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> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11567-1) LSID 11567-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612489) QID Q21612489
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### Author
Wernischeck, \[Johann\] Jakob (1743-1804), Hungarian-born Austrian physician and botanist; studied and practiced in Vienna.
**Abbreviated name**: *Wernisch.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wernisch.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 478 (d. 18 Jul 1804); Dryander 3: 32; Herder p. 143; Kanitz 48; PR 10192, ed. 1: 11174; Rehder 1: 257; RS p. 148; TL-1/1406; WU 55: 105-107; Zander ed. 10, p. 732, ed. 11, p. 835.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 221: 598. 1974 (medical works, "Wernischek").
#### Eponymy
*Wernisekia* Scopoli (1777) probably honors this author, but no etymology was given.
### Publications
##### n.17.180. Genera plantarum
**Title**
*Genera plantarum* cum characteribus suis essentialibus et naturalibus, quae ad facilius assequendam earum notitiam secundum corollae limbum ordinavit, et edidit Jacobus Wernischek \[sic\],... Viennae Austriae \[Wien\] (e Typographeo Kaliwodiano) 1763. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Gen. pl.*
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: Jan-Sep 1763 (J. Encycl., Bouillon 15 Oct 1763 (cens. 27 Oct 1763)), p. \[i-xvi\], 1-430, index \[1-18\]. *Copies*: PH, US.
*Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1764, p. \[i-x\], 1-430, index \[1-18\]. *Copies*: B, G, HH, USDA(2); IDG 5806. – Jacobi Wernischeck \[sic\] A.A.L.L. Philosoph. et medicin. Doctoris *Genera plantarum*, ad facilius consequendam earum notitiam secundum numerum laciniarum corollae disposita. Vindobonae \[Wien\] (Typis Joannis Thomae de Trattern,...) 1764. Oct.
*Ed*. \[*3*\]: 1766, p. \[i-x\], 1-361, \[1-16, index\]. *Copies*: HH, L-UB, NSUB, NY. – Vindobonae (id.) 1766. Oct.