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### Author
Bretschneider, Emil (Vasilievic) (1833-1901), Esthonian botanist who worked in St. Petersburg.
**Abbreviated name**: *Bretschneider* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bretschn.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Mainly at [[Collection LE|LE]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 95.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 248; BM 6: 126; Bretschneider p. 1048-1061; CSP 13: 795; Kew 1: 356; Lipschitz 1: 272; MW p. 53; MW Suppl. p. 28; Plesch p. 156.
- Hemsley, Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 19. 687-688. 1883.
- Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 201-202.
- Anon., Acta Horti Univ. Jurj. 2: 131-132. 1901.
- Cordier, T'oung-Pao ser. 2. 2: 192-197. 1901 (portr., bibl.) (*n.v.*, fide MW p. 84;).
- Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 18. 1906.
- Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 82. 1936.
#### Eponymy
*Bretschneidera* W. B. Hemsley (1901).
### Publications
##### n.747. Botanicon sinicum
**Title**
*Botanicon sinicum*. Notes on Chinese botany from native and western sources. Shanghai 1884-1895, 3 vols.
**Abbreviated title**: *Bot. sinic.*
**Notes**
*Vol. 1*: J. North China Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 1881, new series, vol. 16, part 1, Shanghai (Noronha & Sons) 1882, p. 18-230; *copy*: HH; repr. (n.v.) 1-228. 1882. (Nat. Nov. Jun 1882).
*Vol. 2*: Shanghai (Kelly & Walsh Ltd.) 1892, p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-ii, corr., \[1\]-468 (also in *Journal*) 25: \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-468. *Copy*: HH.
*Vol. 3*: Shanghai (Kelly & Walsh Ltd.), Hong Kong, Yokohama and Singapore, 1895, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-623 (also *in Journal*) 29: \[1\]-623- 1896. *Copy*: HH.
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 356; MW p. 53; Plesch p. 156.
- Britten, J. Bot. 20: 248-251. 1882 (critical review).
- Hemsley, Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 19: 687-688. 1883 (rev.)
- Faber, J. N. China Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 25: 402-410. 1893 (additions).
- Bretschneider, J. Bot. 32: 292-299. 1894 (on some coll. of Chinese plants, with notes by Britten).
##### n.748. History of European botanical discoveries in China
**Title**
*History of European botanical discoveries in China*. London, St. Petersburg 1898, Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Hist. bot. disc. China*.
**Notes**
*Orig. ed*.: 1898 (pref. Sep 1868, Nat. Nov. Jan 1899), *vol. 1*, p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-624, *vol. 2*, p. \[i\], \[625\]-1167.
*Facsimile eds*.: Leipzig 1935 (n.v.), Leipzig (Zentral-Antiquariat) 1962, collation as above.
*Copy*: U.
Referred to as "Bretschneider" in the biographical and bibliographical paragraphs of this work.
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 356; MW p. 53.
- Bretschneider, Beih. bot. Centralbl. 9(1): 28-53. 1899.
- Britten, J. Bot. 37: 86-88. 1899.
- Kuznetsov, Otch. Russk. beogr. Obshch. 1899: 10-18. 1900 (with bibl. of Bretschneider; n.v., fide MW).