(Sven) August Heintze (1881–1941) (sometimes spelled Heinze)[1] was a Swedish botanist.[2][3]
August Heintze | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 September 1881 Skurup, Sweden |
| Died | 6 May 1941 (aged 59) Stockholm |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Heintze |
Life edit
Heintze was born on 26 September 1881 to Fredrik and Kerstin (née Svensson) Heintze in Skurup, Skåne. He had a younger sister, Anna Maria (b. 1889).[4] He enrolled as a student at Lund University in 1901. He graduated in 1906, and earned his doctorate in 1913. His first position was as a teacher at Uddevalla kommunalgymnasium. Heintze died on 6 May 1941 in Stockholm, and is buried in the Skurups Norra Kyrkogård ("Skurup's Northern Cemetery").[5][6][3][7]
He is known for his work on the classification of cormophytes,[8] particularly the family Ranuculaceae.[9]
Selected publications edit
Publications include:[10]
- Heintze, August (1927). Cormofyternas Fylogeni (Phylogenie der cormophyten) (in Swedish). Lund: Håkan Ohlssons boktryckeri. Retrieved 10 January 2016. (Cormofyt. Fylog.) (Abstract in German.)
- Heintze, August. (1932–1935) Handbuch der Verbreitungsökologie der Pflanzen. Stockholm, Selbstverlag (in German)
- Heintze, August. (1908) Växtgeografiska anteckningar från ett par färder genom Skibottendalen i Tromsö amt. Arkiv Bot. v 7 no 11 (in Swedish)
- Heintze, August. (1913) Växttopografiska undersökningar i Åsele Lappmarks fjälltrakter. I–II Arkiv Bot. v 12 no 11; v 13 no 5 (in Swedish)
- Heintze, August. (1909) Växtgeografiska undersökningar i Råne socken af Norrbottens län. Arkiv Bot. v 9 no 8 (in Swedish)
Legacy edit
Published names include:[11]
- Burmanniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 159 1927.[12]
- Burmanniidae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
- Marattiophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
- Orchididae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 10. 1927.
- Oxalidales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 13, 126 1927.
- Paeoniales Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 12. 1927
- Psilotophyta Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 22. 1927.
- Ranunculaceae subfam. Thalictroideae Heintze, Cormofyt. Fylog.: 103 1927.[13]
- Trolliinae Heintze, Cormfyt. Fylog.: 103. 1927
References edit
- ^ Kubitzki & Bayer 2003, p. 376.
- ^ HUH 2015.
- ^ a b Erdtman 1945.
- ^ Geni 2015.
- ^ Gravar 2016.
- ^ Wieselgren 1946, p. 388.
- ^ Krok, Aulin & Lindman 1925, p. 281.
- ^ Heintze 1927.
- ^ Kumazawa 1938.
- ^ Libris 2016, Heintze, August.
- ^ Reveal 2000.
- ^ Heintze 1927, p. 159.
- ^ Heintze 1927, p. 103.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Heintze.
Bibliography edit
- "Heintze, Sven August". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Index of Botanists. 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - Erdtman, Gunnar (1945). "August Heintze 26.9 1881-6.5 1941. Några minnesord" [A remembrance]. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. (in Swedish). 39 (4): 441–444.
- "Sven August Heintze". Geni. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- "Sven August Heintze". Gravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
- Wieselgren, Oscar Harald, ed. (1946). Svenska män och kvinnor: biografisk uppslagsbok, Volume 3 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier.
- Krok, Thorgny Ossian Bolivar Napoleon; Aulin, Fredrik Rutger; Lindman, Carl Axel Magnus, eds. (1925). Bibliotheca botanica Suecana: ab antiquissimis temporibus ad finem anni MCMXVIII. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell.
- "LIBRIS". National Library of Sweden. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- Kubitzki, Klaus; Bayer, Clemens, eds. (2003). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol.5. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons: Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-07255-4. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- Kumazawa, Masao (1938). "Systematic and Phylogenetic Consideration of the Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae". Shokubutsugaku Zasshi. 52 (613): 9–15. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.52.9.
- Reveal, James L (20 July 2000). "Latest NEWS on Vascular Plant Family Nomenclature". Plant systematics. University of Maryland: Norton-Brown Herbarium. Retrieved 14 January 2016.[permanent dead link]