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 (including published schedae ot his exsiccata series)

Eponyms

In 1861, the fungal genus Rehmia Kremp. 1861 was named after him by lichenologist August von Krempelhuber, it is now a synonym of Rhizocarpon.[3] Other mycological genera that were named after him include; Rehmiella G.Winter 1883, Neorehmia Höhn. 1902 now Trichosphaerella, Rehmiellopsis Bubák & Kabát 1910 now Delphinella, Rehmiodothis Theissen & H.Sydow, 1914, Discorehmia Kirschst. 1936 and Rehmiomycella E.Müll. 1962.[2][4]

The standard author abbreviation Rehm is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Projekt Runeberg (biography in Swedish)
  2. ^ a b Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ^ "Rehmia caeruleoalba Kremp. - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Rehm.


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