> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 237](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264964) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/368-1) LSID 368-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61900) QID Q61900 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Backeberg, Curt|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Backeberg, Curt (1894-1966), German author on succulent plants, educated in Lüneburg, merchant with various firms 1919-1924, from 1925 running an export firm oriented towards South America, amateur collector of cacti, travelled widely in Mexico and South America from 1930 publishing extensively on cacti, curator of the botanical garden of J. Marnier-Lapostolle, Les Cèdres, 1951-1955. **Abbreviated name**: *Backeb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Backeb.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Hortus 3: 1187 (Backeb.); TL-2/1: 86; Zander ed. 11, p. 719. #### Biofile - Buchenau, F.G., Cact. Suc. mexic. 11(3): 70-71. 1966 (in memoriam). - Buining, A.F.M., Succulenta 45(2): 19. 1966 (brief obit., portr.). - Donald, J.D., Natl. Cact. Succ. J. (Great Britain) 22(1): 20. 1967. - Eggli, U., Bradleya 3: 97-102. 1985; Kakt. und Sukk. 38(5): 112-116, 38(6): 140-142. 1987. - Hunt, D.R., J. Mammillaria Soc. 15(3): 38. 1975. - Newton, L.E., Cactus Succ. J. (Great Britain) 28(2): 23-24. 1966 (brief sketch of his life, portr.). - Rowley, G.D. and C.A.E. Parr, Cactus Succ. J. Cactus Succ. Soc. America 38(2): 70-71. 1966 (sketch of life, portr.). #### Outside our period - (1) *Die Cactaceae*. Handbuch der Kakteenkunde, vols. 1-6, Jena (Gustav Fischer Verlag). 1958-1962. − An English translation was announced in Taxon 14: 110. 1965. - (2) *Stachelige Wildnis*. 80.000 km durch die Urwelt Amerikas... Neudamm & Berlin (Verlag J. Neumann), ed. 1. 1941 (autumn), ed. 2. 1943 (spring), portr., p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-420, *90 pl*., 5 maps with text, *3 pl*. hierogl. - (3) Das *Kakteenlexikon*. Enumeratio diagnostica Cactacearum... Stuttgart (Gustav Fischer Verlag) 1966. Oct., p. \[1\]-741, \[1-464 (text), 465-487 (maps), 490-741 (uncol. & col. photos)\]. *Copies*: G, U. Published 20 Mar 1966. − Ed. 2. 1970; ed. 5. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.19.828. Kakteenjagd zwischen Texas und Patagonien **Title** *Kakteenjagd zwischen Texas und Patagonien*... Berlin (Brehm Verlag) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kakteenjagd*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1930 (date of copyright), p. \[1\]-127, \[128-129\]. *Copies*: B, G, U. *Dutch transl*.: 1932, p. \[1\]-125. *Copy*: L. − "Cactusjacht tusschen Texas en Patagonië... Naar het Duits van Curt Backeberg, bewerkt door G.D. Duursma"... Amsterdam (N.V. Uitgevers Maatschappij "Kosmos". \[1932\]). *French transl*.: *La chasse aux Cactus du Texas à la Patagonie* (n.v.). ##### n.19.829. Neue Kakteen **Title** *Neue Kakteen*, Jagden, Arten, Kultur... Der Abschnitt "Neue Kakteen" bearbeitet und zusammengestellt von Dr. R.E. Werdermann... Frankfurt (a.d. Oder) − Berlin (Gartenbau-Verlag Trowitsch & Sohn). 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Neue Kakteen*. **Notes** *Co-author*: (p. 62-103): Erich Werdermann (1892-1952), TL-2/7: 190-193. *Publ*.: 1931, p. \[1\]-109, \[110-112, adv.\]. *Copies*: B, G, NY. ##### n.19.830. Blühende Kakteen-Neuheiten **Title** *Blühende Kakteen-Neuheiten* ein Führer durch die Ergebnisse meiner Sammelreisen 1928, 1929, 1931 und 1933... Volksdorf, Bez. Hamburg... 1934. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Blüh. Kakt. Neuh.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1934, p. \[1\]-39. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.19.831. Kaktus-ABC **Title** *Kaktus-ABC*. En haandbog for fagfolk og amatører... København (Gyldendalske Boghandel-Nordisk Forlag) 1935. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kaktus-ABC*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Frederic Marcus Knuth \[-Knuthenborg\] (b. 1904). *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1935 (p. 10 signed: Nov 1935; copyright page: "first issued Dec 31, 1935"), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-432. *Copies*: J.C.M. Theunissen, B, G, MO. − 3000 copies printed. ##### n.19.832. Einführung zur Neubearbeitung der systematischen Übersicht **Title** *Einführung zur Neubearbeitung der systematischen Übersicht* s.l.n.d. \[1938\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938, p. \[1-26\], unnumbered pages, no identification except "1938-6", referring to Blätter für Kakteenforschung 1938, no. 6, loose leaved addition to the journal. *Copy*: L. − The text deals with "*Cactaceae Lindley*". ##### n.19.833. Über Argentinische Kakteen **Title** *Über Argentinische Kakteen*. Betrachtungen zur Neuerscheinung 1939: Prof Dr. Carlos C. Hosseus, Cordoba: Notas sobre Cactaceas argentinas,... Neudamm (J. Neumann) 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1939, p. \[1\]-56. *Copy*: G. − Issued as Cactaceae, Jahrb. deut. Kakteen-Gesellschaft 2, 1939.