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### Author
Christener, Christian (1810-1872), Swiss botanist and school teacher (at the Kantonsschule) at Bern, botanized mainly in the Berner Alpen, especially in the area of Grindelwald, had a large herbarium acquired by Shuttleworth.
**Abbreviated name**: *Christener* \[standard form in IPNI: *Christener*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BERN|BERN]], further material at [[Collection AUT|AUT]], [[Collection BM|BM]] (through Shuttleworth).
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 12(2): 181; Barnhart 1: 345 (b. 10 Aug 1810); BM 1: 348; Hegi 6(2): 1261; IH 2: 126; Jackson p. 342; Kew 1: 549; Moebius p. 134; PR 1713.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Flora 55(24): 383-384. 1872 (biogr. note, herb. for sale); ÖBZ 22: 306. 1872 (d. 17 Mai 1872, herb. of 7000 "Arten" for sale); Bot. Zeit. 30: 596. 9 Aug 1872 (herb. for sale); Bull. Soc. bot. France 19(Bibl): 95-96. 1872 (note on death); Progr. Kantonshochschule Bern for 1873, p. 25 (biogr. note).
- Fischer, Ed., Verh. Schweiz. naturf. Ges. 1914(2): 13-14 (brief note on *Monogr.-Hierac. Schweiz*).
- Fuchs, H.P., Bull. Murith. 106: 153. 1988.
- Rytz, W., Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 5: 18. 1922.
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 161. 1905. (on portr.).
### Publications
##### n.26.300. Kenntniss
**Title**
Kleine Beiträge zur *Kenntniss* der *schweizerischen Hieracien*... (Bern. Mittheil.) 1860. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1860 (read 31 Mai 1860), p. \[81\]-91. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mitth. naturf. Ges. Bern 1860(nos. 450-451): 81-91.
##### n.26.301. Hieracien der Schweiz
**Title**
Programm der Berner Kantonsschule für das Jahr 1863. Inhalt. I. Die *Hieracien der Schweiz*. II. Schulchronik:... Bern (Buchdruckerei Rieder & Simmen) 1863. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Hierac. Schweiz*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1863 (p. iii: mss. signed Mar 1863; Bull. Soc. bot. France 15 Jan 1864, Flora Feb 1864), p. \[i, general t.p.\], \[iii-vi\], vii, \[1\]-24, *pl. 1-2*; school programm: \[25\]-58. *Copies*: B-S, G(2), MO, NY.
*Note*: The MO and NY copies give the complete "Programm", vii, 58 p., the B-S and the G(2) copies are a reprint of the *Hierac. Schweiz*: p. \[cover of *Hierac. Schweiz*\], p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-24, *pl. 1-2.*
*Ref*.: H.W.R., ÖBZ 14: 129-130. 1 Apr 1894 (rev.).
- Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 11(Bibl.): 26. 1864 (rev.).
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 22: 384. 9 Dec 1864 (rev.).