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### Author
Brittinger, Christian Casimir (1795-1869), Austrian pharmacist, botanist and entomologist, born in Friedberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, pharmaceutical training at the Stift Schlägel, Mühlkreis, Ober-Österreich; assistant at a pharmacy in Linz 1817, final pharmacy studies at the University of Vienna 1818, ultimately, from 1827, pharmacist in Steyr, dedicating himself as well to the botany of Ober-Österreich.
**Abbreviated name**: *Brittinger* \[standard form in IPNI: *Brittinger*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Herbarium sold and dispersed after his death; material at [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LI|LI]], [[Collection W|W]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 6(2): 532-533, 12(2): 74; Barnhart 1: 253 (b. 30 Apr 1795, d. 11 Jan 1869); BM 1: 251; CSP 1: 634-635; DTS 1: 357; Futak-Domin p. 123; IH 2: 97; PR p. 41; Rehder 1: 441; Tucker 1: 113.
#### Biofile
- Anon., ÖBZ 13: 335. 1863, 19: 59. 1869 (d. 11 Jan 1869), 20: 352. 1870 (collections for sale).
- Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 310. 1984 (Regensb. Bot. Ges., member 1827).
- Lack, H.W. and O. v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 415. 1983.
- Poetsch, J.S. and K.B. Schiedermayer, Syst. Aufz. Krypt. xi. 1872.
- Skofitz, A., ÖBZ 10(7): 209-213, portr. 1860 (biogr., sketch).
- Speta, F., Jahrb. Oberoesterr. Musealvereins 128(2): 151, 156, 165. 1983 (location herbarium material).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 79. 1903 (on portr.).
### Publications
##### n.22.976. Flora von Ober-Oesterreich
**Title**
*Flora von Ober-Oesterreich* oder systematische Uebersicht aller in diesem Kronlande wildwachsenden oder im Freien gebauten Samenpflanzen... (Verh. zool..-bot. Ges. Wien,... 1862). Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug-Dec 1862 (in journal, mss. submitted 3 Jul 1862, Flora 13 Apr 1863), p. \[977\]-1096 (incomplete reprint). *Copy*: L. – Published in Verh. k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 12(Abh.): 977-1140. 1862. – Rehder (1: 441) mentions a reprint 164+\[1\] p. \[?\]. Wien 1862, not seen by us.
*Additions*: Verh. k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 15: 299-302. 1865 "Notiz zur Flora von Oberösterreich", read 3 Mai 1865.
*Ref*.: F.K., ÖBZ 13: 268. 1 Aug 1863 (rev.).