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Apr 11, 1819 Wisła, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 09 Nov 1871 (aged 52)
Austrian naturalist and botanist
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About Siegfried Reissek
- Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes.
- He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology.From 1837 to 1841 he was a student at the University of Vienna.
- He worked as assistant curator at the Royal Botanical Collection in Vienna between 1845 and 1867, when he was appointed head curator; and from 1848 was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.
- He circumscribed numerous plant taxa, including the genus Stenanthemum (family Rhamnaceae).
- The plant genus Reissekia (family Rhamnaceae) commemorates his name.
