Heinrich Rehm

Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm (20 October 1828, Ederheim – 1 April 1916, Munich) ^[1] was a German mycologist and lichenologist.

He studied at the Universities of Erlangen, Munich and Heidelberg, earning his medical doctorate in 1852. During his career, he was a practicing physician in Dietenhofen (from 1854), Sugenheim (from 1857) and Windsheim (from 1871). In 1875 he became regional medical examiner in Lohr am Main.^[2]

Publications

• Rehm, H. 1874. Ascomyceten Fasc. 5: 201-250
• ----. 1875. Ascomyceten 6: 251-300
• ----. 1881, publ. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 20: 97-103
• ----. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 21 (8): 113-123.
• ----. 1883. Ascomyceten Fasc. XV: 701-750
• ----. 1883. Ascomycetes Lojkani Lecti in Hungaria, Transilvania et Galicia. [i-iv], [1]-70. Berlin; Friedländer & Sohn
• ----. 1883. Ascomyceten fasc. XIV. Hedwigia 22: 52-61
• ----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVI. Hedwigia 24: 7-17
• ----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVII. Hedwigia 24 (6): 225-246
• ----. 1888. Ascomyceten 923, in sched.
• ----. 1888. Ascomyceten fasc. XIX. Hedwigia 27: 163-175
• ----. 1889. Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. Dr L. Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1. 3. Abth: Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. 209-336
• ----. 1889. Ascomyceten, Fasc. XX. Hedwigia 5: 347-358

Taxonomy

In 1861 the fungi genus Rehmia was named after him by lichenologist August von Krempelhuber.^[3] Other mycological genera that contain his name are Rehmiella, Rehmiodothis and Rehmiomycella.^[2]

References

1. Projekt Runeberg (biography in Swedish)
2. Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
3. Index Fungorum
4. "Author Query for 'Rehm'". International Plant Names Index.