Léopold Reichling

Who was Léopold Reichling?

Léopold Reichling, was a Luxembourg biologist and naturalist.

He is especially known for his publications in the fields of botany, zoology and nature conservation. He assembled three major scientific collections: an herbarium, a collection of heteroptera and a collection of human artefacts of the Stone Age.

The following taxa were named after Léopold Reichling:

Asplenium ×reichlingii Lawalrée, 1951; a monstrous form of the fern Asplenium trichomanes;

Taraxacum reichlingii Soest, 1971; a plant;

Lichenoconium reichlingii Diederich, 1986; a fungus;

Reichlingia leopoldii Diederich & Scheid., 1996; a lichen.