Paul Sydow

Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf)[1] was a German mycologist and 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] Between 1880 and 1916 Sydow edited seven exsiccata series, among them Mycotheca Marchica (1880) with Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf as co-editor.[5][6] With his son Hans Sydow he co-edited the first fascicles of the series Mycotheca Germanica (1903–1906).[7]

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.[8]
  • 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.[9]

Honours

Several taxa of fungi were named in his honour, including;[10]


The standard author abbreviation P. Syd. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ UNI Goettingen Department of Systematic Botany
  2. ^ Google Books Dictionary of the Fungi, edited by P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, D.W. Minter, J.A. Stalpers
  3. ^ Lücking, Robert (2020). "Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective". Megataxa. 1 (1): 78–103 [85]. doi:10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16.
  4. ^ a b WorldCat Identities (publications)
  5. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  6. ^ "Mycotheca Marchica: IndExs ExsiccataID=902940034". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Mycotheca Germanica: IndExs ExsiccataID=2020457727". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ^ IDREF.fr (bibliography)
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. ^ "Sydowia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  12. ^ International Plant Names Index.  P. Syd.
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