Paul Sydow
Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in
lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow
(1879–1946).
He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored works involving descriptions of new species of ascomycetes, rusts and smuts.[2] Paul Sydow was a prolific author (or co-author) of new fungal species, having formally described 2331 in his career.[3] He also wrote about algae. He authored 252 works in five languages.[4]
Works
- Paul Sydow: Die Flechten Deutschlands : Anleitung zur Kenntnis und Bestimmung der deutschen Flechten, 1887.
- Paul and Hans Sydow: Monographia Uredinearum : seu specierum omnium ad hunc usque diem cognitarum descriptio et adumbratio systematica, 1904–1924.[5]
- Gustav Lindau and Paul Sydow: Thesaurus literaturae mycologicae et lichenologicae. (1908–1917, 5 volumes).
He also made contributions to volume 12 of Pier Andrea Saccardo's Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum, 1897,[4] as well as volume 11 of his Annales Mycologici.[6]
Honours
Several taxa of fungi were named in his honour, including;[7]
- Sydowia (family Dothioraceae) by Bres. in 1895[8]
- Sydowiellina (family Schizothyriaceae) by Bat. & I.H.Lima in 1959 (named after father and son, Sydow)
See also
References
- ^ UNI Goettingen Department of Systematic Botany
- ^ Google Books Dictionary of the Fungi, edited by P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, D.W. Minter, J.A. Stalpers
- .
- ^ a b WorldCat Identities (publications)
- ^ IDREF.fr (bibliography)
- ^ Bensch, K. (2020). "Saccardo, P.A. 1913. Notae mycologicae. Series XVI. Annales Mycologici. 11(4):312-325". MycoBank. International Mycological Association (IMA) and the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Sydowia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. P. Syd.
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