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> [!example] See also [[Dinter, Kurt|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Dinter, Moritz Kurt (1868-1945), German botanist, phytogeographer in the "Kaiserlichen Gouvernement Deutsch-Südwest-Africa", born at Bautzen in Sachsen 10 Jun 1868, died Neukirch, Sachsen 16 Dec 1945, studied botany in Strassburg and Dresden, curator in the botanical garden of Thomas Hanbury in La Mortola, went later for sometime to Kew Gardens, botanized in Southwest Africa, was appointed government botanist there 1900, returned to Germany in 1905, visited Southwest Africa again in 1922, 1923-1925, 1933-1935, moved to Nieder-Neukirch (Lausitz) 1935.
**Abbreviated name**: *Dinter* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dinter*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (p.p. destroyed), further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BO|BO]], [[Collection BOL|BOL]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection GRO|GRO]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]] (1960), [[Collection KMG|KMG]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection M|M]] (1050), [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NBG|NBG]], [[Collection P|P]] (250), [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]] (530), [[Collection STE|STE]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WIND|WIND]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]], [[Collection Z|Z]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 5(1): 295; Barnhart 1: 457 (b. 10 Jun 1868, Bautzen, d. 16 Dec 1945, Neukirch); BL 1: 55, 293; BM 1: 463, 6: 270; Bossert p. 103; CSP 14: 615; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 69, 163; Kew 2: 91; Rehder 5(index): 229; TL-2/1: 659 and no. 10.710; Tucker 1: 204; Urban-Berl. p. 341; Zander ed. 10, p. 652, ed 11 p. 742.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 71(32): 224. 4 Aug 1897 (D. moved to Westafrika); Deut. botan. Monatschr. 15(9): 250. 1897, 98(15): 400. 18 Apr 1985 (after 8 years in Africa from 10 Mai – 10 Sep 1905 in Europe).
- Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. Bot. 29-30. 1978.
- Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch, Lisboa 94, 170-171. 1974.
- Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 292. 1938 (D. in office in Ventimiglia, Hamburg Bot. Gard. 1897).
- Giess, W., Dinteria 1: 5-7, 1 portr. 1968.
- Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. explor. S. Africa 131-135. 1981 (portr.).
- Herre, H. \[of Stellenbosch\], Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 22(1): 7-8. 1971; Dinteria 7: 9-11. 1972; The genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae 47-48. 1973 (portr.).
- Hiepko, P., Willdenowia 8(2): 393. 1978 (D. material still at B).
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 103. 1972.
- Jacobsen, H.J.H., Desert Plant life 19(5): 69-71. 1947 (portr.); Sukkulentenkunde 1: 56. 1947.
- Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., Webbia 19(2): 861. 1965 (holotypes destroyed in Berlin).
- Merxmüller, H., Compt. rend. AETFAT 4: 125. 1962.
- Pilger, R., Mitt. Bot. Gard. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 1(1): 21. 1953; Willdenowia 1(1): 17. 1953.
- Schade, F.A., Natura lusatica 3: 5-16. 1956 (portr., bibl.), 5: 27. 1961.
- Urban, I., Geschichte 263, 271, 275, 286, 297. 1881.
- White, A. et B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ix, 12, 33, 62, 64, 69, 70, 76, 91, 92, 138, 151 et passim. 1933, ed. 2: 1: 17, 125-126. 1937.
### Publications
##### n.30.728. Alphabetical catalogue
**Title**
*Alphabetical catalogue* of *plants* growing in the open air in the garden of *T. Hanbury* ... near Ventimiglia, Italy... Genova... 1897. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Alph. cat. pl. Hanbury*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1897 (ÖBZ Oct 1897), p. \[1\]-64, \[i\], *1 pl. Copies*: BM, L, MO.
*Ref*.: Solms, H., Bot. Zeit.: 56(6): 90. 16 Mar 1898 (brief rev.).
