> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 655](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120786) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/18050-1) LSID 18050-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61031) QID Q61031 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dillenius, Johann Jacob (1684-1747), British botanist of German birth, Sherardian professor of botany at Oxford. **Abbreviated name**: *Dill.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dill.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – A copy of the *Hortus elthamensis* from the library of Linnaeus is described by Schmidt. This has importance for the interpretation by Linnaeus of Dillenius' taxa. Dillenius' specimens are also at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection P|P]]-JU. – Manuscripts: via Sherard in Bodleian Library, Oxford. *Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 162. - Turner, Trans. Linn. Soc. 7: 101-115. 1804. - Druce and Vines, The Dillenian herbaria. Oxford 1907 (portr.) - Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 297. 1916. - Spilger, Z. Pilzkunde 11: 2-5, *pl. 2.* 1932 (identifies the fungi described in the Catalogus of 1718). - Dandy, The Sloane herbarium 125. 1958. - Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 156. 1964. - Schmidt, Rep. Spec. nov., Fedde 70: 69-108. 1965. - Koster, Taxon 18: 551. 1967. - Isoviita, Acta bot. Fennica 89: 2-28. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 5: 226; AG 6(2): 629; Barnhart 1: 456; BB p. 91; BM 1: 462; Bossert p. 102; DAB 5: 226; DNB 15: 79; GR p. 9; Henrey 639-643; HU p. 604 \[ind.\]; Jackson p. 539 \[ind.\]; Langman p. 246; LS 7193-7196; MW p. 96; NDB 3: 718-719. 1966; NI 490-492; PR 2284-2286; Rees Cycl. - Anon., Hamburger Ber. neu. Gel. Sachen 16(61): 481-482. 1747. - Pulteney, Sketches 2: 153, 181. 1780. - Hall, Epistolae ineditae Caroli Linnaei, Groningen 1830, 268 p. - Krempelhuber, Gesch. Lit. Lichenologie 2: 27-29. 1869. - Trimen, J. Bot. 13: 13-14. 1875 (letters relating to D.'s death). - Druce, The flora of Oxford 381-385. 1886, ed. 2. lxxxvi-lxxxviii. 1927. - Schilling, *in* Virchow und v. Holgendorff, Samml. gemeinverständl. wiss. Vortr. ser. 3. 66: 601-632. 1889 \[A.J. Schilling, J. J. Dillenius, sein Leben und Wirken, Hamburg 1889\]. - Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1889/90: 33. 1891. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 92. 1903, 3(3): 77. 1905. - Milner, Cat. portr. Kew 37. 1906. - Druce and Vines, The Dillenian Herbaria xxxviii-xliv. 1907. - Reynolds Green, Hist. Bot. England 162-173. 1914. - Druce, Fl. Buckinghamshire lxxvi-lxxvii. 1926. - Nissen, Volk und Scholle 11: 116-119. 1933. - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 175. 1936. - Lütjeharms, Gesch. Mykologie xviii. Jahrh. 255. 1936. - Moebius, Gesch. Bot. 449 \[ind.\]. 1937 (and 1968). - Riddelsdell, Fl. Gloucestershire cxi. 1948. - Frick and Stearns, Mark Catesby 131. 1961. - Raab, Schweiz. Z. Pilzkunde 46(2): 18-19. 1968. - Ewan et al., Regn. veg. 71: 417 \[ind.\]. 1970. - Olby, DSB 4: 98-100. 1971 (bibl.) - Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 16, 199-201, 209. 