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### Author
Rudolph, Karl (1881-1937), Bohemian botanist of German (Saxonian) origin; studied botany, palaeontology and geology in Wien 1900-1905; student of R. v. Wettstein; Dr. phil. Wien 1905; assistant with F. Czapeck in Czernowicz 1906-1910 and Praha 1910-1913; with G. Beck in Praha 1913-1914; on active duty in the Austrian army 1914-1919; habil. Praha 1919, extraordinary professor of plant systematics at the German University, Praha 1924, "wirklicher" (paid) extraordinary professor ib. 1931; developed quaternary palaeobotany with F. Firbas in Central Europe.
**Abbreviated name**: *K. Rudolph* \[standard form in IPNI: *K.Rudolph*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PRC|PRC]]; further material at [[Collection CERN|CERN]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 189; BJI 2: 149; Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7713; Bossert p. 342 (b. 11 Apr 1881, d. 2 Mar 1937); Futak-Domin p. 511; IH 2: (files); Klášterský p. 159-160; Quenstedt p. 371; Tucker 1: 612.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Hedwigia 50: (193). 1910 (to Praha), 77: (109). 1938 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 73: 160. 1924 (professorship), 82: 186. 1933, 86: 240. 1937 (d.); Preslia 49: 65. 1977 (brief memo); Richard Wettstein zum sechzigsten Geburtstag 7. 1923.
- Domin, K., Veda prír. 18: 123. 1937 (obit.).
- Firbas, F., Forschungen u. Fortschritte 13: 215-216. 1937 (obit.).
- Firbas, F. & A. Pascher, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 55: (277)-(292). 1937 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Grohmann, E., Teplitz-Schönauer Anzeiger 8. 1937 (n.v.).
- Janchen, E., Richard Wettstein 186. 1933.
- Kka., Cas. národn. Musea 111: 77. 1937.
- Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 16: 164. 1910 (assistant Praha).
- Pax, F., Bibl. schles. Bot. 20, 101, 182. 1929.
- Pohl, F., Natur und Heimat 8: 3-8. 1937 (obit., bibl.).
- Pop, E., Bul. Grad. bot. Muz. bot. Cluj 17(3-4): 165-168. 1937 (obit.).
- Rudolph, K., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 45(2, 1) 1928, 180 p. (Die bisherigen Ergebnisse der botanischen Mooruntersuchungen in Böhmen; see also F. Vierhapper, Österr. bot. Z. 78: 286-288. 1929); Natur und Heimat 8: 8-9. 1937 (autobiogr., sketch).
- Sigmond, J., Sudetendeut. Forst- und Jagdzeit. 1937 (n.v.).
- Szymkiewicz, D., Bibl. fl. Polsk. 123. 1925.
- Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 4(2): 175, 177-178. 1938 (obit., b. 11 Apr 1881, d. 2 Mar 1937, portr.).
#### Eponymy
*Rudolphisporis* W. Krutzsch (1963). *Note*: *Rudolfiella* Hoehne (1944) honors Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, *q.v.*; *Rudolphia* Medikus (1787) honors Elias Rudolf Camerarius (1641-1695).