> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 705](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068947) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12635-1) LSID 12635-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5441024) QID Q5441024 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kurtz, Fritz (Frederico) (1854-1920), German botanist; Dr. phil. Berlin 1879; from 1878-80 at Berlin-Dahlem under Eichler; to Argentina 1884, professor of botany at Cordoba 1884-1915. **Abbreviated name**: *F.Kurtz* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kurtz*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CORD|CORD]] (contains much material also from Germany as well as the herbarium of G. H. Bauer. K's library was also acquired by Cordoba). *Ref*.: Sayre, G., Mem. New York bot. Gard. 29(3): 353. 1975. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 292; Barnhart 2: 329; BL 1: 132, 232, 235, 254, 305; BM 2: 1037; Bossert p. 223; CSP 10: 480, 12: 419, 16: 519; DTS 1: 164, xxi, 6(4): 50; Frank 3(Anh.): 54; GRp. 102-103; IH2: 397; Jackson p. 393, 424, 510; Kew 3: 339-340; LS 35701; MW p. 257; Quenstedt p. 485; Rehder 5: 478-479; TL-2/1: see Ascherson, P. F. A.; TR 735; Tucker 1: 404; Zander ed. 10, p. 681. A. C, Physis 5: 82-84. 1921. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1921: 14; Kurtziana, vol. 1, 1961, frontispiece portrait (drawing). - Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. pl. 1: clvi. 1891 (bibl.), 3(2): 1-4. 1898 (itin.), 3(2): 202. 1898 (bibl.). - Harms, H. A. T., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 28: (78)-(85). 1920 (portr., bibl.). - Reiche, K., Grundz. Pflanzenverbr. Chile 34. 1907 (Veg. Erde 8). - Skottsberg, C., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 15(1): 286. 1921. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 79. 1903, 3(3): 64, *pl. 150*. 1905 (portr.). #### Eponymy (genera): *Kurtzamra* Post & O. Kuntze (1903, *orth. var.*); *Kurtziana* Frenguelli (1942); *Kurzamra* O. Kuntze (1891); (journal): *Kurtziana* Córdoba (Argentina). Vol. 1-x. 1961-x. *Note*: *Kurtzipites* R. Y. Anderson (1960) is dedicated to Edwin B. Kurtz Jr., American scientist. ### Publications ##### n.4047. Aufzählung der von K. Graf von Walburg-Zeil im Jahre 1876 in Westsiberien gesammelten Pflanzen **Title** *Aufzählung der von K. Graf von Walburg-Zeil im Jahre 1876 in Westsiberien gesammelten Pflanzen*. Botanische Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der philosophischen Doctorwürde. Mit Genehmigung der philosophischen Facultät der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin zu vertheidigen am 27 März 1879, vormittags 12 Uhr von Fritz Kurtz aus Berlin... Berlin 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Aufzähl. Westsib. Pfl.* **Notes** *Collector*: Karl Graf von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (1841-1890). *Publ*.: 27 Mar 1879 (Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1879), p. \[i\], \[1\]-69, \[70, vita\], \[1, theses\]. *Copies*: MO(2).– Reprinted from Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 21: 11-77. 1879. – Harms (1920) relates that some copies of this dissertation, sent to friends, had an annotation on p. \[70\] following the "vita": "Während seiner Studienzeit trank der Verfasser ca. 6 (genau 5.930) cbm Bier." This amounts to nearly 6.000 liter Bier. We have alas not seen a copy with this annotation. *Bericht* über die Pflanzen, welche Karl Graf von Waldburg-Zeil im August 1881 am unteren Jenissei gesammelt hat, Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 36: 141-149. 9 Mai 1894 (reprint later; Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1895) reprint with original pagination at MO. Collection made 23-28 Aug 1881 near Karaul (Karauly). \[Reprint combined with a paper by Kurtz on plants collected by K. Keilhack on Iceland and the Faer-Oern in 1883, ib. 36: 150-158. 