##### n.30.729. botanische Reise
**Title**
Eine *botanische Reise* im zentralen *Deutsch-Südwestafrika*... Sonderdruck aus dem Bericht über die Tätigkeit der Naturw. Ges. "Isis" Bautzen i.d.J. 1913/1915.... 1915. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1915, p. \[1\]-13. *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ber. Tätigk. naturwiss. Ges. Isis Bautzen 1913/15: 28-40.
##### n.30.730. Index
**Title**
*Index* der aus *Deutsch-Südwestafrika* bis zum Jahre 1917 bekannt gewordenen *Pflanzenarten*... Sonderabdruck aus Fedde, Repertorium... 1917\[-1928\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: \[*1*\]: 31 Dec 1917 (in journal), p. \[77\]-92. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 15: 77-92 1917.
*2*: 31 Dec 1918 (in journal), *in id*. 15: 340-355. 1918. – No reprint seen.
*3*: 31 Mar 1919 (in journal), identif. recto of p. 426, p. 426-433. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted from id. 15: 426-433. 1919.
*4*: 15 Nov 1919 (in journal), p. 167-174. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted from id. 16: 167-174. 1919.
*Note*: Of this publication nos. 5-27 were published between 31 Dec 1919 and 31 Dec 1928. The nos. 11-13 exist twice, the second set should be nos. 14-16 \[sic\], also nos. 22 and 24 were used twice \[sic\]. We have not seen reprints of these numbers, published in Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 16-25. – See BL 1: 55.
##### n.30.731. Botanische Reisen
**Title**
*Botanische Reisen* in *Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika*... Posen (Selbstverlag des Herausgebers...) 1918. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Reis. D.-SW. Afr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1918, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-169. *Copies*: B, BR, G, L, MO, U(2); IDC 746/2, mf 33-35. – Issued as Repert. spec. nov. Beih. 3 (1918).
##### n.30.732. Plantae novae Schäferianae
**Title**
*Plantae novae Schäferianae*... Sonderabdruck aus Fedde, Repertorium... 1920. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Apr 1920 (in journal), p. \[335\]-344. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 16: 335-344. 1920.
##### n.30.733. Beiträge zur Flora von Südwestafrika
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Flora von Südwestafrika*... Repertorium specierum novarum... 1923. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: 30 Jun 1923 (in journal), p. 122-160, *in* Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 19: 122-160. 1923. – No reprint seen.
*2*: 30 Jul 1923 (in journal), p. 177-192. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from id. 19: 177-192. 1923.
##### n.30.734. Succulentenforschung in Südwestafrika
**Title**
*Succulentenforschung in Südwestafrika*. Erlebnisse und Ergebnisse meiner Reise im Jahre 1922... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1923.
**Abbreviated title**: *Succulentenforsch. S.W. Afr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: \[*1*\]: 15 Aug 1923 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-80. *Copies*: B, BR, G, L, U; IDC 746/2, mf. 123-124. – Issued as Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. Beih. 23 (1923).
*2*: 1928 (preface dated 15 Mai 1928, Nat. Nov. Aug/Sep 1930), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-145., 8 phot. on 2 p. *Copies*: B, BR, G, L, U; IDC 746/2, mf. 299-301. – Id. Beih. 53 (1928).
*Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 63: 39-41. 1930 (rev.).
##### n.30.735. Reise 1929
**Title**
Kurzer Bericht über meine *Reise 1929* in die *Küstenwüste SW.-Afrikas*, spez. die Buchaberge.... \[Sonderabdruck aus Fedde, Repertorium...\] 1931. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Nov 1931 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. 163-170. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 29: 163-170. 1931.
##### n.30.736. Diagnosen
**Title**
*Diagnosen* neuer *südwestafrikanischer Pflanzen*... Sonderabdruck aus Fedde, Repertorium... 1931. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: \[*1*\]: 30 Nov 1931 (in journal), p. 253-272. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. 29: 253-272. 1931.
\[*2*\]: 15 Feb 1932 (in journal), identif. recto of p. \[80\], p. \[80\]-96. *Copy*: G. – Id. 30: 80-96. 1932.
\[*3*\]: 5 Mai 1932 (in journal), identif. recto of p. \[180\], p. \[180\]-205. *Copy*: G. – Id. 30: 180-205. 1932.