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.[2] He circumscribed numerous plant taxa, including the genus Stenanthemum (family
Rhamnaceae).[3] The plant genus Reissekia from Brazil (in the family
Rhamnaceae) commemorates his name.[4][5]
Publications
Über die selbständige Entwickelung der Pollenzelle zur keimtragenden Pflanze, 1844 – On the self-development of the pollen cell in germinating plants.
Die Fasergewebe des Leines. des Hanfes, der Nessel und Baumwolle, 1851 – The fibrous tissue of rope,
hemp,
nettle and cotton.
Untersuchungen über die Fäulniss der Mohrrüben, 1852 – Studies on the putrefaction of
carrots.
Alphitomyces schroetteri (1856).
Die Palmen. Eine physiognomisch-culturhistorische Skizze, 1861 – The palms.