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> [!example] See also [[Bunge, Alexander Andrejewitsch von|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Bunge, Alexander \[Georg\] Andrejewitsch von (1803-1890), Russian (Ukranian, Kiew) botanist, explorer and physician, moved with his family to Dorpat 1815, studied at the Dorpat Gymnasium 1818-1821, studied medicine at the University of Dorpat \[also Tartu, Jurjew\] 1821-1825, Dr. med. ib. 1825, with Ledebour in Siberia 1826, physician at ironworks Kolyvan Voskresenskischen, hospital physician at Barnaul and Zmeinogorsk (Gouv. Tomsk), on expedition to China 1830-1831, to the Altai 1832, professor of botany at Kazan 1833-1836, id. at Dorpat 1836-1867, expedition to Khorasan and Afghanistan 1857-1859, emeritus in Dorpat 1867.
**Abbreviated name**: *Bunge* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bunge*\]
#### Herbarium and types
See TL-2/1: 407. – Main sets at [[Collection LE|LE]] and [[Collection P|P]], further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BERN|BERN]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GE|GE]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]](Steven), [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KBG|KBG]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection KW|KW]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection TU|TU]] (Est-, Liv- and Kurland), [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 6(2): 145; Barnhart 1: 281; BJI 1: 8; BM 1: 285-286, 6: 160; Bossert p. 58; Bret. 1: 323-342, 1091, 1095; Clokie p. 141; CSP 1: 716-717, 7: 302-303, 9: 398, 12: 132, 13: 914; DTS 1: 39; Frank 3(Anh.): 16; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 106; Jackson p. 528 (index); Kew 1: 420-421; Langman p. 169; Lasègue p. 563 (index); Lenley p. 350, 435; Lipschitz 1: 301-304(!); Morren ed. 2, p. 29, ed. 10, p. 95, 97, 100; MW p. 57-58; MW suppl. p. 29; NAF ser. 2. 7: 38; PR 1360-1370, ed. 1: 1551-1556; Quenstedt p. 479; Rehder 5(index): 136; SBC p. 117; TL-1: 67-68; TL-2/1: 407-409 and see indexes; TR 7: 45-52; Tucker 1: 124-125; Urban-Berl. p. 334; Zander ed. 10, p. 642, ed. 11, p. 729-730.
#### Biofile
- Aderhold, R.F.Th., Gen.-Reg. Bot. Zeit. 1-50: 13. 1895 (3 titles).
- Anon., Bonplandia 4: 194. 1856 ("Excellenz"), 7: 300-301. 1859 (returned from Persia and Afghanistan); Gartenflora 1890: 441.
- Boissier, E., Fl. orient. 1: xxvii-xxviii. 1867 (on B's material from Persia and Afghanistan).
- Borodin, J., Trav. Mus. bot. Acad. St. Petersburg 4: 13-14, 194. 1908 (collections).
- Bunge, A., Bonplandia 8: 79. 1860 (note on his trip to Persia, collected 2000 specimens).
- Candolle, A.L.P.P. de, Phytographie 400. 1880.
- Embacher, F., Lexikon Reisen 56. 1882.
- Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 192. 1938 (B. director of the Botanic Garden of the University of Dorpat).
- Gilliat-Smith, B. and W.B. Turrill, Kew Bull. 1930(7): 278 (on B's Azerbeidjan plants of 1859).
- Herder, F.G.M.T. von, Bot. Jahrb. 9: 431, 433-434. 1888; Bot. Centralbl. 55(35): 258, 261, 264, 386, 389, 392. 1894 (B's colls. at LE).
- Hooker, W.J., Bot. Misc. 1: 219-221. 1870; Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 343. 1836.
- Jessen, F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 469-470. 1864.
- Kaavere, V., Eesti Loodus 20(1): 26-29. 1977 (B's investig. of the flora of Russia, Persia, Estonia).
- Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christian Steven 35. 1971.
- Lack, H.W. and O. v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 416. 1983 (2 letters to Reichenbach at UPS-UB).
- Ledebour, C.F., Reise durch das Altai-Gebirge und die soongarische Kirgisen-Steppe... \[with:\] C.A. Meyer and A. v. Bunge, Berlin (Reimer) 1829, 2 vols.
- Lengyel, István, Termész. közlöny 268: 630. 1891.
- Lindemann, E.E. von, Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou 59(1): 281. 1884.
- Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 21. 1906.
- Radde, G.v., Grundzüge Pfl.-Verbr. Kaukasusländer 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13. 1899 (Veget. Erde III).
- Regel, E., Gartenflora 5(9): 287. 1856 (appointed Privvy Counsel, "Excellenz"), 8(9): 288. 1859 (5000 species collected in Persia and Khorasan, e.g. 150 Astragalus species), 39: 441-443. 1890.
- Rix, M., The art of the botanist 104. 1981.
- Russov, E.A.F., Sb. naturf. Ges. Dorpat 9: 359-373. 1892 (bibl.).
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 302. 1975.
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 15(52): 919-920. 25 Dec 1857 (B. to Tiflis and Baku to join a geograph. exped. from St. Petersburg), 17(40): 344. 1859 (returned at Dorpat).
- Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 10(no. 127). 1942.
- Vucinich, A., Darwin in Russian thought 179, 180, 377. 1989.
- Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gotting. 33. 1988.
- Welding, O., Deutschbaltisches biographisches Lexikon 1710-1860. 131. 1970 (major information on curr. vit., main source for our caption, b. Kiev, 24 Sep 1803, d. Mötlika b. Ass, 6 Jul 1890).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 187. 1905 (portr.).
- Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 19. Jh. 557. 1899.
#### Composite works
- (1) Contributed to C.F. von Ledebour, *Fl. altaica* 1829-1833, see TL-2/4283.
- (2) *Tagebuch* (of Bunge) *auf der Reise in den östlichen Theil des Altaischen Gebirges*, *in *C.F. von Ledebour's *Reise durch das Altai-Gebirge*, \[part II has account of Bunges Reise, p. 1-170. 1830\].
- (3) Co-author with J.G.C. Lehmann, *Pl. Preiss.* 1844-1848, see TL-2/4332.
- (4) Contributed to E. Boissier, *Fl. orient.* 1: xxvii-xxviii.1867.
- (5) *Delectus seminum*, quae in *horto botanico Dorpatensi*... annorum 1837 (8 p.), 1838 (8 p.), 1840 (8 p.), 1841 (8 p.), 1842 (8 p.), 1843 (8 p.), see Trautvetter no. 200. – IDC 5542/2.
#### Thesis
*De relatione methodi plantarum naturalis in vires vegetabilium medicalis*. Dissert. inauguralis botanico-medico. Dorpati ex officina academica. J.C. Schünmann 1825, 72 p. – BM 1: 285 (n.v.).
### Publications
##### n.23.624. Pedicularis comosa
**Title**
Ueber *Pedicularis comosa* L. und die mit ihr verwandten Arten... \[Tiré du Bulletin de la classe physico-mathématique de l'Acad. Imp. des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg... 1843\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1843 (read 5 Mai 1843), p. \[1\]-22. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1(24): col. 369-384. 1843. – See also Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 3. 3: 312-321. 1845.
##### n.23.625. Alexandri Lehmanni Reliquiae botanicae
**Title**
*Alexandri Lehmanni Reliquiae botanicae* sive Enumeratio plantarum in itinere per deserta Asiae mediae ab A. Lehmann annis 1839-1842 collectarum scripsit Al. Bunge... Dorpati 1847. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Alexander Lehmann (1814-1842), see IH 2: 426.
*Publ*.: 1847, p. \[115, t.p.\]-243, *in* Arbeit. naturf. Ver. Riga 1: 115-243, with *3 pl*. fol.
