> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 208](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120339) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/737-1) LSID 737-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2658277) QID Q2658277 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Besser, Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Besser, Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von (1784-1842), Austrian-Polish botanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Besser* \[standard form in IPNI: *Besser*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection KW|KW]]. Duplicates of Besser's collections are in many herbaria. *Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 356, 2: 72. - Lindemann, Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 59(1): 277. 1884. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 252, 5(2): 709, 6(2): 442; Barnhart 1: 178; BM 1: 157; Bossert p. 36; CSP 1: 348, 7: 165; Jackson p. 8, 124, 266, 331; Kew 1: 236; Krebel p. 34; Langman p. 135; Lasègue p. 400; Lipschitz 1: 186-188; MW p. 43; PR 752-755; Trautvetter p. 28-32; Zander ed. 10, p. 635. - Fischer von Waldheim, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 16: 341-360. 1843 (bibi.) - Trautvetter, Flora 27: 122-128. 28 Feb 1844 (bibl.) - Bourdeille de Montrésor, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou ser. 2. 6: 332-337. 1893 (bibl.) - Asmous, Nature 151: 731. 1943. - Jancevs'ka, Nauci i Narodnomo Gospod arstvo. Kiew 317-321. 1966 (Ukranian) (n.v.). - Oleszakowa, Stud. Mater. Dziejów Nauki Polsk. ser. B. 21: 83-114. 1971 (n.v., fide Kew Rec.) (on S. Jundzill-Besser corr.) #### Eponymy *Bessera*). A. Schultes (1809, *nom. rej.*); *Bessera* J. H. Schultes (1829, *nom. cons.*); *Bessera* K. P. J. Sprengel (1815). #### Handwriting Candollea 27: 319-320. 1972; Lipschitz & Vasilczenko, Central herbarium of the U.S.S.R. 91. 1968. ### Publications ##### n.498. Primitiae florae Galiciae austriacae utriusque **Title** *Primitiae florae Galiciae austriacae utriusque*. Encheiridion ad excursiones botanicas concinnatum. Wien (Ant. Doll) 1809. 2 vols. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Prim. fl. Galiciae austriac.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1809 (? The preface to vol. 1 is dated 13 Aug 1807 (sic), that to vol. 2: 16 Mar 1809) *pars 1*, 1809, p. \[i-\]xviii, \[19\]-399; *pars 2*, 1809, p. \[i\]-viii, \[9\]-423. *Copies*: B, M. *Ref*.: BM 1: 157; Jackson p. 266; Kew 1: 236; PR 752; TR 97; IDC 902. - Sartori, Vaterl. Blätt. österr. Kaiserstaat 3. II(60/61): 422. 1810. ##### n.499. Catalogue des plantes du Jardin botanique du Gymnase de Volhynie à Krzemieniec **Title** *Catalogue des plantes du Jardin botanique du Gymnase de Volhynie à Krzemieniec*. Krzemieniec \[Kremenets\] (Imprimerie du Gymnase) 1811. Oct. (in fours) **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. jard. bot. Krzemieniec*. **Notes** *Orig. ed*.: Late 1811, shortly after 9 Nov 1811, date of fiat; p. i-ii, \[1\]-117. *Copy*: M. – Was preceded by an 1810 edition, Oct., 88 p. (n.v.). *Suppl. 1*: Dec 1812 (p. \[ii\]: 3 Dec 1812), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-37. *Copy*: M.- "Supplément au Catalogue... Krzemieniec" s.l. 1812. *Suppl. 2*: 1814 (p. \[ii\]: 22 Dec 1813), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-18. *Copy*: M.- "Supplementum II. Ad Catalogum plantarum in horto botanico gymnasii Volhyniensis Cremeneci cultarum anno mdcccxiii." Krzemieniec. 1814. Oct. *Suppl. 3*: Nov-Dec 1814 (p. ii: 9 Nov 1814), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-32. *Copy*: M.- "Supplementum III. Ad... mdcccxiv." Krzemieniec 1814. Oct. *Suppl. 4*: Dec 1815 (p. \[ii\]: 7 Dec 1815), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-30. *Copy*: M.- "Supplementum IV. Ad... mdcccxv." Krzemieniec. 1815. Oct. *Ref*.: BM 1: 157; Jackson p. 442; Kew 1: 236; Krebel p. 34; PR 753; IDC 1086. ##### n.500. Catalo gus plantarurn in horto botanico gymnasii Volhyniensis Cremeneci cultarum **Title** *Catalo gus plantarurn in horto botanico gymnasii Volhyniensis Cremeneci cultarum*. Krzemieniec \[Kremenets\] 1816. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. hort. Cremeneci*. **Notes** *Publ*.: late 1816 – vii, 117 p. Shortly after 9 Nov 1816, date of fiat; preface dated "Kalendis Novembris...." *Ref*.: Kew 1: 236; PR 753; IDC 1268. ##### n.501. Enumeratio plantarum **Title** *Enumeratio plantarum* hucusque in Volhynia, Podolia, gub. Kiioviensi, Bessarabia cis-tyraica et circa Odessam collectarum, simul cum observationibus in primitias florae Galiciae austriacae. Wilna (Joseph Zawadzki) 1822. Oct. (in fours) **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl.* **Notes** *Preliminary issue*: 1821 (imprimatur 20 Oct 1821) \[Wilna\], Oct. (in fours), no imprint, p. \[1\]-79, no t.p., p. 1 with the title: "Enumerado plantarum per Volhyniam et. Podoliam hucusque observatarum. Pars prima...." *Copy*: G.- This is the 1821 edition mentioned by Pritzel. The text is identical with p. \[1\]-79 of the definitive 1822 ed. *Definitive ed*.: 1822 (after 25 Mai 1822, imprimatur), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-79 \[dated 20 Oct 1821\], \[80 blank\], 81-111. *Copies*: BR, G(2), M, NY(2). *Ref*.: BM 1: 157; Kew 1: 236; PR 754; RS p. 75; Trautvetter 103; IDC 5539. - Anon., Flora 6(2): 397-398. 7 Jul 1823. - Rickett, NAF 28(B): 2: 320. 1945. ##### n.502. Tentamen de Abrotanis **Title** *Tentamen de Abrotanis* seu de sectione secunda \["iida"\] Artemisiarum Linnaei. \[Moskwa, Auguste Semen 1832\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Tent. Abrot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Dec 1832 (or 1833?) (p. 8: 30 Apr 1832, p. 89: 16 Jul 1832), p. \[1\]-92, *pl. 1-5.* – Preprinted from Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou 3: 1-92, *pl. 1–5.* 1834. Reprint with dated t.p. not seen. BM and PR cite the publication as of 1832; Flora reports the separate publ. as presented on 16 Oct 1832. The copy at MO has a second t.p.: "de Abotanis" and "W.S. Besser, " this is not a reprint but part of the journal with t.p. dated 1834. *Ref*.: *BM* 1: 157; PR 755.