Heinrich Christian Funck

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Heinrich Christian Funck (November 22, 1771 – April 14, 1839) was a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Wunsiedel, Bavaria. He was a cofounder of the Regensburg Botanical Society.

He received early training at a pharmacy in Regensburg, subsequently studying in Salzburg, Erlangen and Jena. In 1803 he acquired the family-owned pharmacy in Gefrees, from where he performed research of cryptogams, especially bryophytes. He conducted botanical investigations in the nearby Fichtelgebirge, and also organized excursions to the Salzburg Alps, Italy, Switzerland, et al.

In 1834 he sold the pharmacy in Gefrees in order to devote more time and energy to botany. Funck died of a stroke in Gefrees on April 14, 1839.

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Kryptogamische Gewächse des Fichtelgebirges. seventeen books, Leipzig (1803–1808)
Deutschlands Moose- ein Taschen-Herbarium zum Gebrauch bei Excursionen. Birne, Bayreuth (1820)

The standard author abbreviation Funck is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

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Museum Grenoble (translated biography)
Phaneros and Pteridophytes (F) Collectors Index Herbarium M (translated biography)

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

[0] "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Funck, Heinrich Christian
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Date of birth	November 22, 1771
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Date of death	April 14, 1839
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Heinrich Christian Funck

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