> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 525](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068767) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4740-1) LSID 4740-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78746) QID Q78746 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kerner von Marilaun, Anton Joseph, Ritter (1831-1898); Austrian botanist, Dr. med. Wien 1854; high school teacher at Budapest 1855-1858, at the Polytechnic 1858-1860; director of the Innsbruck (1860-1878), and of the Vienna botanical garden (1878-1898); outstanding floristic botanist, plant geographer and popular writer. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Kern* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Kern.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WU|WU]] (80.000). – For further details on collections see IH. (1) Kerner's main series of published exsiccatae (with K. Fritsch Jr. and R. von Wettstein) *Flora exsiccata austro-hungarica a museo botanico universitatis edita* was published as follows: |fasc. |numbers |date |issued by| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-200 |1881 |A. Kerner| |2 |201-400 |1881| |3 |401-600 |1882| |4 |601-800 |1882| |5 |801-1000 |1883| |6 |1001-1200 |1883| |7 |1201-1400 |1885| |8 |1401-1600 |1886| |9 |1601-1800 |1887| |10 |1801-2000 |1888| |11 |2001-2200 |1892| |12 |2201-2400 |1893| |13 |2401-2600 |1895| |14 |2601-2800 |1896| |15 |2801-3000 |Jan 1899| |16 |3001-3200 |Aug 1899 |K. Fritsch| |17 |3201-3400 |1901| |18 |3401-3600 |1902| |19 |3601-3800| |20 |3801-4000 |1903 |R. v. Wettstein| Sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GJO|GJO]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection GZU|GZU]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection W|W]], – For *Schedae*: see below no. 3598. - (2) *Herbarium österreichischer Weiden*, with Joseph Kerner (1829-1906), sets e.g. at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection WU|WU]]. (Number of sets to be issued (subscription pamphlet 1863): 50). |decas |date |lists in Österr. bot. Z.| |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1863 |13: 414-415| |2 |1864 |14: 299| |3 |1865 |15: 99-100| |4 |1865 |15: 333-334| |5 |1866 |16: 68| |6, 7 |1867 |17: 64| |8, 9 |1869 |19: 131-132| *Ref*.: Kerner, A., und J., Einladung zur Subskription auf das Herbarium österreichischer Weiden. Innsbruck 1863, 2 p. (copy: G). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 22: 23-24, 288. 1864, 23: 148, 326. 1865, 24: 55-56. 1866. - Bary, H. A. de, Bot. Zeit. 27: 471-472. 1869. #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 312, 6(1): 202, 12(3): 127; Backer p. 301; Barnhart 2: 283; BFM 2009, 3029, 3030; BJI 1: 30-31; Blunt p. 224, 241, 265; BM 2: 971; Bossert p. 209; Clokie p. 193; CSP 3: 639-640, 8: 68-69, 10: 388, 12: 383-384, 16: 248-249; DTS 1: 139-145, 151, 3: xliv, 4: xlv-xlvi, 5: 1, 6(4): 159-160; GR p. 452-453; Hortus 3: 1197 ("Kern., A."); IH 2: 354; Jackson p. 566 \[index\]; Kanitz 259; Kew 3: 239-240; KR p. 342; Langman p. 408; LS 13821-13822; Maiwald p. 279; Moebius p. 58, 452; NI 1033; Plesch p. 282-288; PR 4628-4634, 10586; Rehder 5: 451; Saccardo 1: 92, 2: 60; SBC p. 124 ("Kerner"); TL-2/1: see Fritsch Jr., K.; Tucker 1: 386; Urban-Berl. p. 261, 363; Zander ed. 10, p. 677. - Alberti et al., Gedenkblatt zur Kerner-Feier am 12. November 1891. Wien 1891, 24 p. (bibl., portr.). - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 53: 128. 1893; Bot. Gaz. 26: 223. 1898; Bot. Not. 1899: 48; Botanik und Zoologie in Österreich 1850-1900. Wien 1901 (portr.), Bot. Zeit. 56(2): 224. 1898; Bull. Soc. bot. France 19(bibl): 97. 1872 (appointed Prague; K. did not accept this appointment); Flora 61: 464. 1878 (appointment at Vienna); Almanach Akad. Wiss. Wien 49: 270-273. 1899 (necrol.). - Beck, G., Vegetationsverh. Illyr. Länder 10, 37. 1901 (Veg. Erde 4). - Degen, A., Termész. Közl. 30: 394-407. 1898 (fide Dörfler). - Dörfler, I., Botaniker-Porträts 1906, no. 1 (portr.). - Fritsch, K., Verb. Zool. bot. Ges. Wien 48: 694-700. 1898 (repr. 7 p.). - Gams, H., Arch. Natursch. Landschaftsforsch. 10(4): 221-232. 1970 (on K. and his ecological concepts.). - Janchen, E., Catal. fl. austr. 1: 5. 1956. - Kárpáti, Bot. Közlem. 50(4): 197-202. 1963 (on K. as founder of Hungarian geobotany) (portr.). - Kronfeld, E. M., Anton Kerner von Marilaun. Leipzig 1908, xx, 392 p. (portr., bibl.). - L. M., Der Alpenfreund 10: 227-230. 1877 (portr.). - Mägdefrau, K., Neue deut. Biogr. 11: 529-531. 1977 (many refs.). - Neilreich, A., Verh. zool. bot. Ver. Wien 5: 58. 1855; Fl. Nieder-oesterr. 1: xvii. 1859. - Pax, F., Grundz. Pflanzenverbr. Karpathen 1: 24, 29, 61. 1898 (Veg. Erde 2(1)). - Veer, P. H. W. A. M. de, Leven en werk van Hugo de Vries, Groningen 1968, fig. 68 (portr.). - Vierhapper, Introduction and notes to *Das Pflanzenleben* "2. (anastatische) Auglage" mit 24 Bildtafeln neu herausgegeben. Wien 1929. - Wettstein, R. von, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 16: (43)-(58). 1898 (bibl.); Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 40: ciii-civ. 1898. - Wolkenhauer, Geogr. Jahrb. 22: 443-444. 1900. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti gerg. 3(3): 68, lxxvii-lxxviii, *pl. 87.* 1905 (portr.). #### Handwriting Kronfeld, E. M., Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Leipzig 1908, pl. between p. 288/289. #### Eponymy *Marilaunidium* O. Kuntze (1891). ### Publications ##### n.3591. Das Pflanzenleben der Donaulaender **Title** *Das Pflanzenleben der Donaulaender*... Innsbruck (Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pfl.-Leben Donauländ.* **Notes** *Ed.1*: 24 Jan 1863 (Gams 1970, p. 223; Flora rd. 11 Sep 1863; BSbF Apr 1864), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-348. *Copies*: G, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1897 (vol. 1: Flora 30 Jul 1897), n.v. – A "second edition" announced by Öst. bot. Z. 14: 98. 1864 was never published. *Ed. 2, reprint*: "2. (anastatische) Auflage mit Ergänzungen und 24 Bildtafeln neu herausgegeben von F. Vierhapper" Innsbruck (Universitäts-Verlag Wagner) 1929. – *Editor*: Friedrich Vierhapper (1885-1932). – *Publ*.: 1929, front., portr. Kerner, p. \[1\]-xvi, facsimile: \[1\]-444, add. lit. 445-452. *Copies*: G, USDA. – Rev. Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 63(Lit.): 52. 1930. *English version*: "*The background of plant ecology*." Henry S. Conard, a translation from the German, the plant life of the Danube basin by Anton Kerner (1863). Ames, Iowa (The Iowa State College Press), s.d., 1950, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-238. *Copy*: NY. – "The original German of this book, published in 1863, is the immediate and direct parent of all later works on plant ecology" (Conard). *Ref*.: Irmisch, T., Bot. Zeit. 21: 131-135. 17 Apr 1863. - Sauter, Flora 47: 101-108, 129-141. 1864. ##### n.3592. Die hybriden Orchideen **Title** *Die hybriden Orchideen* der österreichischen Flora... Wien (Im Selbstverlage der Gesellschaft) 1865. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Hybrid. Orchid.* **Notes** *Publ*: 1865 (submitted 1 Mar 1865; Flora 19 Apr 1866), p. \[i\], \[1\]-34, *pl. 2-7* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: G. Preprinted from Verh. k.k. zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 15(Abh.): 203-236. 1865. ##### n.3593. Novae plantarum species **Title** *Novae plantarum species* Tiroliae, Venetiae, Carnioliae, Carinthiae, Styriae et Austriae. Innsbruck (Druck der Wagner'schen Universitäts-Buchdruckerei) 1870-1871, 3 decades. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Nov. pl. sp.* **Notes** *Decas 1*: 1870 (Flora rd. after 25 Jul), p. \[1\]-46, *pl. 1-2.* Reprinted from Z. Ferdinandeum Innsbruck 3(15): \[247\]-292, *pl. 1-2.* 1870. *Decas 2*: 1870, p. \[i\], \[1\]-25. Reprinted from Ber. naturw. Med. Ver. Innsbruck 1(2): 97-121. 1871. "... species... continens descriptiones plantarum novarum a cl. Jaeschke in Himalajae collectarum." *Decas 3*: 1871, p. \[i\], \[1\]-50. Preprinted from id. 2(2/3): 124-173. 1872. "Species... continens descriptiones ruborum novorum Austriae..." *Copies*: G(1-3), MO(2), NY(2); IDC 859(1-3). – The paper "*Novae plantarum species*," Österr. bot. Z. 24: 235-238. 1874 does not belong to this series. *Ref*.: Sauter, Flora 53: 338-340. 1870. ##### n.3594. Können aus Bastarden Arten werden **Title** *Können aus Bastarden Arten werden*?... Wien (Druck von C. Heberreuter (M. Salzer)) 1871. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1871, p. \[1\]-10. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Österr. bot. Z. 21(2): 34-41. Feb 1871, to be cited from journal. ##### n.3595. Die Vegetationsverhältnisse des mittleren und östlichen Ungarns **Title** *Die Vegetationsverhältnisse des mittleren und östlichen Ungarns* und angrenzenden Siebenbürgens... Innsbruck (Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung) \[1867-\] 1875 \[-1879\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg.-Verh. Ungarns*. **Notes** *Publ*.: originally published as a long series of papers in Österr. bot. Z. 17 (1867)-29 (1879), listed by CSP (8: 68-69, 12: 383) and DTS (1; 144). Reprinted with independent pagination in three parts with the above title and imprint, 536 p. *Copy*: WU (inf. W. Gutermann). We have found only one copy of this reprint and are therefore not in a position to give further details. DTS state that part 3, p. 409-536, was printed but never issued. The WU copy contains these pages. The t.p. of this copy is that for "Lieferung I" stated by DTS to contain p. 1-256; part 2 would have contained p. 257-408. *Ref*.: Gams, Arch. Naturschutz 10(4): 221-232. 1970 (also for 3591). ##### n.3596. Monographia Pulmonariarum **Title** *Monographia Pulmonariarum*... tabulis xiii illustrata. Oeniponte \[Innsbruck\] (Sumptibus librariae academicae Wagnerianae) 1878. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Pulmon.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1878 (p. iii: 15 Mar 1877; Bot. Zeit. 22 Mar 1878; J. Bot. Apr 1878), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-\[iv\], \[1\]-51, \[52, corr.\], *pl. 1-13* (uncol. author), \[1, index\]. *Copies*: G, GRON, MO, NY, US, USDA. ##### n.3597. Table des espèces contenues dans Kerner, Flor. exsicc. austr.-hung. **Title** *Table des espèces contenues dans Kerner, Flor. exsicc. austr.-hung.* Fascicules i à viii (inclus). s.l.n.d. **Abbreviated title**: *Tabl. Kerner fl. exs.* **Notes** *Publ*.: p. \[1\]-82, \[2, Hieracium\]. *Copy*: G. – Lithographed handwritten text. No date known. ##### n.3598. Schedae ad Floram exsiccatam austro-hungaricum **Title** *Schedae ad Floram exsiccatam austro-hungaricum* opus cura Musei botanici Universitatis Vindobonensis conditum auctore A. Kerner... Vindobonae \[Wien\] (E. typographia Alexandri Eurichii successoris (L. Lott.)) 1881-1913, 10 fasc. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sched. fl. exs. austro-hung.* **Notes** | | |t.p. |latest dates |nos. exs.| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i, iii\], \[1\]-62 |1881 |Mai 1881 |1-200| | |63-136. \[index 1-3\] |1881 |Jun 1882 |201-400| |2 |\[i\]-iv, \[1\]-175, 1 pl. |1882 |Apr 1883 |401-800| |3 |\[i\]-iv, 1-177 |1884 |Oct 1884 |801-1200| |4 |\[i\]-iv, 1-114 |1886 |Dec 1886 |1201-1600| |5 |\[i\]-iv, 1-118 |1888 |Jan 1889 |1601-2000| |6 |\[i\]-iv, \[1\]-135 |1893 |Sep 1893 |2001-2400| |7 |\[i\]-iv, \[1\]-111 |1896 |Mar 1896 |2401-2800| Fasc. 8 and 9 edited by Karl Fritsch Jr. (1864-1934): | | |t.p. |latest dates |nos. exs.| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |8 |\[i\]-iv, \[1\]-121, 1 pl. |1899 | |2801-3200 |9 |\[i\]-iv, \[1\]-152 |1902 | |3201-3600 Fasc. 10 by Heinrich, Freiherr von de Handel-Mazzetti (1882-1940) and Ignaz Dörfler (1866-x); editor Richard Wettstein (1863-1931). | | |t.p. |latest dates |nos. exs.| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |10 |\[i\]-iv, 1-132 |1913 |Sep 1913 |3601-4000, p. iii: Jul 1913 *Copies*: G, M, MO, US(1-4), USDA. *Imprints*: 1, as above, but see below for a variant. 2-5, 7-9 Vindobonae (e typographia caesarea regia aulica et imperiali). 6 Vindobonae (e typographia M. Salzeri). 10 Vindobonae (Institutum botanicum G.R. Universitatis,...). *Titles 2-7*: Schedae... –hungaricam. Opus cura musei botanici universitatis vindobonensis conditum. *8-9*:... opus ab A. Kerner creatum cura... editum viii \[ix\] auctore... *10*:... opus av A. Kerner creatum cura... editum x adjuvantibus H. de Handel Mazzetti et I. Doerfler, editore R. de Wettstein. *Variant t.p. of no. 1*: Schedae... -hungaricam a museo botanico Universitatis vindobonensis editam auctore A. Kerner. Vindobonae. Ex typographia caesarea regia aulica et imperiali. 1881. Prostat apud Faesy et Frick, C.R. librarios aulicos." *Copy*: USDA. ##### n.3599. Pflanzenleben **Title** *Pflanzenleben*... Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) \[1886-\] 1887-1891, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pflanzenleben*. **Notes** *Ed. 1: 2* vols. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, USDA. *1*: 1886-Dec 1887 (t.p. 1888; part 14 issued Dec 1887), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-734, *20 pl*. – "Gestalt und Leben der Pflanze." *2*: Sep 1889-Nov 1891 (16 parts; dates and contents given in Nat. Nov.), p. \[i\]-viii, errata slip, \[1\]-480, 479-896. – "Geschichte der Pflanzen." Leipzig und Wien (id.). *Reissue vol. 1*: 1890 (t.p.), Leipzig und Wien (id.), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-734, *20 pl*. *Copy*: USDA. *Ed. 2*: 2 vols., 1896-1898 (in 28 parts from Sep 1896-Mai 1898), Leipzig und Wien (id.). *Copy*: NY. *1*: 1896 (t.p.; Nat. Nov. 1 Sep 1897), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-766, *21* col., *13* uncol. pl. *2*: 1898 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1898), p.\[i\]-x, \[1\]-778, *19* col., 11 uncol. pl. *Ed.3*: 3 vols., 1913-1916 (completed Apr 1916), Leipzig und Wien (id.). *Copies*: MO, USDA. *1*: Aug 1913, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-495, *21* col. pl., *7* uncol. pl. *2*: Dec 1913, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-543, *20* col. pl., *14* uncol. pl. – "Neubearbeitet von Dr. Adolf Hansen" \[Carl Adolph Hansen (1851-1920)\]. *3*: Apr 1916, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-555, *pl. 1-29.