Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius

Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) was a German physician, mycologist and botanist.

In 1801 he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with the thesis Dissertatio Botanica Inauguralis De Iunco (treatise on rushes).^[1] He later settled in Stettin as a medical practitioner.^[2]

The plant genus Rostkovia from the family Juncaceae was named in his honor by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784-1856).^[3] His name is also associated with the species Euphrasia rostkoviana.^[4]

Written works

• Monographia generis iunci, 1801; with Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803).
• Flora Sedinensis, exhibens plantas phanerogamas spontaneas nec non plantas praecipuas agri Swinemundii, 1824; with Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1805–1843).
• Die Pilze Deutschlands: Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Abt. 3, Volume 5; Volumes 21–22, 1844; with August Karl Joseph Corda (1809–1849) - German fungi : German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.
• Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, 1844; with Jacob Sturm (1771–1848) and Johann Wilhelm Sturm (1808–1865) - German flora in pictures from nature with descriptions.^[5][6]

References

1. WorldCat Titles Dissertatio botanica de Junco.
2. BibDigital Diccionario (biographical information)
3. CRC world dictionary of plant names. 4. R - Z by Umberto Quattrocchi
4. Eyebright - LEO forums Euphrasia rostkoviana
5. Google Search (publications)
6. WorldCat Identities (publications)
7. "Author Query for 'Rostk.'". International Plant Names Index.