Background
Pax was born 26 July 1858 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, in what was then known as Bohemia.
Pax was born 26 July 1858 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, in what was then known as Bohemia.
He described several species. He became a professor of botany and zoology at the University of Wrocław, and died on 1 March 1942 in Wroclaw, which at the time was part of Prussia. Plant taxa that cite Pax include: Acalypha, Acidoton, Adenochlaena, Annesijoa novoguineensis, Argomuellera, Blachia, Cephalocrotonopsis, Chonocentrum, Cladogynos orientalis, Cleistanthus, Conceveiba, Crotonogynopsis, Deuteromallotus, Discoclaoxylon, Emblingiaceae, Erythrococca, Haematostemon, Hippeastrum, Jatropha, Lingelsheimia, Mareyopsis, Mildbraedia, Monadenium, Necepsia, Neoscortechinia, Neotrewia cumingii, Octospermum pleiogynum, Pachystylidium hirsutum, Petalodiscus, Plukenetia, Pseudagrostistachys, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Ptychopyxis, Romanoa, Sphaerostylis, Tetraplandra, Thecacoris, Zimmermannia Animal taxa described by Pax include Parnassius apollo L. ssp. sztrecsnoensis Pax, 1915.
Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture.