Josef Velenovský

Josef Velenovský (22 April 1858 – 7 May 1949) was a Czech botanist, mycologist, pteridologist, and bryologist. He also worked with fossils. He was a research investigator and professor in the Botanical Institute of the University of Prague, alternating with his colleague Ladislav Josef Čelakovský. He was also professor of botany at Charles University, where he concentrated in the study of mycology in final half of his life. Velenovský collected innumerable material, particularly in new central Bohemia, and described at least 2000 species of fungi.[1] Many of his type specimens and other collections are located in the herbarium of the Národní Museum of Prague.[2]

Josef Velenovský
Born(1858-04-22)22 April 1858
Čekanice (Blatná)
Died7 May 1949(1949-05-07) (aged 91)
Mnichovice
NationalityCzech
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Mycology, Pteridology, Bryology, Paleontology

Eponymous taxa
  • Notocactus velenovsky, Frič (1891) (now Notocactus floricomus)
  • Trifolium velenovskyi, Vandas ex Velen. (1891)
  • Tortula velenovskyi, Schiffner (1893)
  • Centaurea velenovskyi, Adamović (1894)
  • Astragalus velenovskyi, Nábělek, (1923)
  • Russula velenovskyi, Melzer & Zvára (1927)
  • Naucoria velenovskyi, Pilát (1930)
  • Galium velenovskyi, Ančev (1975)
  • Entoloma velenovskyi, Noordel. (1979)
  • Daphne velenovskyi, Halda (1981)
  • Hilpertia velenovskyi, Schiffner & R.H.Zander (1989)
  • Cortinarius velenovskyanus, Moënne-Locc. & Reumaux (1997)
  • Cyanus velenovskyi, Adamović, Wagenitz & Greuter (2003)
  • Mollisia velenovskyi, Gminder (2006)

References
  1. Krivka P. (2010). "Josef Velenovsky, a great Czech botanist, philosopher and politician". Phytologia Balcanica. 16 (2): 313 18. ISSN 1310-7771.
  2. "Mycological Department - History and collections in detail". Národní Muzeum. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  3. IPNI.  Velen.
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