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]

Starting with 1869 until his death Rehm distributed exsiccata specimens in five series, one of them co-edited by Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold.^[3]

Publications (including published schedae of his exsiccata works)

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

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.^[4] 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]^[5]

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

References

^ Projekt Runeberg (biography in Swedish)
^ ^a ^b Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
^ "Rehmia caeruleoalba Kremp. - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ 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.
^ International Plant Names Index. Rehm.