*Icones*: 1851, *pl. 1-15* in folio. – *Icones plantarum* novarum vel minus cognitarum in prima parte operis: Alexandri... collectarum, \[Riga 1851\].
*Reprinted* in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. Div. Sav. 5: 181-271. 1846 \[1847\].
\[*Ed. 2*\]: 1854, *in* Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. Div. Sav. 7: 177-535. 1854, also as reprint 359 p. – Alexandri Lehmann Reliquiae botanicae; sive, Enumeratio plantarum ab Alexandro Lehmann in itinere per regiones Uralensi-Caspicas, deserta Kirghisorum, Transoxanam et Sogdianam annis 1839-1842 peracto, collectarum. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Flora Russlands und der Steppen Central-Asiens, Erste Abtheilung 369 \[359\] p. (n.v. fide Rehder 1: 456).
##### n.23.626. Plantas Abichianas
**Title**
*Plantas Abichianas* in itineribus per Caucasum regionesque transcaucasicas collectas,... St. Pétersburg (Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 1858. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Abich.*
**Notes**
*Collector*: Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806-1886), geologist and traveller, see also Barnhart 1: 7.
*Publ*.: 1858 (date on preprint from Mémoires... St. Pétersbourg), p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: G (preprint), U (in journal). – Preprinted from Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 6. Sci. math. phys. 7: 579-598. 1859.
##### n.23.627. Anabasearum revisio
**Title**
*Anabasearum revisio*... Praesentato Academiae xx Decembris 1861. Petropoli \[St. Petersburg\] (apud Eggers et Socios, Rigae apud Samuelem Schmidt, Lipsiae apud Leopoldum Voss) 1862. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Anabas. rev.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1862 (printing authorised 26 Apr 1862, Flora 21 Aug 1862), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-102, *pl. 1-3* (1 uncol. lith., 1 table, 1 map). *Copies*: L, U; IDC 46(2). – Issued as Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 4(11). 1862. – Anabasis L. 1753.
##### n.23.628. Über die Gattung Echinops
**Title**
*Über die Gattung Echinops*. Sendschreiben an den Hrn. Director des Kaiserlichen botanischen Gartens zu St. Petersburg, Dr. E. Regel... Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bull. de l'Académie impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg... 1863. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: shortly after 20 Mai 1863 (date of reading 8/20 Mai 1863), p. \[361\]-392. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mélanges biol. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg 4: 361-392. 1863. – Also published in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg 6: 390-412. 1863.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 12(Bibl.): 115-116. Jun 1865 (rev.).
- Milde, J., Bot. Zeit. 24(1): 24. 19 Jan 1866 (rev.).
##### n.23.629. Cousinia
**Title**
Übersichtliche Zusammenstellung der Arten der Gattung *Cousinia* Cass.... St. Petersburg (Eggers et Comp., in Riga Samuel Schmidt, in Leipzig Leopold Voss) 1865. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cousinia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug 1865 (month of printing; read 26 Jan 1865), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-56. *Copies*: G, L, U. – Issued as Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 9(2). 1865.
*Ref*.: Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2. 41(123): 416. Mai 1866 (rev.).
- Milde, J., Bot. Zeit. 23: 399. 29 Dec 1865.
##### n.23.630. Generis Astragali
**Title**
*Generis Astragali* species Gerontogeae... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie Impériale des sciences, à St.-Pétersbourg MM. Eggers et Cie.,...à Riga (M.N. Kymmel), à Leipzig (M. Léopold Voss) 1868 \[-1869\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Gen. Astragali*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: Mar 1868 (date of printing), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-140. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 11(16). 1868.
*2*: Oct 1869 (date of printing; Bot. Zeit. 3 Jun 1870, Flora 20 Mai 1870), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-254.
*Copy*: U. – Id. sér. 7. 15(1). 1869.
