> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 355](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266032) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17426-1) LSID 17426-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q624998) QID Q624998 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Corda, August Karl Joseph|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Corda, August Karl Joseph (1809-1849), Czech taxonomist, mycologist, palaeontologist, and traveller, born 22 October 1809 at Liberec (Reichenberg) in Bohemia, custos of the zoological collections of the national museum of Bohemia, travelled for a year in Texas, payed for by Fürst Colloredo, left Europe 15 October 1848 from Bremen, left New Orleans 25 Aug 1849 to return to Europe but died on the Caribbean Sea at circa 16 September 1849, was some time custos of the zoological collections at the National Museum. **Abbreviated name**: *Corda* \[standard form in IPNI: *Corda*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PR|PR]] (5000), [[Collection PRM|PRM]] and [[Collection PRC|PRC]]; further material in [[Collection STR|STR]] (Nees), [[Collection W|W]](Lindenberg). #### Original drawings P R C: #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 341; Andrews ed. 2: 249; Barnhart 1: 380; BM 1: 383, 5: 2043; Bossert p. 83; CSP 2: 48-49, 6: 62; De Toni 1: xxvi; DTS 1: 360 (note 49; Frank 3(Anh.): 19; Futak-Domin p. 134; GR p. 431, 664; GR, cat. p. 61; Hortus 3: 1190; IF 691; IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 139; Jackson 534 (index); Kew 1:616; Klásterský p. 66; Lasègue p. 293, 333, 545; LS 5867-5883, 32.268; Maiwald p. 276 (many notes); ME 2: 264, 319, 3: 557; Moebiusp. 98,139,386; NAF 1(1): 157,7(15): 1056, ser. 2(1): 31,2(6): 60; NI401-403; PR 1866-1876, ed. 1: 1968-1978; Quenstedt p. 90; Rehder 5(index): 191; SBC p. 118; Stevenson p. 1239; TL-1: 86-87; TL-2/1: 546-548 and see indexes; WU 2: 442-443. #### Biofile - Anděl, R., Časopis Národn. Musea Praha 145(3): 127-128. 1976. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 6(44): 776. 3 Nov 1848 (left Bremen for Texas 15 Oct 1848), 8(31): 582. 1850 (died by shipwreck on its journey from New Orleans to Europe), 8(36): 663-664. 6 Sep 1850 (on his work in Texas and the shipwreck on the way home); Flora 33(2)(39): 623. 21 Oct 1850 (on shipwreck on return to Europe); Bonplandia 6: 334. 1858 (member Leopoldiana, cognomen Hedwig I, born at Reichenberg im Kreis Bunzlau, Bohemia); Preslia 51(1): 30. 1979. - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 2: 208. 1881 (brief sketch). - Frič, Vesmir 21: 277-278. 1892. - Hořavka, F., letter to F. Verdoorn from Prague 29 Jan 1948 (at U, also in TL-2/files). - Hübler, F., Jahrb. Deutsch. Gebirgsver. Jeschken- und Isergeb. 12: 47-58. 1902. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 356, 373. 1984. - John, O., živa, Praha 45: 201-203. 1959. - Lack, H.W. and O. v. Sydow, Willdenowia 13: 417. 1983. - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. Notes 74(= Vol. 7, no. 9): 1333, *pl. 314* (portr.). 1925 (brief note on life). - Lütjeharms, W.J., Gesch. Mykol. des xviii Jahrh. 1, 8, 126, 134, 233. 1936. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 118, 169, 242, 253, 281, 298, *Abb. 88.* 1977. - Maiwald, P.V., Jahres-Ber. Stifts-Obergymn. Braunau 18-19,21.1901 (on his publ.); Gesch. Bot. Böhmen 195-200. 1904. - Němec, B.R., Česká Mykol. 14: 3-6. 1960 (150-birthday). - Prantl, F., Časopis Národn. Musea Praha 129(1): 17-21.1960 (brief biogr. in Czech language). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. Univ. 106. 1984 (3 publ. on Desmid.). - Ressel, A., Jahrb. Deutsch. Gebirgsver. Jeschken- und Isergeb. 16: 126-128. 1906. - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. 11-12. 1981. - Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 198, 220 1875; Hist. botanique 193, 214. 1892. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80(3): 506. 