Józef Motyka

Józef Motyka (23 March 1900 – 6 July 1984) was a Polish botanist and lichenologist.

Józef Motyka
Born23 March 1900
Died6 July 1984
NationalityPolish
OccupationPolish botanist and lichenologist
Notable work
Published a total of four textbooks, six monographs, 54 papers, and two general-audience books

Education

He obtained his PhD in 1925 at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow for his studies on the ecology of saxicolous lichens (growing on or living among rocks) in Europe.

Early career

Afterwards, he spent several years researching the large lichen genus Usnea, culminating in the publication of a two-volume monograph during 1936–38. During the Second World War he was employed in the Botanical Garden in Lwow. In 1944 he returned to his birthplace, Kąclowa, and began teaching at the Gymnasium in nearby Grybów. A year later Motyka was appointed as Director of the Plant Geography and Systematics department at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, and soon after became an Associate Professor. For the next decade he worked largely on the distribution and ecology of vascular plants.[1]

Publications

Returning to work on lichens in the mid-1950s, Motyka studied Poland's lichen flora and published papers on the families Parmeliaceae, Cladoniaceae, Acarosporaceae, Umbilicariaceae, and Thelocarpaceae. He became a full Professor in 1960. He eventually published a total of four textbooks, six monographs, 54 papers, and two general-audience books.

Recognition

Motyka was awarded the Polonia Restituta and Golden Cross of Merit for his academic work.[1]

Eponymous species

Several lichens have been named in honor of Józef Motyka:

  • Alectoria motykae D.Hawksw.[2]
  • Alectoria motykana Bystrek[3]
  • Ramalina motykana Bystrek
  • Usnea motykae Räsänen
  • Usnea motykana Bystrek & Wójciak[4]

See also
  • Category:Taxa named by Józef Motyka

References
  1. Bystrek J, Wójciak H. (1985). "Obituary: Józef Motyka 1900–1984". Lichenologist. 17 (3): 293–295. doi:10.1017/S002428298500038X.
  2. Hawkworth DL. (1971). "Regional studies in Alectoria (Lichenes) I. The Central and Southern African species". Botaniska Notiser. 124 (1): 122–128.
  3. Bystrek J. (1970). "Lichenum nova species in Europa media". Acta Mycologica Warszawa. 6 (1): 3–5. doi:10.5586/am.1970.001.
  4. Bystrek J, Wójciak H. (1994). "Usnea motykana Bystr. et Wójciak (Lichenes, Usneaceae), a new lichen species from the Carpathians". Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica. 39 (1): 117–20.
  5. IPNI.  Motyka.
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