1971. #### Note Original name Johann Jacob Dillen, but generally latinized to Dillenius, also by himself in later years. Dillen was born on 22 Dec 1684 in Darmstadt, Germany (Birth registers Ev. Civilgemeinde 1684, see GR). #### Composite works Dillenius published the amended third edition of J. Ray's *Synopsis* (1724). #### Eponymy *Dillenia* Linnaeus (1753); *Lenidia* Du Petit-Thouars (1806, anagram of *Dillenia*) ### Publications ##### n.1469. Catalogas plantarum circa Gissam sponte nascentium **Title** *Catalogas plantarum circa Gissam sponte nascentium*; cum observationibus botanicis, synonymiis necessariis, tempore & locis, in quibus plantae reperiuntur. Praemittitur praefatio et dissertatio brevis de variis plantarum methodis. Ad calcem vero adjicitur fungorum et muscorum methodica recensio hactenus desiderata. Frankfurt a.M. (Joh. Maximilian von Sande) 1718. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. circa Gissam*. **Notes** *Orig. ed.*: 1718, p. \[i-xvi\], 1-240, \[1-16, index\]. *Copies*: G, HU(a), MO, NY, U. *Ref*.: BM 1: 462; HA 2: 124; PR 2284. ##### n.1470. Catalogas plantarum sponte circa Gissam nascentium **Title** *Catalogas plantarum sponte circa Gissam nascentium*.Cum appendice, qua plantae post editum catalogum, circa & extra Gissam observatae recensentur, specierum novarum vel dubiarum descriptiones traduntur, genera plantarum nova figuris aeneis illustrata describuntur; pro supplendis institutionibus rei herbariae Josephi Pitton Turnefortii. Impensis auctoris. Frankfurt a.M. (Joh. Maximilian von Sande) 1719. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. circa Gissam*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1719, usually consisting of a reissue of the above title, followed by an appendix: p. \[i-xvi\], 1-240, \[1-16, index\], appendix \[i\]-xiv, frontispiece, 1-174, \[1-2, ind.\], letter Riv. \[1\]-20, *pl. 1-16. Copies*: G, HU(2), MO, NY, U. *Ref*.: BM 1: 462; HA 2: 125; PR 2284. ##### n.1471. Hortus elthamensis **Title** *Hortus elthamensis*seu plantarum rariorum quas in horto suo Elthami in Cantio coluit vir ornatissimus et praestantissimus Jacobus Sherard... delineationes et descriptiones quarum historia vel plane non, vel imperfecte a rei herbariae scriptoribus tradita fuit. London (author) 1732, 2 vols. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. eltham.* **Notes** *Orig. ed. 1732*: 250 copies published. *Copies*: MO, NY, U. *Vol. 1*: \[i\]-viii, 1-206, *pl. 1-167, 166bis* \[facing p. 206\]. *Vol. 2*: \[i-iii\], 207-437, \[438, err.\], *pl. 168-324.* The plates, by Dillenius, are usually uncoloured; some copies hand-coloured. Binomial nomenclature: see Druce and Vines (1907), Burkart (1957) and the 1774 edition. *1774 ed*.: *Horti elthamensis* plantarum rariorum icones et nomina Joh. Jac. Dillenio, M.D. descriptarum Elthami in Cantio, in horto viri ornatissimi atque praestantissimi Jacobi Sherard... additis denominationibus linnaeanis. Leiden (Cornelius Haak). 1771, 2 vols. Fol. *Publ*.: 1774, p. \[i-iii\], \[8, list Linnaean names\], *pl. 1-324, 166bis* (lacking in HU). *Copies*: HU, MO. A reissue, without the text, of the original plates. Tjaden (in litt.) suggests that the publisher (Corn. Haak) still had a supply of the original text of which more sets had been printed than of the plates by the London publisher. *Ref*.: BM 1: 462, 6: 270; DU 94; GF p. 55; HA 2: 125; Henrey 643; HU \[ed. 2\]; Jackson p. 411; Langman p. 246; NI 492; Plesch p. 201; PR 2285; SA 2: 555; IDC 654, 5902. - Klinsmann, Clavis Dilleniana ad Hortum elthamensem. Danzig 1856 (31 p.) - Druce and Vines, The Dillenian herbaria 157-184. 