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### Author
Chamisso, Ludolf Adelbert von (Chamisseau de Boncourt, Louis Charles Adelaïde) (1781-1838), French born German poet, author, explorer and naturalist, creator of Peter Schlemihl.
**Abbreviated name**: *Cham.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Cham.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
The first set of the collections made on the voyage of the Rurik (1815-1818) is at [[Collection LE|LE]], duplicates in many herbaria. Chamisso's own herbarium was also acquired by [[Collection LE|LE]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 121.
- Anon., Flora 26: 246. 1843.
- Candolle, Phytographie, 403. 1880.
- Lindemann, Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 59(1): 283. 1884.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(2): 331; Barnhart 1: 330; BM 1: 335; Bossert p. 70; CSP 1: 869-870; Kew 1: 511; Langman p. 199; Lasègue p. 371-373; MW p. 71; PR 1656-1657; Smit 896-897; TR 241-243; Zander ed. 10, p. 644.
- Anon., Flora 21: 568. 1838.
- Schlechtendal, Linnaea 13: 93-112. 1839 (C. as a botanist).
- Schlechtendal, London J. Bot. 2: 481-491. 1843.
- Ascherson, Fl. Prov. Brandenburg 1: 3. 1860.
- Fulda, Chamisso und seine Zeit, Leipzig 1881, x, 224 p.
- Embacher, Lexikon der Reisen 73-74. 1882.
- Du Bois-Reymond, Adelbert von Chamisso, Rede. Leipzig 1889, 64 p. (bibl.)
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 111, 122. 1903, 3(3): 121. 1905.
- Milner, Cat. Portr. Kew 27. 1906.
- Urban, Fl. bras. 1(1): 11-12. 1906.
- Möbius, Beih. bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 270-306. 1918.
- Leffmann, Amer. J. Pharm. 97: 443-445. 1925.
- Mahr, Stanford Univ. Publ. Univ. Ser., Hist., Econ., Polit. Sci. 2(2). 1932. (Visit Rurik to San Fr. 1816).
- Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 117. 1936.
- Eastwood, Quart. Calif, hist. Soc. 18(4): 338. 1939.
- Hultén, Bot. Not. 1940: 298-299.
- Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher, Leipzig 1942, 176 p. (important bibl.)
- Eastwood, Leaflets western Bot. 4: 17-21. 1944.
- Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. males ser. I. 1: 104-105. 1950 (portr.)
- Bessler, Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Nat. Reihe 4(1): 137-151. 1954.
- Ewan, A century of progress in the natural sciences, San Francisco 1955, p. 46.
- Anon., Der Tagesspiegel 4 Aug 1959 (on the bronze relief portr. at B.)
- Stresemann, Forschungen und Fortschritte 33(5): 129-130. 1959 (C. in 1825).
- Thomas, Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 151. 1961.
- Nissen, Zool. Buchill. 92. 1966.
- Bernardi, Musées de Genève 95: 2-6. 1969.
#### Eponymy
*Adelbertia* C. F. Meissner (1838); *Camissonia* \[sic\] Link (1818); *Chamissoa *Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1818, *nom. cons.*); *Chamissomneia* O. Kuntze (1891); *Chamissoniophila* V. A. Brand (1929).
#### Handwriting
Candollea 29: 215-216. 1974.
### Publications
##### n.1081. Adnotationes quaedam ad floram berolinensem C. S. Kunthii
**Title**
*Adnotationes quaedam ad floram berolinensem C. S. Kunthii* \[no imprint\] Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Adnot. fl. berol.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Typographically independent pamphlet, p. \[1\]-13, issued 1815 with F. Walter, Verzeichniss der auf den Friedländischen Gütern cultivirten Gewächse, Nebst einem Beitrage zur Flora der Mittelmark, ed. 3. \[Berlin\] 1815. *Copies*: B, G.
*Ref*.: PR 9977; Schmid 3a.
##### n.1082. Linnaea
**Title**
De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana observatis rationem dicunt, in *Linnaea* i-x, 1826-1836.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794-1866).
