> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 543](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355630) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/23526-1) LSID 23526-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5081015) QID Q5081015 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Mohr, Charles Theodore (baptized Karl Theodor) (1824-1901), German-born American botanist who studied at Stuttgart; collected in Suriname 1845-1846; emigrated to the United States 1848, joined the "forty-niners" in the gold-rush of 1859; spent a year in gold-mining in the Sacramento valley (Calif,); two years farming in Indiana; then at Louisville, Ala., and in Mexico; from 1857-1899 druggist at Mobile, Ala., 1899-1901 at Asheville, N. C. **Abbreviated name**: *C. Mohr* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.Mohr*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ALU|ALU]] (15.000, Alabama), [[Collection US|US]] (18.000 general herbarium, presented 1901). – The [[Collection ALU|ALU]] herbarium is now called the "Charles Mohr herbarium." (see e.g. Davenport 1979). Furher material e.g. at [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection QK|QK]], and [[Collection PH|PH]]. The correspondence between C. T. Mohr and Eugene Allen Smith (1841-1927) is at the A. G. Gorgas Library, Univ. Alabama. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 502; Backer p. 376; BL 1: 163, 309; BM 3: 1331; Bossert p. 270; CSP 12: 514-515; DAB 13: 77-78; GR p. 233; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Mohr, C."); IH 1(ed. 6): 362' 2: 547; Kelly p. 150; Kew 4: 26; Lenley p. 295-296; Morren ed. 10, p. 116; NAF ser. 2. 2: 166; Pennell p. 514; Rehder 5: 581; Tucker 1: 493-494; Urban-Berl. p. 308, 376. - Anon., Bot. Jahrb. 31 (Beibl. 70): 28. 1902; Bot. Not. 1902: 94 (d. 17 Jul 1901); Nat. Nov. 23: 472. 1901 (d.). - Barnhart, J. H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 166-167. 1922 (b. 28 Dec 1824 at Esshngen, Württ.; d. 17 Jul 1901). - Coulter, Bot. Gaz. 32: 227-228. 1901. - Davenport, L. J., Taxon 28: 576-571. 1979 (Vascular plant type specimens in the Mohr herbarium); Sida 8: 1-13. 1979 (C. M. and plant life of Alabama, portr., bibl., biogr.). - Ewan, J., Southw. Louisiana J. 7: 31, 32. 1967. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 14, 92. 1969. - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 111. 1970 (Bryoph. Alabama at E). - Hitchock, A. S. & A. Chase Man. Grass. U.S. 987. 1951 (epon.). - Hoffmann, Fr., Karl Theodor Mohr, eine biographische Skizze. Mit Einleitung: Aphorismen zur Geschichte der Pharmacie. New York 1887; reprinted from Pharm. Rundschau 5(2): 4-12. 1887. - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 46 (coll. K). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 7: 176. 1901. - Koch L. F., Bryologist 59: 193-194. 1956 (Louisiana muscology). - Lamson-Scribner, F., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20(8): 328-330. 1893 (descr. herb. and evaluation of publ.). - Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 71. 1955. - Rodgers, A. D., Amer. bot. 1873-1892, p. 333 \[index\]. 1944, Bernard Eduard Fernow 617 \[index\]. 1951. - Sargent, C. S., Silva suppl. 4: 90. 1892, 13: 25. 1902. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 370-371. 1 Mai 1975, Bryologist 80: 514. 1977. - Smith, E. A., *in* C. T. Mohr, Pl. Life Alabama, Alabama ed. p. v-xii. 1901 (biogr.; portr. opp. p. 17), Bull. Torrey bot. Club 28: 599-604. 1901 (portr.). - Steere, W. C., Bot. Rev. 43: 292. 1977. - Sudworth, G. B., Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 403-405. 4 Feb 1904. - S. B. Sutton, Charles Sprague Sargent 378. 1970. - Tracy, S. M., Plant World (U.S.) 4: 167-170, *pl. 13. 1901.* - Zucker, A. E., Forty-eighters 320. 1950 (n.v.). #### Eponymy *Carlomohria* E. L. Greene (1893); Mohria N. L. Britton (1893); *Mohrodendron* N. L. Britton (1893). ### Publications ##### n.6190. Preliminary list of the plants growing without cultivation in Alabama **Title** *Preliminary list of the plants growing without cultivation in Alabama*, from the collections made by Eugene A. Smith, Tuscaloosa, & Chas. Mohr, Mobile, Ala. Compiled by Charles Mohr. \[Tuscaloosa 1880\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. list pl. Alabama*. **Notes** *Collector*: Eugene Allen Smith (1841-1927). *Publ*.: 1880 (see p. \[57\] and Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 28: 602. 1901), p. \[1\]-56, \[57\]. *Copies*: MO, NY, US. *Ref*.: Lubrecht, H., Early Amer. bot. works no. 99. 1967. ##### n.6191. The medicinal plants of Alabama **Title** *The medicinal plants of Alabama*. Systematic list of the medicinal plants occurring within the limits of the state, with notes on their distribution and proper time of collecting the parts used. Chas. Mohr, Mobile, Ala. Printed at the Register Job Office \[Mobile, Ala., 1893\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Med. pl. Alabama*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1890 (TBC 12 Aug 1890), p. \[1\]-17. *Copies*: MO, US. ##### n.6192. The timber pines of the southern United States **Title** *The timber pines of the southern United States* by Charles Mohr, Ph. D. together with a discussion of the structure of their wood. By Filibert Roth... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1896. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Timber pines south. U.S.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Filibert Roth (1858-1925). *Orig. ed*.: Jun-Dec 1896 (p. 3: 26 Mai 1896; Bot. Gaz. 1897; Bot. Centralbl. 26 Mai 1897), p. \[1\]-160, *pl. 1-27. Copy*: NY. – Bulletin 13, U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. Forestry. *Revised ed*.: Nov-Dec 1897 (p. 3: 1 Nov 1897), p. \[1\]-176, *pl. 1-27. Copies*: BR, MO, US. – Bulletin 13 (Revised Edition), U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. Forestry. ##### n.6193. Plant life of Alabama **Title** U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of botany. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium. Vol. vi. Issued July 31, 1901. *Plant life of Alabama*. An account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state. Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Alabama by Charles Mohr, Ph. D. Washington (Government Printing Office) 1901. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. life Alabama*. **Notes** *Orig*.: 31 Jul 1901 (Nat. Nov. Apr(1) 1902; Torreya 28 Sep 1901; TBC 30 Sep 1901), p. \[1\]-921, *pl. 1-13. Copies*: BR, MO, NY, US, USDA(3). – Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 6; issued 31 Jul 1901; Charles Mohr died 17 Jul 1901. – Fungi by F. S. Earle. *Alabama ed*.: Oct 1901. "Geological survey of Alabama. Eugene Allen Smith, Ph. D., State Geologist. Plant life of Alabama, An account... State. By Charles Mohr, Ph. D. Reprint of vol. vi, contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium, published July 31, 1901, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Alabama. *Alabama edition*, with portrait and biography of the author... Montgomery, Ala. (printed at Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.) October 1901. Oct., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-921, *pl. 1-13*, uncol. liths. *Copies*: MICH, NY(2), Stevenson, US. – Frontispiece portrait of Mohr; p. v-xii biogr. Mohr by Eugene A. Smith; portr. T. M. Peters opp. p. 17. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (Verlag von J. Cramer) 1969, ISBN 3-7692-0622-x, Reprints of US-floras, volume 2, p. \[i-ii\], followed by facsimile. *Copies*: FAS. – See Taxon 18: 580. 1969.