> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 164](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066504) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12999-1) LSID 12999-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14252464) QID Q14252464 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Weiss, \[Christian\] Ernst (1833-1890), German (Prussian-Saxony) palaeontologist; studied at Halle and Berlin; state teacher's examination 1858; Dr. phil. Halle 1859; teacher at the royal mining school in Saarbrücken 1860; lecturer Univ. Bonn 1868; from 1878 state geologist and professor at the mining academy in Berlin. **Abbreviated name**: *C.E. Weiss* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.E.Weiss*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 346; BJI 1: 62; BM 5: 2287-2288; CSP 6: 311 ("Ernst W."), 8: 1213-1215, 11: 777, 12: 775, 19: 532; Herder p. 354; Jackson p. 179, 180; Morren ed. 10, p. 7; NI 2127-2128; PR 10145, 10671; Quenstedt p. 454. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.W., Fossil hunters 308-309. 1980. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 43: 280. 1890 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 48: 498. 1890 (d.); Leopoldina 26: 167. 1890 (obit. not.); Nature 42: 523. 1890 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 40: 394. 1890 (d.); Science 16: 202. 1890 (d.). - Gothan, W., Deut. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Vortr. Schr. 42: 6-8. 1951. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1428. 1898, 4(2): 1615. 1904. - Sterzel, J.T., Neu. Jahrb. Mineral. 1: 24. 1891 (obit. not.); Jahrb. k. Preuss. geol. Landesanst. Berlin 1890: cix-cxxxiii. 1892 (obit.); Jahrb. k. Preuss. geol. Landesanst. Bergakad. 11: cix-cxxxiii. 1892 (obit.). - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 867 \[index\] \[1899; Hist. geol. palaeont. 453, 455, 463. 1901. #### Eponymy *Weissia* G.W. Rothwell et T.N. Taylor (1971); *Weissistachys* G.W. Rothwell et T.N. Taylor (1971). #### Note Posthumous publication, completed and edited by T. Sterzel, *Die Sigillarien der preussischen Steinkohlen- und Rothliegenden-Gebiete*, 11. Die Gruppe der Subsigillarien, Abh. k. preuss. geol. Landesanstalt ser. 2. 2. 1893, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-255, \[256-260\] and Atlas, 2 t.p.'s, *28 pl. Copy*: NSUB. ### Publications ##### n.17.065. Fossile Flora der jüngsten Steinkohlenformation **Title** *Fossile Flora der jüngsten Steinkohlenformation* und des Rothliegenden im Saar-Rhein-Gebiete... Bonn (Verlag von A. Henry) 1869-1872. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Foss. Fl. Steinkohlenform.* **Notes** *Heft 1*: Oct 1869 (for dates see contents of completed volume), p. \[1\]-100, *pl. 1-3, 4/5, 6-8*, *9/10, 11-12*. *Heft 2*(*1*): Dec 1870 (antedated 1871), p. 101-140, *pl. 13, 14, 18.* *Heft 2*(*2*): Dec 1870, p. 141-212, *pl. 15-17, 19/20.* *Heft 3*: Mar 1872, p. 213-250, \[1, contents\]. *Copies*: G, NY, U. ##### n.17.066. Steinkohlen-Calamarien **Title** Beiträge zur fossilen Flora... *Steinkohlen-Calamarien*, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Fructificationen... Berlin (Verlag der Neumann'schen Kartenhandlung) 1876. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Steinkohl.-Calamar.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1876 (t.p.: 1876; p. x: Dec 1876), p. \[i\]-x, \[xi\], \[1\]-149, \[150\], *pl. 1-18. Copies*: BR, U. – Issued as Abh. geol. Specialkarte Preussen 2(1). 1876. *Continuation*: 1884, p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\], \[1\]-204. *28 pl. Copies*: Louisiana State Univ., U. – Publ. in id., 5(2): \[i\]-viii, \[ix\], \[87\]-290. 1884 (no. 3 in series *Beiträge zur fossilen Flora*). *Other parts* in series *Beiträge*: no. 2: *Die Flora des Rothliegenden*... lb. 3(1). 1879, 38 p.; nos. 4/5: *Die Sigillarien der preuss. Steinkohlengebiete*... ib. 7(3). 1886, 88 p. ##### n.17.067. Ueber einige Pflanzenreste aus der Rubengrube **Title** *Ueber einige Pflanzenreste aus der Rubengrube* bei Neurode in Nieder-Schlesien... Berlin (A.W. Schade's Buchdruckerei...) 1885. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885 (Bot. Centralbl. 31 Aug-4 Sep 1885), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-8, *pl. I. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Jahrb. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst. 1884: \[1\]-8, *pl. I.* 1885. ##### n.17.068. Zur Flora der ältesten Schichten des Harzes **Title** *Zur Flora der ältesten Schichten des Harzes*... Berlin (A.W. Schade's Buchdruckerei ...) 1885. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1885 (Bot. Centralbl. 5-9 Oct 1885), cover-t.p., p. \[148\]-180, *pl. 5-7* with text. *Copy*: NY. — Reprinted and to be cited from Jahrb. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst. 1884: \[148\]-180, *pl. 5-7.* 1885. ##### n.17.069. Ueber Fayolia Sterzeliana **Title** *Ueber Fayolia Sterzeliana* n.sp.... Berlin (A.W. Schade's Buchdruckerei...) 1888. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1888 (Bot. Zeit. 27 Jul 1888), cover-t.p., p. \[94\]-99, *pl. 4* with text. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Jahrb. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst. 1887: \[94\]-99. *pl. 4.* 1888. ##### n.17.070. Fragliche Lepidodendronreste **Title** *Fragliche Lepidodendronreste* im Rothliegenden und jüngeren Schichten... Berlin (A.W. Schade's Buchdruckerei...) 1889. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1889 (Bot. Zeit. 26 Jul 1889), p. \[159\]-165, \[166\], *pl. 2. Copy*: BR. – Reprinted and to be cited from Jahrb. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst. 1888: \[159\]-165, \[166\], *pl. 2.* 1889.