Siegfried Reissek

{{Short description|Austrian naturalist and botanist (1819–1871)}}

Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology.[http://data.onb.ac.at/nlv_lex/perslex/R/Reissek_Siegfried.htm Nachlässe in Österreich - Personenlexikon]

From 1837 to 1841 he was a student at the University of Vienna. He worked as assistant curator at the Royal Botanical Collection in Vienna between 1845 and 1867, when he was appointed head curator; and from 1848 was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.[http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_R/Reissek_Siegfried_1819_1871.xml Reissek, Siegfried (1819-1871), Botaniker] Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation He circumscribed numerous plant taxa, including the genus Stenanthemum (family Rhamnaceae).[https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&dq=Reisseck+1819&pg=PA2561 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ...] by Umberto Quattrocchi The plant genus Reissekia from Brazil (in the family Rhamnaceae) commemorates his name.[https://books.google.com/books?id=dJ4CAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Reissekia%22+%22Reissek%22&pg=PA855 Botanische Zeitung, Volume 29]{{cite web |title=Reissekia Endl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33504-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}