MEMORIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO THE ۱۰۰TH BIRTHDAY OF LATE UNIV. – PROF. DR. KARL HEINZ RECHINGER

Karl Heinz Rechinger was born on October ۱۶, ۱۹۰۶ at Vienna (Austria). He was the only son of Dr. Karl Rechinger and Rosa Elisabeth Rechinger née Favarger. His father was also a plant taxonomist. The principal focus of K.H. Rechinger was flora writing. He was the author of Flora Aegaea and founder and editor of "Flora Iranica". In ۱۹۲۹, Rechinger started to work as an unpaid volunteer in the Department of Botany at Natural History Museum of Vienna. He has collected plants in all five continents, mainly in the Balkan Peninsula and south west Asia. During ۱۹۳۰-۳۶, he had excursions in south of Europe in Croatia, Dalmatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Italy. Rechinger was promoted Doctor of Philosophy on May ۱۵, ۱۹۳۱ in ViennaUniversity. In ۱۹۲۷, he set out his first great botanical excursion to Greece. Rechinger had ten expeditions during ۱۹۳۷-۷۷ in "Flora Iranica" area. His first voyage to Iran was in ۱۹۳۷, before World War II, by invitation of Dr. Erwin Gauba, Professor of botany in Agricultural College of Karaj. 

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