*Supplementum*: 1880, see below.
##### n.23.631. Heliocarya
**Title**
*Heliocarya*, eine neue Borragineen Gattung nebst einigen Bemerkungen über Borragineen überhaupt... Moskau (Gedruckt in der Kaiserlichen Universitätsbuchdruckerei (Katkoff & Co.) am Strastnoi Boulevard) 1871. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Heliocarya*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1871, p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: G, MO. – See ING 2: 792. 1979.
##### n.23.632. Dionysia
**Title**
Die Arten der Gattung *Dionysia* Fenzl,... Mélanges biologiques... \[1871\]. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17/29 Aug 1871 (in Mélanges \[present date 29 Aug 1871\]), p. \[193\]-214. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mélanges biol. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg 8(1-2): 193-214. 1871. – Also published in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg 16: 548-563. 1871.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 19(Bibl.): 47-48. Nov 1872 (rev.).
##### n.23.633. Acantholimon
**Title**
Die Gattung *Acantholimon* Boiss.... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie Impériale des sciences à St. Petersburg... à Leipzig (M. Léopold Voss)) 1872. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Acantholimon*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Feb 1872 (read 18 Mai 1871, imprimatur on p. \[ii\]: Jan 1872; Bot. Zeit. 23 Aug 1872, J. Bot. Oct 1872), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-72, *charts 1-2*. *Copies*: B, G, U. – Issued as Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 18(2). 1872.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Zeit. 30: 628. 23 Aug 1872 (rev.).
##### n.23.634. Labiatae persicae
**Title**
*Labiatae persicae*... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences...) 1873. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Labiat. pers.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1873 (imprimatur on p. \[ii\]: Nov 1873; Bot. Zeit. 19 Jun 1874), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-84. *Copies*: B, U(2). – Issued as Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 21(1). 1873.
##### n.23.635. Oxytropis
**Title**
Species generis *Oxytropis*, DC.... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences...) 1874. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Oxytropis*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1874 (read 29 Nov 1873, printed Sep 1874), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-166. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Mém. Acad. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 22(1). 1874.
##### n.23.636. Pflanzen-geographische Betrachtungen
**Title**
*Pflanzen-geographische Betrachtungen* über die Familie *der Chenopodiaceen*... St. Pétersbourg (Commissionaires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences...) 1880. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pfl.-geogr. Betracht. Chenop.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1880 (read 15 Jan 1880, printed Mai 1880; Bot. Zeit. 27 Aug 1880, Bull. Soc. bot. France 14 Jan 1881, Nat. Nov. Sep (1) 1880), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-36. *Copies*: G, U. – Issued as Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg sér. 7. 27(3). 1880.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Jahrb. 1: 286-287. 12 Oct 1880 (rev.).
- N.L., Bot. Zeit. 38: 607. 27 Aug 1880 (rev.).
##### n.23.637. Enumeratio Plantaginearum Salsolacearumque centrasiaticarum...
**Title**
*Enumeratio Plantaginearum Salsolacearumque centrasiaticarum...* Petropoli 1880. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1880, p. \[i, t.p.\], \[1\]-59. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Acta Horti Petrop. 6: 392-394, 403-459. 1880.
*Addition* by E.A. von Regel, Descriptiones pl. nov et minus cogn. fasc. 7, p. 106-108 et p. 117-173 \[mentioned on t.p. but not present in *copy* L. – For E.A. von Regel see TL-2/4: 638-649.
*Ref*.: Winkler, C.G.A., Bot. Centralbl. 3/4(34/35): 1062-1063. 1880 (rev.).
##### n.23.638. Supplementum ad Astragaleas Turkestaniae
**Title**
*Supplementum ad Astragaleas Turkestaniae*... Petropoli 1880. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Suppl. Astrag. Turkest.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1880, p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: G, NY. – Preprinted or reprinted from Acta Horti Petrop. 7: 361, 363-380. 1880.