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> [!example] See also [[Brotherus, Victor Ferdinand (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Brotherus, Viktor Ferdinand (1849-1929), Finnish bryologist, highschool teacher at Helsinki.
**Abbreviated name**: *Broth.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Broth.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection H|H]](120.000); for further details see IH.
*Exsiccatae*: I. *Bryotheca fennica* (fasc. 1-4 nos. 1-400, Helsingfors 1910-1916). Schedae issued with fascicles and in separate booklets. Sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection PC|PC]].
2. *Musci fenniae exsiccatae* (fasc. 1-9, nos. 1-450, Helsingfors 1871-1888); see e.g. Brotherus, die Laubmoose Fennoskandias (1923). Sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]].
3. *Musci turkestanici* (nos. 1-136. 1899\[?\], 137-340, total number unknown, 1903 or 1904). Sets at [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection PC|PC]].
4. *Plantae lapponicae rariores*, 70 nos., only a few copies distributed.
*Ref*.: IH 2: 100.
- Saelan, Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 43(1): 575. 1916.
- Palmgren, Mem. Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 1: 120-126. 1927.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 186-188. 1971.
- Collander et al., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 81: 643. 1973.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 259; BM 1: 258, 6: 145-146; BL 2: 62, 96; Bossert p. 54; CSP 9: 367, 12: 116, 13: 839; GR p. 614; Kew 1: 386-387; KR p. 105; LS 4159; MW p. 54-55; Saelan p. 53-57.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 107. 1903, 3(3): 92. 1905 (ref. to portr.)
- Malta, Ann. Crypt. exot. 2: 205-216. 1929 (portr., bibl.)
- Fleischer, Rev. bryol. ser. 2. 2: 71-81. 1929 (portr., bibl.)
- Reimers, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 47: (93)-(95). 1929-1930.
- Fleischer, Ann. Bryol. 2: I. 1929.
- Gepp, J. Bot. 67: 114. 1929.
- Häyren, Geogr. Sällsk. Finlands Tidskr. 1/2: 52-55. 1929 (portr.)
- Häyren, Soc. Sci. fenn. Årsbok-Vuossik. 9B(1): 1-28. 1931 (portr., bibl.)
- Kotilainen, Arch. Soc. zool. bot. fenn. Vanamo 4(2): 107-109. 1950.
- Collander, Hist. botany Finland 38-40, 105, 109, 111, 112. 1965.
- Collander et al., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 81: 51-57. 1973 (bibl., q.v. also for further references to biogr.)
#### Composite works
- (1) EP ed. 1: *Andreaeaceae, Bryales*, in I. 3: 265-268, 277-1246. 1901-1909 (for precise dates see under Engler and Prantl; see also Bryologist 7: 76-77. 1904 for a contemporary review).
- (2) *EP ed. 2*: *Andreaeaceae*, in 10: 129-131, 1924; *Bryales*, in 10: 143-478. 1924, 11: 1-522. 1925, reviews: Herzog, Z.f. Bot. 16: 684-685. 1924; Le Roy Andrews, Bryologist 28: 35-38. 1925; Möller, Sv. bot. Tidskr. 19: 290. 1925.
#### Eponymy
*Brothera* C. Mueller Hal. (1900); *Brotherella* Loeske ex M. Fleischer (1914); *Brotherobryum* M. Fleischer (1914); *Bryobrothera* I. Thériot (1921).
### Publications
##### n.813. Études sur la distribution des mousses au Caucase
**Title**
*Études sur la distribution des mousses au Caucase*. Helsingfors (J. C. Frenckell & Son) 1884. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Étud. distr. mousses Caucase*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Jun 1884 (Nat. Nov.Jul 1884; Hedwigia Dec 1884), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-104. *Copy*: L.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 258; Kew 1: 386.
- Geheeb, Bot. Centralbl. 19: 198-200. 1884.
- Winter, Hedwigia 24: 46. 1885.
- Saelan, Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 43(1): 53. 1916.
##### n.814. Laubm. Fennoskand.
**Title**
Societas pro Fauna et Flora fennica Flora fennica I. *Die Laubmoose Fennoskandias *bearbeitet von V. F. Brotherus. Mit 118 Figuren... Helsingfors (Akademische Buchhandlung) 1923, Berlin (R. Friedländer & Sohn), London (Wheldon & Wesley Ltd.) 1923. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Laubm. Fennoskand.*
**Notes**
*Orig. ed*.: late 1923 or early 1924 (pref. Sep 1923, Nat. Nov. 1924; first reviews Jan-Apr 1924), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-635, *figs. 1-118. Copy*: L.
*Facsimile ed*.: Koenigstein (Otto Koeltz) 1974, ISBN 3-87429-078-6. *Copy*: FAS.
*Ref*.: Elfving, Finsk Tidskr. 96: 303-308. 1924.
- Roivainen, Luonnon Ystävä 28: 138-139. 1924.
- Holzinger, Bryologist 28: 25-26. 1925.
- Rickett, NAF ser. 2. 3: 32. 1963.