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Werner Rauh’s Centenary and the Werner Rauh Heritage Project

  • January 2013
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Werner Rauh (1913–2000), one of the most famous German Botanists of the 20th century, was a member of IOS from 1959 until his death, Vice-President 1976–1982, President 1982–1984 and first recipient of the Cactus d’Or (1978). His enormous scientific assets, archived at Heidelberg and Bonn, are being opened up systematically by the ‘Werner Rauh Heritage Project’ (Koch et al. 2013), generously funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation. On the occasion of the 10th IOS Intercongress Meeting at Berlin this brief presentation of recent results of research on his biography was given, a few days before the centenary of Rauh’s birth.
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Werner Rauh’s Centenary and the Werner Rauh Heritage Project
Christof Nikolaus Schröder
Botanical Garden and Herbarium Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 340, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
e-mail: niko.schroeder@cos.uni-heidelberg.de
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Von den Mulde-Auen zur Cordillera Blanca – Zum 100. Geburtstag des Botanikers Werner Rauh (*16. Mai 1913 †7. April 2000) – Teil 2
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  • Oct 2013
Werner Rauh (1913–2000) war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Feldbotaniker und Pflanzenjäger im 20. Jahrhundert. Sein Interesse galt zunächst der Archäologie, dennoch entschied er sich Botanik, Zoologie, Chemie und Geologie zu studieren. Nach der Dissertation in Halle (Saale) und der Habilitation in Heidelberg nahm Rauh seine Lehrtätigkeit an der Universität Heidelberg auf, wo er bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1982 und darüber hinaus lehrte. Dabei war die Morphologie, d.h. die Lehre vom Bau der Pflanzen, sein erster Schwerpunkt. Mindestens 36 große Expeditionen führten ihn u.a. nach Peru und Madagaskar, aber auch in zahlreiche andere Länder der Alten und Neuen Welt. Im „Werner Rauh Heritage Project“ werden seit 2009 die Feldbücher von Werner Rauh mit seinen Aufsammlungen lebender und herbarisierter Pflanzen aufgearbeitet, die heute den Grundstock von Botanischem Garten und Herbarium Heidelberg (HEID) bilden.
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The geophytic Peperomia subgenus Tildenia (Piperaceae) in the Andes with the description of new species in a phylogenetic framework
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and aims - The pantropical genus Peperomia consists of approximately 1,600 species with an extremely diverse vegetative morphology, especially in the Neotropics. One of the most startling yet overlooked growth forms is the geophytic one, as in subgenus Tildenia. This group occurs in seasonal Neotropical habitats with its highest diversity in Mexico-Guatemala and Peru-Bolivia with few species known from in between these hot spots. Methods - Recent fieldwork in Peru and Bolivia combined with herbarium study and a Bayesian analysis of an aligned sequence matrix of the chloroplast trnK-matK-psbA gene cluster of one accession of each species resulted in new findings within this subgenus. Key results - Fourteen new species are described, discussed in a phylogenetic framework and illustrated. Two species have a wide distribution and occur from central W. Peru to S. Bolivia: the common P. cerrateae and the rare P. parvisagittata. Three endemic species are described from the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone which is particularly rich in tuberous Peperomia species: P. gigantea, P. jalcaensis and P. klopfensteinii. Two species are only known from their type locality in central W. Peru: P. ocrosensis and P. pugnicaudex. Five other Peruvian species are P. ayacuchoana from Ayacucho, P. querocochana from Ancash, wernerrauhii from Huanuco, Peperomia umbrosa from three distant localities, and P. pseudoverruculosa which is relatively common in SE Peru. Two species are Bolivian endemics: the rare P. purpureonervosa from La Paz and the more common P. radiatinervosa from Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. Two former varieties, both endemics of the extreme northern Central Andes, are raised to species rank: P. lilliputiana and P. pseudoperuviana. Finally, basionym rejection and lectotypification are proposed for the widespread and commonly collected tuberous Peperomia in the southern Central Andes: R peruviana. An emended description of Peperomia subgenus Tildenia is also provided.
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A treasure trove of plant biodiversity from the 20th century: The Werner Rauh Heritage Project at Heidelberg Botanical Garden and Herbarium
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  • May 2013
Prof. Werner Rauh (1913–2000) was the director at Heidelberg Botanical Garden and Herbarium for several decades and until his retirement in 1994, he undertook more than 36 expeditions, mainly to South and Central America as well as to southern Africa and in particular to Madagascar. From these journeys, he brought back innumerable plants to the Botanical Garden Heidelberg, especially succulents, bromeliads and orchids, which are a valuable part of today’s living collection and of the Herbarium. During his expeditions, he wrote more than 90 booklets with detailed information not only about the plants collected, but also about the vegetation and geology of the regions he visited. The heart of the presented Werner Rauh Heritage project is a relational database to store the heterogeneous information found in these field books, as well as to link the information to actual taxonomy and to the garden’s existing database, the living collection and numerous plant type material. A number of powerful tools are being developed to enable researchers to search the database for cross-linked information including Rauh’s original field numbers and the place of collection. The central part of the Werner Rauh Heritage Project database is a look-up table with the geo-referenced itineraries of Werner Rauh’s journeys and another table with all taxa entries listed in any field book. Tables with synonyms, basionyms and protologue data are included as well as numerous images and links to other taxonomic databases such as IPNI and TROPICOS.
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Rauh, Werner. Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon
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