1977 (location of herb. mat.). - Schiffner, V., Lotos Prag 1907(9): 147 (friend of P. Menzel). - Schwippel, K., Gaea 27: 426. 1891. - Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage, eds., Essays in biohistory 175. 1970. - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 147. 1984 (letter to Jacob Sturm). - Ward, L.F., Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Survey 5: 374-375, 412, 418. 1885 (sketch of his palaeobotany). - Weitenweber, W.R., Denkschrift A.J. Corda's Leben..., 36 p., *in* Abhandlungen Kön. böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5.7: 59-94.1852 (biogr., great detail); Lotos 4: 18-22.1854(biogr. sketch); živa 2: 175-178. 1854. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. bis Ende 19. Jahrh. 781, 782. 1899. - Zobel, A. *in* Corda, Icon. fung. 6: ix-xviii. 1854 (bibl.). #### Composite works - (1) See TL-2/1: 546. - (2) See J. Sturm, *Deutschi, fl*., TL-2/13. 335, for many references. - (3) *Skizzen* zur vergleichenden *Phytotomie* vor- und jetztweltlicher *Pflanzen-Stämme, in* K.R. von Sternberg, in *Vers. Fl. Vorwelt* (TL-2/13.022), see TL-2/5: 902. ### Publications ##### n.27.526. animalcules microscopiques **Title** Observations sur les *animalcules microscopiques* qu'on trouve auprès des eaux thermales de *Carlsbad*,... \[Almanach de Carlsbad... 1835\]. 12-mo. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1835, p. \[166\]-211. *Copy*: B (photocopy from the Almanach de Carlsbad 5: 166-211. 1835). – See G.W. Prescott (1984): p. 106 (C: 278); De Toni 1, Syll. Alg. 1: xxvi. ##### n.27.527. Beiträge **Title** *Beiträge* zur Lehre von der *Befruchtung* der *Pflanzen*... \[Nova Acta Leopoldiana... 1835\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1835 (read 11 Sep 1834), p. \[599\]-614, *pl. 42-44* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nova Acta Leop. 18: 599-614, *pl. 42-44.* 1835. ##### n.27.528. Essai sur les Oscillatoires **Title** *Essai sur les Oscillatoires* des thermes de Carlsbad,... \[Almanach de Carlsbad... 1836\]. 12-mo. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1836, p. \[176\]-223. *Copy*: B (photocopy from the Almanach de Carlsbad 6: 176-223. 1836). ##### n.27.529. Spiralfaserzellen **Title** Ueber *Spiralfaserzellen* in dem Haargeflechte der Trichien... Prag (Calve) 1837. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Spiralfaserzellen*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1837, p. \[1\]-8, *1 pl. Copy*: BM. ##### n.27.530. Observations **Title** *Observations* sur les *Euastrées* et les *Cosmariées*... \[Almanach de Carlsbad... 1839\]. 12-mo. **Notes** *Publ*: 1839, p. \[213\]-244. *Copy*: B (photocopy from the Almanach de Carlsbad 9: 213-244, with *6 pl. 1839*). ##### n.27.531. Observations microscopiques **Title** *Observations microscopiques* sur les animalcules des eaux et des *thermes de Carlsbad* ... \[Almanach de Carlsbad... 1840\]. 12-mo. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1840, p. \[186\]-221, *pl. 3. Copy*: B (photocopy from the Almanach de Carlsbad 10: 186-221, *pl. 3*). 1840). ##### n.27.532. Beiträge zur Flora der Vorwelt **Title** *Beiträge zur Flora der Vorwelt*... Berlin (S. Calvary & Co....) 1867. Qu. (*Beitr. Fl.* *Vorwelt*). *Original publication*: 1845, see TL-2/1: 548, no. 1227. (*Copy*: BM). *Reissue*: 1867, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-128, *pl. 1 -60* (uncol.). – "Neue Ausgabe", Berlin 1867 – *Copy*: MO. – Only difference in this second issue p. \[iii\] published from Berlin. ##### n.27.533. Flore illustrée **Title** *Flore illustrée* de *Mucédinées* d'Europe... Leipzig (Gérard Fleischer) 1840. Qu. (*Fl*. *illustr. Mucéd.*). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1840 (Börsenblatt 67: 78. 23-29 Aug 1840), p. \[i\]-viii, 1-55, 25 *col pl. Copy*: MO. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. Kew. Gard. misc. 5: 31-32. 1853 (rev.).