Viktor Janka

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Viktor Janka

Viktor Janka von Bulcs, often shortened to Viktor Janka (24 December 1837 in Vienna - 9 August 1890 in Budapest) was an Austrian military officer and botanist. He worked as the officer of a Cuirassier regiment (armoured cavalry soldiers) for the Imperial Austrian Army until 1870. He was then named curator of the botanical department of the Budapest National Museum. [1] He ceased working for the museum in 1889 and died one year later in the same city. Janka had collected many botanical specimens throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his types are housed in the herbarium of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania. [2]

He discovered and described several plant species, including the Hungarian crocus ( Colchicum hungaricum ). [3]

The standard author abbreviation Janka is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [4]

The monotypic relict genus Jankaea, the orchid species Himantoglossum jankae and Chamaecytisus jankae are named after him.

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References

  1. "J - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen". www.uni-goettingen.de (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. Österreichische botanische Zeitschrift January 1865, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp 1-5 Victor von Janka August Neilreich
  3. "Janka Viktor | Hungarian Natural History Museum". Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Janka.