Botany at Stefan Batory University in Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius) (1919–1939)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23037653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alicja Zemanek (0000-0002-3335-0723, Jagiellonian University), Piotr Köhler (0000-0001-8713-0817, Jagiellonian University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Pages | 93-137 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Historiae Scientiarum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2451-3202 • E-ISSN: 2543-702X |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4467/2543702xshs.19.005.11011 |
| OpenAlex | W2989926983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The university in Vilna (in Polish: Wilno, now: Vilnius, Lithuania), founded in 1579, by Stefan Batory (Stephen Báthory), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was a centre of Polish botany in 1780–1832 and 1919–1939. In the latter period the university functioned under the Polish name Uniwersytet Stefana Batorego (in English: Stefan Batory University). It comprised six departments connected with botany (General Botany, Pharmacognosy and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants, Plant Taxonomy, Botanical Garden, Garden of Medicinal Plants, and Natural History Museum). There worked such distinguished scientists, as: Jakub Mowszowicz (1901–1983), phytogeographer and phytosociologist; Jan Muszyński (1884–1957), botanist and pharmacist; Bronisław Szakien (1890–1938), cytologist and mycologist; Piotr Wiśniewski (1881––1971), physiologist; and Józef Trzebiński (1867–1941), mycologist and phytopathologist. Ca. 300 publications (including ca. 100 scientific ones) were printed in the period investigated, dealing mainly with morphology and anatomy, cytology, plant physiology, floristics (floristic geography of plants), systematics (taxonomy) of vascular plants, mycology and phytopathology, ecology of plant communities (phytosociology), as well as ethnobotany, and history of botany. Stefan Batory University was also an important centre of teaching and popularization of botany in that region of Europe. The aim of the article is to describe the history of botany at the Stefan Batory University in 1919–1939.
Biology · Botany · Economic botany · Ethnobotany · Floristics · Medicinal plants · Plant ecology · Taxon · Botany and Plant Ecology Studies · European Cultural and National Identity · Language and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |