> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 187](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333326) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9110-1) LSID 9110-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67442) QID Q67442 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schlagintweit, Adolf von (1829-1857), German (Bavarian) traveller, geologist and plant collector; brother of Robert and Hermann Alfred Rudolph von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski; studied at München; habil. ib. 1853 for geognostics; explorer of the Himalaya, Karakoram, Tibet, N. India and other parts of Central Asia; killed by religious fanatics at Kashgar, Turkestan. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Schlagintweit* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Schlag.*\] #### Herbarium and types The herbarium of the brothers Schlagintweit came to [[Collection B|B]] (now mainly destroyed) (see Urban 1891). Most material collected by A. Schlagintweit is mentioned in connection with the collections of his brothers Robert and Hermann. Herbaria listing Adolph v. S. specifically: [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection PH|PH]] (major set), [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. – For further details see under Hermann v. S. #### Note For biographical and bibliographical references see also under H. von Schlagintweit; many publications deal with the three brothers rather than with only one of them. #### Bibliography and biography ADN 31: 336-347; AG 12(2): 271; Barnhart 3: 228 (b. 9 Jan 1829, d. 26 Aug 1857); Biol. Dokum. 16: 8057; BM 4: 1837; Bossert p. 353; Bret. p. 795; CSP 5: 475; DTS 1: 265; GR p. 131; Hegi 6(2): 1319; Herder p. 36; Quenstedt p. 382; Rehder 5: 769; Tucker 1: 630; Urban-Berl. p. 392. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1948. 1878. - Anon., Bonplandia 6: 192. (probably killed), 298 (spent winter in Aktak), 359-360 (no doubt about death. 1858), 7: 51. (report from Mussoore), 115 (details about death) 1859, 8: 249. 1860 (body and holdings found); Bot. Zeit. 11: 318-319. 1853 (habil. München); Bull. Soc. bot. France 6: 176. 1859 (d.); Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 24: 328. 1911; Flora 36(1): 190. 1853 (habil. München), 42: 255. 1859 (d.); Grand Larousse encycl. 9: 666. 1964; Österr. bot. Z. 9: 201-202. 1859 (on his death going from Pundjab to Turkestan, killed (beheaded) at Kargash by fanatic "Muselmänner" i.e. islamics. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 240.92, 274.38. 1980. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 801-802. 1863. - Schlagintweit, H., S.B. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., München 1869(1): 181-190. 1869 (Adolph died 26 Aug 1857; details on death). - Schmidt, T.A., J. Bot. 8: 225-250. 1868 (Enum. Labiat., Scroph. coll. 1855-1857 by S.). - Urban, I., Bot. Jahrb. 14 (Beibl. 32): 29. 1891 (Schlagintweit herbarium at B, bought directly and through Hennings). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 142. 1903, 3(3): 151. 1905. #### Eponymy *Schlagintweitia* Grisebach (1853) and *Schlagintweitiella* Ulbrich (1929) both honor A. Schlagintweit and his brother H.A.R. von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski (*q.v.*). ### Publications ##### n.10.734. Ueber die Ernährung der Pflanzen **Title** *Ueber die Ernährung der Pflanzen* mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Bedingungen ihres Gedeihens in verschiedenen Höhen der Alpen... aus den "Untersuchungen... Alpen..." Leipzig (J.A. Barth) 1850. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1850, p. \[1\]-25. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from H.A.R. & A. Schlagintweit, Unters. physic. Geogr. Alpen, 1850.