> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 208](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189679) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7589-1) LSID 7589-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21522903) QID Q21522903 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Petri, Friedrich (1837-1896), German (Berlin) botanist; Dr. phil. Berlin 1863; pupil of A. Braun; from 1864-1896 teacher at the high school (Realschule) of Luisenstadt (Berlin; 1865 ordentlicher Lehrer, 1875 Oberlehrer, 1884 Professor); in his later years especially active in chemical technology and hygienics. **Abbreviated name**: *F. Petri* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Petri*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 76; BM 4: 1558; CSP 12: 571, 17: 825; Jackson p. 108; Kew 4 : 287; PR 7092; Rehder 1: 252. #### Biofile - Beyer, R., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 39: lv-lviii. 1897 (obit., b. 26 Mai 1837, d. 28 Nov 1896) (see also p. cxxii). - Petri, F., Vita, *in* his *De gen. Armeriae* p. \[42\]. 1863 (in his "theses": on p. \[3\] e.g.: "Disposino foliorum optimam rationem nobis praebet ad inflorescentiam plantae cognoscendam". #### Eponymy *Petriella* Curzi (1930); *Petriellidium* D. Malloch (1970). #### Note Not to be confused with the originator of the "Petri dish", the German bacteriologist R.J. Petri (1852-1921), who published e.g. *Das Mikroskop*, Berlin 1896, 249 p. – For the "development" of the Petri dish see R.C. Benedict, Torreya 29: 9-12. 9 Mar 1929. ### Publications ##### n.7787. De genere Armeriae **Title** *De genere Armeriae*. Dissertatio inauguralis botanica quam consensu et auctoritate amplissimi philosophorum ordinis in alma litterarum universitate Friderica Guilelma ad summos in philosophia honores rite capessendos die xxiv. m. januarii a. mdccclxiii. H.L.Q.S. Publice defendet auctor Fridericus Petri berolinensis... Berolini (typis expressit Gustavus Schade) \[1863\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. Armeriae*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Jan 1863 (t.p.; BSbF session Jan 1863), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-41, \[42, vita; 43, theses\]. *Copies*: B, G, MO, NY. – Dissertation defended under Alexander Braun. *Ref*.: Fournier, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 10: 240-241. 1863.