9 Mai 1894\]. *Ref*.: Henglin, Th., Reisen nach dem Nordpolarmeer in den Jahren 1870-71, 3 vols., Braunschweig 1872-1874 (n.v.). - Finsch, O., Reise nach Westsiberien im Jahre 1876, Berlin 1879 (n.v.). ##### n.4048. Dos viajes botánicos **Title** *Dos viajes botánicos* al Rio Salado superior (Cordillera de Mendoza) ejecutados en los años 1891-92 y 1892-93... Buenos Aires (Imprenta de Pablo E. Coni é hijos, especial para obras....) 1893. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Dec 1893 (P. 35: Jun 1893), p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bol. Acad. nac. Ci. Córdoba 13: 171-210. 1893. *German translation*: Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 35: 95-120. 26 Jan 1894. "*Bericht uber zwei Reisen zum Gebiet des oberen Rio Salado*..." ##### n.4049. Sertum cordobense **Title** *Sertum cordobense* observaciones sobre plantas nuevas, raras ó dudosas de la provincia de Córdoba por el Dr. Federico Kurtz. La Plata (Tallares de publicaciones del Museo) 1893. **Notes** *publ*.:Jul-Dec 1893 (p. 23;8Jul 1893), p. \[1\]-23 *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Revista del Museo de la Plata 5: 281-304. 1893. ##### n.4050. Die Flora des Chilcatgebietes im südöstlichen Alaska **Title** *Die Flora des Chilcatgebietes im südöstlichen Alaska*, nach den Sammlungen der Gebrüder Krause \[Expedition der Bremer geographischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 1882\]. \[Berlin 1894\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Dec 1894 *in* (and to be cited from) Bot. Jahrb. 19: \[327\]-431, followed by *Die Flora der Tschuktschenhalbinsel* on p. \[432\]-493 (also publ. 28 Dec 1894). Reprint with original pagination of the two papers, combined, at MO. The collections on which this paper was based were made by the brothers Aurel (1848-1908) and Arthur Krause (1851-1920). The main set (with the types) is at CORD; B had 598 duplicates, UPS has 375, LE 227, WRSL 134 specimens. *Preliminary notice*: "Ueber die von den Doctoren Aurel und Arthur Krause von der Tschuktschen-Halbinsel mitgebrachte Pflanzensammlung. Deutsche geogr. Blätter, Heft 4, Bd. V, text dated 15 Nov 1882, reprint \[Ip.\] at MO. ##### n.4051. Contribuciones á la Palaeophytologia Argentina **Title** *Contribuciones á la Palaeophytologia Argentina* por el Dr. F. Kurtz III. La Plata (Talleres de publications del Museo) 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Dec 1899 (p. 17: 14Jul 1899), p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Revista del Museo de la Plata 10: 43-60. 1899. – Parts i and ii were published ib. 6: 117-137. 1894 (no reprint seen). Parts iv-vi were never published, part vii was published ib. 10: 235-242, *pl. 3*. 1902. ##### n.4052. Collectanea ad floram Argentinam **Title** *Collectanea ad floram Argentinam* remarques et observations sur des plantes exotiques ou peu connues de l'Argentine... Buenos Aires (Imprimerie Coni Frères, Editeurs...) 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Nov 1900 (p. \[3\]: 1 Aug 1900; Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1901), p. \[1\]-51. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bol. Acad. nac. Ci. Córdoba 16: 224-274. 1900. ##### n.4053. Essai bibl. bot. Argent. **Title** Essai d'une bibliographie botanique de l'Argentine... Buenos-Ayres (Imprimerie de Coni Frères, Editeurs....) 1900. **Abbreviated title**: *Essai bibl. bot. Argent.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1900, p. \[1\]-90 \[1, cont.\]. *Copy*: MO.-Reprinted from Bol. Acad. nac. Ci. Córdoba 16: 117-203. 1900. *Ed. 2*: *part 1*: ib. 19(2): 221-376. 1913; *part 2*: ib. 20: 369-467. 1915. *Continuation*: L. Hauman and A. Castellanos, Physis 5: 263-291. 1922 (for 1914-1921), 8: 436-467. 1927 (for 1922-1926). *Addenda*: Hicken, C. M., Darwiniana 1: 191-318. 1927, 319-430, 431-539. 1930.