1907. - Nissen, Volk und Scholle 11: 118. 1933. - Burkart, Darwiniana 11: 367-414. 1957. - Schmidt, Feddes Repert. 70: 69-108. 1965 (Linnaeus's copy at Jena). - Sotheby, Catal. Stiftung Bot. 1: 176-177. 1975 (sold at *£* 1000). ##### n.1472. Historia muscorum **Title** *Historia muscorum* in qua circiter sexcentae species veteres et novae ad sua genera relatae describuntur et iconibus genuinis illustrantur cum appendice et indice synonymorum. Oxford (e Theatro Sheldoniano) 1741. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. musc.* **Notes** *Ed. 1741*: publ. Mar 1742 (see Henrey 2: 271), p. \[i\]-xvi, 1-576, *pl. 1-85*, copper engr. by Dillenius, originals for *pl. 1-79* at BM, *80-85* were drawn directly on the plates. See Isoviita (1970) for the relevance of Dillenius herbarium specimens for the typification of Linnaeus's Mosses. *Copy*: MO. – In all 250 copies printed (see note p. 576). (*Facsimile* reprint announced, but not yet published, by Asher 1974). *Ed. 1763*: *Historia muscorum*: A general history of land and water, etc. Mosses and corals. Containing all the known species, exhibited by about 1000 figures on 85 large royal 4to copper plates, drawn and engraved in the best manner from the originals... Their names, places of growth, and seasons, in English. Their names in Latin referring to each figure. London (J. Millan) 1763. Qu. *Publ*.: Sep 1763, p. \[i\], 1-13, \[1\], 1-10, *pl. 1-85*, all colored. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Reissue of the original plates; *pl. 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67* now numbered *62, 61, 65, 66, 67, 64* respectively (see Henrey 641). *Ed. 1768*: *Historia muscorum*:... corals, containing... plates, collected, drawn and engraved in the best manner from the originals... London (J. Millan) 1768. Qu. *Publ*.: 1768, p. \[i\], \[1\]-10, *pl. 1-85. Copy*: UG. – Other copies also have the 13 p. text of the 1763 ed. *Ed. 1779*: reissue of 1768 ed. (*n.v.*) *Ed. 1811*: *Historia muscorum*; in qua circiter... \[as 1741\]... illustrantur: cum appendice et indice synonymorum. Oxford (e Theatro Sheldoniano) 1741 iterum Edinburgi (e prelo academico) 1811. Qu. *Publ*.: 1811, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-576, app. \[1\]-8, *pl. 1-85*, uncolored copper engr. *Copies*: MO, NY. Published by C. Stewart before Aug 1811, with a list giving modern names. This validates any Dillen names of Musci and Lycopodiophyta not previously taken up (Sayre). (Facsimile reprint announced, but not published, by Koeltz 1974). *Ref*.: BM 1: 462; HA 2: 125; HE p. 21; Henrey 639-640; Jackson p. 152; LS 7195; NI 491; PR 2286; SA 2: 555; IDC 1516(1741 ed.), 6487 (ed. 1768), 6488 (ed. 1811). - Giseke, Index Linnaeanus in J. J. Dillenii historiam muscorum. 1779. - Dawson Turner, Trans. Linn. Soc. 7: 101-115. 1804. - Weber et Mohr, Beitr. Naturk. 2: 390-400. 1810. - Arnott et W. J. Hooker, *in* W. J. Hooker, Journ. Bot. 1: 88-97. 1834. - Müller, C., Index synonymorum Dillenii, in his Synopsis muscorum frondosorum 2: 767-770. 1851. - Crombie, Journ. Linn. Soc. 17: 553-580. 1879. - Lindberg, Kritisk granskning af mossorna Dillenii Historia muscorum 1883. - Druce et Vines, The Dillenian herbaria 185-224. 1907. - Nissen, Volk und Scholle 11: 118. 1933. - Yoshimura and Isoviita, Ann. bot. Fennici 6: 348-352. 1969. - Isoviita, Acta bot. Fennica 89: 1-28. 1970.