Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker

Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker (1798 – 14 November 1874) was a Swiss missionary and botanist born in Zürich.

In the 1820s he was assigned to the Swabian colony of Helenendorf in the Transcaucasus, where he served as a doctor and missionary. Eventually, his main focus involved collecting plants from the region. In 1841 he returned to Switzerland, where he took up residence in Basel. Shortly afterwards he relocated to Esslingen, Germany (1842-1858), and in 1858 moved to the town of Kirchheim unter Teck.

Following his return from the Transcaucasus, Hohenacker earned his living selling biological specimens of other collectors sorted in exsiccatae and exsiccata-like series. Around 40 series edited by him are known and listed with bibliographic data and examplary labels in IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae.[1] Hohenacker also contributed specimens to the German scientific society Unio Itineraria for plant exchange until 1842.[2] He was the author of Enumeratio Plantarum quas in itinere per provinciam Talysch collegit.

In 1836 the botanical genus Hohenackeria (family Apiaceae) was named in his honor by Carl Anton von Meyer and Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer.[3][4]

Hohenacker is commemorated in the scientific name of the Transcaucasian ratsnake, Zamenis hohenackeri.[5]


The standard author abbreviation Hohen. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  2. ^ "Unio itineraria: IndExs ExsiccataID=1036203392". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  4. ^ "Hohenackeria Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Hohenacker", p. 125).
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Hohen.
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