Szovits, Johann Nepomuk (1782-1830)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Johann Nepomuk
Last name
Szovits
Initials
J.N.
Life Dates
- 1830
Collecting Dates
1827 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
LE (main), A, B, BM, BP, BR, C, E, FI, FR, G, G-DC, GOET, H, HEID, K, L, LY, M, MO, MW, NA, OXF, P, PH, RO, S, US, W, Z
Countries
Europe: UkraineNorth Asia: Russian FederationWestern Asia: Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Associate(s)
Láng, Adolph (Adolf) Franz (1795-1863)(co-collector)Szowitz, J.N.(synonym)
Biography
Johann Szovits was a Hungarian pharmacist who worked in Odessa and made plant collecting expeditions in the Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. He died in Kutaissi, Georgia, following lengthy travels in Armenia and Iran. Many plants were named in his honour, for example Asphodelus szovitsii K.Koch, Carex szovitsii V.I.Krecz. and Muscari szotitsianum Rupr. Ex. Boiss.

Sources:
J.M.Lamond, 1973, "The Transcaucasian and Iranian collections of J.N. Szovits", Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 32: 239-245.
References
Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 985;
Szovits, Johann Nepomuk (1782-1830)
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