salzburg, Passau und Berchtesgaden, von Franz von Paula Schrank und Karl Ehrenbert Ritter von Moll.