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### 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.