|vol. |part |pages |content |author |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |1-11 |Introduction |Chamisso |Jan 1826|
| | |11-13 |"Succedit" |Schlechtendal |Jan 1826|
| | |14-64 |Crucif.-Caryoph. |C+S |Jan 1826|
| | |65-73 |Lineae |C+S & Schiede |Jan 1826|
| |2 |165-226 |Plantagineae-Primulaceae |C+S |Apr 1826|
| |3 |333-405 |Umbellif.-Araliac. |C+S |Aug-Oct 1826|
| |4 |511-570 |Ericac.-Fumar. |C+S |Oct-Dec 1826|
|2 |1 |1-37 |Rosaceae |C+S |Jan 1827|
| |2 |145-233 |Violac.-Potamogeton |C+S |Apr 1827|
| |3 |345-379 |Salicarieae |C+S |Aug-Oct 1827 ("Jul")|
| |4 |541-611 |Rosac. (Suppl.)-Scroph. (pp) |C+S |Oct-Dec 1827 ("Oct")|
|3 |1 |1-24 |Scroph. (pp) |C+S |Jan 1828|
| | |25-35 |Orchid. arcticae |Chamisso |Jan 1828|
| | |36-63 |Polygon. |C+S |Jan 1828|
| |2 |115-141 |Hyperic.-Caprifol. |C+S |Apr 1828|
| |3 |199-233 |Loranth.-Rubiac. (pp) |C+S |Jul-Oct 1828 ("Jul")|
| |4 |309-366 |Rubiac. (pp) |C+S |Oct-Dec 1828 ("Oct")|
| | |367-377 |Juncaceae |E. Meyer |Oct-Dec 1828 ("Oct")|
|4 |1 |1-36 |Rubiac. (pp) |C+S |Jan 1829|
| | |37-42 |Campanulac. Artic. |Chamisso |Jan 1829|
| |2 |129-202 |Rubiac. (pp) |C+S |Apr 1829|
| |3 |435-450 |Boragineae |Chamisso |Jul 1829|
| |4 |451-496 |Boragineae |Chamisso |Oct-Dec 1829 ("Oct")|
| | |497-508 |Aquatics |Chamisso |Oct-Dec 1829 ("Oct")|
|5 |1 |43-59 |Rutaceae |Chamisso |Jan 1830|
|6 |1 |76-82 |Labiatae |Bentham |Apr-Dec 1831|
| | |83-170 |Synanthereae (pp) |C. F. Lessing |Apr-Dec 1831|
| |2 |209-260 |Synanthereae (pp) |C. F. Lessing |1831|
| |3 |501-528 |Synanth. (Addend.) |C. F. Lessing |1831|
| |4 |528-592 |Arcticae |Chamisso |1831/2 ("1831")|
|7 |1 |105-128 |Verben. |Chamisso |1832|
| |2 |207-212 |Aristoloch. |Chamisso |1832|
| | |213-272 |Verben. |Chamisso |1832|
| |3 |364-379 |Verben. |Chamisso |1832|
| | |726 |Verben. (Addend.) |Chamisso |Mar-Apr 1833|
| |4 |542-560 |Bignonieae (pp) |Chamisso |1832|
| |5 |653-723 |Bignonieae (pp) |Chamisso |1832|
| |6 |723-726 |Sesameae |Chamisso |Mar-Apr 1833 ("1832")|
|8 |2 |169-192 |Ranunc.-Guttif. |Schlechtendal |1833|
| | |193-228 |Campanul.-Goodenov. |Chamisso |1833|
|9 |3 |368-402 |Melast. (pp) |Chamisso |1834|
| |4 |428-460 |Melast. (pp) |Chamisso |early 1835 ("1834")|
|10 |1 |32-50 |Melast. (pp) |Chamisso |13-19 Sep 1835|
| |2 |217-218 |Melast. (suppl.) |Chamisso |Dec 1835|
| |5 |582-603 |Legum. |Th. Vogel |Jul-Aug 1836?|
*Ref*.: Kew 1: 511, see also Schmid (1942).
##### n.1083. Uebersicht der nutzbarsten und schädlichsten Gewächse
**Title**
*Uebersicht der nutzbarsten und schädlichsten Gewächse*, welche wild oder angebaut in Norddeutschland vorkommen. Nebst Ansichten. von der Pflanzenkunde und dem Pflanzenreiche. Berlin (Ferdinand Dümmler) 1827. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Uebers. nutzb. schädl. Gew.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: early 1827 (printing terminated autumn 1826), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-526. *Copies*: B, USDA.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 335; PR 1657; Schmid 57.
##### n.1084. Reise urn die Welt
**Title**
*Reise urn die Welt* mit der Romanzoffschen Entdeckungsexpedition in den Jahren 1815-18 auf der Brigg Rurik, Cpt. Otto von Kotzebue. (Tagebuch, Bemerkungen und Ansichten) Leipzig (Weidmann) 1836. 2 vols. Duod.
**Abbreviated title**: *Reise Welt*.
**Notes**
*Vol. 1*: 1836 (pref. Apr 1835), frontispiece portrait of Chamisso, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-436. *Copy*: NY.
*Vol. 2*: 1836, frontispiece, \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-396. *Copy*: NY. Forms Bd. 1-2 of the Weidmann collected edition of *Adelbert von Chamisso's Werke*, Erster Band 1836, Zweiter Band 1836. Unchanged reprint in *Werke* ed. 2, Leipzig 1842; ed. 3, Leipzig 1852; ed. 4, Berlin 1856; ed. 5, in vols. 3 and 4, Berlin 1864.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 335; PR 1656; Schmid 117-118.