* *Neudruck*: s.d. Leipzig und Wien (id.), 2 vols. Oct. *Copy*: US. *1*: \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-495, *21* col., *6* uncol. pl. *2*: \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-543, *20* col. pl., *14* uncol. pl. *English translation*; see 3600: *The natural history of plants*. *Russian translation*: with notes and bibliographical addenda, by A. Henkel and Wilhelm Franzschel, ed. by J. P. Borodin. St. Petersburg 1899-1901 (n.v.). *Italian translation*: no details known to us. *Dutch translation*: "*Het leven der planten*... naar den tweeden druk voor Nederland bewerkt door Dr. Vitus Bruinsma..." Zutphen, Schillemans & van Belkum, s.d. \[1902\], 4 vols. *Copy*: Kon. Inst. Tropen, Amsterdam (*Leven pl.*). *Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 51 (Lit.): 2. 1913. - Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 54(Lit.): 50. 1917. ##### n.3600. The natural history of plants **Title** *The natural history of plants* their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution from the German of Anton Kerner von Marilaun... by F.W. Oliver... with the assistance of Marian Busk, B. Sc. and Mary F. Ewart, B. Sc. With about 2000 original woodcut illustrations and sixteen plates in colours... London (Blackie & Son,...) Glasgow and Dublin, 1894-1895, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. hist. pl.* **Notes** *Original title*: "Pflanzenleben", see 3599. Translation by Francis Wall Oliver (1864-1951). *Collaborators*: Marian (Lady) Busk (née Balfour, 1861-1941) and Mary Frances Ewart (later Macdonald). *Issue in 2 vols*.: *Vol. 1* (part 1-7): \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-777, *pl. 1-8*; *Vol. 2* (parts 8-16): \[i\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1, err.\], \[1\]-983, *pl. 9-16.* *Copies*: MO, USDA. *Issue in 4 half-volumes*: *1*: \[i\]-iii, \[1\]-400, *pl. 1-3*;*2*: \[i-iii\], 401-477, *pl. 5-8*; : \[i-iii\], \[1\]-496, *pl. 9-14*; *4*: \[i-v\], 497-983. *pl. 15-16. Copy*: MO. *Imprint*: New York (Henry Holt and Company) 1895; also with London imprint. *Copies*: MO (New York), US (London). The US copy of the four half volumes issue (London imprint) has in addition the preface material following the volume t.p.'s: 1: \[i\]-xiv, \[1, h.t.; 1, err.\]. *2*: \[i\]-xiv. |parts |pages |dates | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[1\]-112 |Mai 1894 |2 |113-224 |Jul 1894 |3 |225-336 |Jul 1894 |4 |337-448 |Aug 1894 |5 |449-560 |Sep 1894 |6 |561-672 |Nov 1894 |7 |673-777 |Dec 1894 |9 |\[i\]-xiv (vol. 1) |Feb 1895 |8 |1-112 |Dec 1894| |9 |113-208 |Feb 1895| |10 |209-320 |Feb 1895| |11 |321-432 |Apr 1895| |12 |433-544 |Apr 1895| |13 |545-656 |Jul 1895| |14 |657-752 |Jul 1895| |15 |753-880 |Oct 1895| |16 |881-983 |Oct 1895| The dates are those of citation in Nat. Nov. *New edition*: 1902-1903 (16 monthly parts), t.p.'sdated 1904, "*The natural history of plants*... F. W. Oliver... with the assistance of Lady Busk B. Sc. and Mrs. M. F. Macdonald B. Sc. ... " London (The Gresham Publishing Company...) 1904. Oct. *Copy*: USDA. – *Vol. 1*: portr. (Kerner), p. \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\], \[1\]-777- *Vol 2*: \[i\]-xi, 1-983. *Ref*.: Curtis, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 22: 403-409. 1895. - Anon., Bot. Gaz. 20: 327-328. 1895, 21: 37-38. 1896. - MacMillan, Bot. Gaz. 21: 20-25. 1896.