> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 849](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120980) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2798-1) LSID 2798-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67774) QID Q67774 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Focke, Wilhelm Olbers (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Focke, Wilhelm Olbers (1834-1922), German physician, batologist and rhodologist at Bremen. **Abbreviated name**: *Focke* \[standard form in IPNI: *Focke*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BREM|BREM]]; his *Rubi selecti* and other Rosaceous material are at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BORD|BORD]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection BREM|BREM]], [[Collection HAN|HAN]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection W|W]]. – The types for his contributions to EP were mostly at [[Collection K|K]]. *Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 358, 2: 201. - Urban, Gesch. Berlin-Dahlem 346. 1916. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 553; BM 2: 588, 6: 331; Bossert p. 129; CSP 7: 682, 9: 889-890, 12: 244, 15: 30-32; DTS 1: 76, 6(4): 138; Frank 3 (Anh.): 31; GR p. 77-78; Jackson p. 97, 225, 295, 302, 497; Langmanp. 287, 453; LS 8907, 35076; MW p. 21, suppl. p. 68; NDB 5: 267; Zander ed. 10, p. 658. - Fischer-Benson, *in* Prahl, Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst. 2: 17. 1890. - Babington, Memorials 472. 1897. - Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 53. 1898. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 124, *pl. 131.* 1905 (portr.) - Tucker, Cat. Arnold Arb. 1: 252-253. 1914 (bibl.) - Klebahn, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 51: (128)-(156). 1933 (bibl., portr.) - Moebius, Gesch. Bot. p. 351. 1937. - Smidt, Nederlandse Heidevegetaties 3-5. 1975. #### Composite works - (1) EP, *Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 1: *Rosaceae*: III. 3: 1-48. Dec 1890; 49-61. Jan 1891; Nachtr. II-IV. 1: 186-189. Oct 1879; 2: 29. 8 Oct 1900; *Eucryphiaceae*: III. 6: 129-131. Mar 1893. - (2) *Die zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt... 1869 and 1870*, vol. 2, Leipzig 1874, pars 1(2): *Gefässpflanzen* by Focke and Buchenau. - (3) *Flora bremensis* (J. Dreier, W. O. Focke, J. Kollmeier) Bremen 1855 (xvi, 80 p.) - (4) Koch, *Synopsis* ed. 3: *Rosaceae* (in vol. 1). - (5) Ascherson and Gaertner, *Synopsis*: *Rubus* (in (1), Lief. 20, 21). ### Publications ##### n.1809. Synopsis ruborum Germaniae **Title** *Synopsis ruborum Germaniae*. Die deutschen Brombeerarten ausführlich beschrieben und erläutert. Bremen (C. Ed. Müller) 1877. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. rub. Germ.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1877 ("soeben," Flora 21 Jul 1877; J. Bot. Aug 1877), p. \[i\]-v, \[1\]-434. *Copies*: M, MO, NY. *Ref*.: BM 2: 588; DTS 1: 71; Jackson p. 295. ##### n.1810. Species ruborum **Title** *Species ruborum*. Monographiae generis Rubi prodromus. Stuttgart (E. Schweizerbart) 1910-1912, 2 parts. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. rub.* **Notes** *Pars 1*: early Jan 1910 (Nat. Nov. Jan 1910), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-120, *figs. 1-53*. (See pars 2). *Pars 2*: Jun 1911 (Nat. Nov.), p. \[i\*, t.p. pars 1 and 2, dated 1911\], \[i-iii\], \[121\]-223, *figs. 54-87.* – Bibliotheca botanica Heft 72. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Pars 3*: (opus finiens) *Divisio 1* Jan 1914 (Nat. Nov.), p. 225-360; *Divisio 2*, Mar 1914 (Nat. Nov.), p. 361-498; also as Bibliotheca botanica Heft 83, Lieferung 1: \[1\]-135 and Lieferung 2: 136-274. *Copy*: NY.