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### Author
Martens, Georg Matthias von (1788-1872), German botanist; government official; studied law at Tübingen 1807-1810; from 1811-1855 secretary of the "Oberjustizkollegium", from 1836 with the title "Kanzleirat", at Stuttgart; Dr. phil. h.c. Tübingen 1863.
**Abbreviated name**: *G. Martens* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Martens*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (almost entirely destroyed). Duplicates: [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection FR|FR]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection STU|STU]].
*Exsiccatae*: see Rabenhorst (*Algae marinae siccatae*). Koster cites [[Collection LE|LE]] as location for types of algae.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 20: 467; AG 2(1): 690; Barnhart 2: 452; BM 3: 1249; Bossert p. 254; Clokie p. 207; CSP 4: 252-253, 8: 342, 10: 733; De Toni 1: lxxxii; DTS 1: 182, 6(4): 13, 169; GR p. 110; Herder p. 54, 179, 188; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Martens, G."); IH 2: 506; Jackson p. 312, 378; Kew 3: 601; KR p. 496; LS 16978-16979; PR 5844-5849 (ed. 1: 6547); Rehder 5: 548; Saccardo 1: 105, 2: 68; TL-2/4270; Urban-Berl. p. 48, 266, 271, 279, 289, 307, 373; Zander ed. 10, p. 689, ed. 11, p. 786.
- Anon., Bonplandia 3: 32. 1855, 6: 48. 1858 (cognomen in Leopoldina: Scopoli II); Bot. Not. 1873: 28 (d. 24 Feb 1872); Flora 55: 256. 1872; Bot. Zeit. 30: 302-304. 1872; Hedwigia 11: 80. 1872; J. Bot. 10: 224. 1872; Leopoldina 7: 91. 1872; Österr. bot. Z. 22: 238. 1872 (d.); Zool. Gart. 13: 96. 1892 (d.).
- Beck, G. V., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 149. 1888, *in* Bot. Anst. Wiens 66. 1894 (exs. W).
- Carpenter, M. M., Amer. Midl. Natural. 33(1): 65. 1945.
- Conert, H. J., Senckenbergiana, Biol. 48(C): 16, 22. 1967 (coll. at FR).
- Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 245-246. 1977.
- Hausmann, F., Fl. Tirol 1: 1183. 1854.
- Hohenacker, R. F., Bonplandia 10: 32. 1862 (offers Alg. mar. sicc. 1-9).
- Hoppe, D. H., Flora 1(16): 283-284. 1818.
- Koster, J. T., Taxon 18: 555. 1969.
- Künkele, S. & S. Seybold, Jahresh. Ges. Naturk. Württemberg 125: 156. 1970 (herb. to B 1880; now destroyed except for incidental specimens; duplicata still in STU and in herb. Landw. Ver., Stuttgart).
- Lehmann, E., Schwäb. Apotheker 27, 30, 38-40, 48, 59, 96, 97, 98, 198. 1951.
- Martens, E. V., Württemb. naturw. Jahresh. 29(1): 66-88. 1873 (biogr., b. in the night of 12/13 Jun 1788; d. 24 Feb 1872).
- Martens, G. M. & C. A. Kemmler, Fl. Württemberg ed. 2. 780. 1865.
- Metzger, E., Jahresber. Württ. Ver. Handelsgeogr. 7-8: 141-142. 1890 (bibl.)
- Müller, R. H. W. & R. Zaunick, Friedrich Traugott Kützing 67, 100, 146, 152, 164, 224, 227, 228. 1960.
- Steinberg, C. H. Webbia 32: 31. 1977.
- Urban, I., Bot. Jahrb. 14. Beibl. 32: 28. 1891.
- Wood, R. D., Monogr. Charac. 1: 825. 1965.
#### Eponymy
*Martensia* Hering (1841, *nom. cons.*). *Note*: *Martensia* Giseke (1792, *nom. rej.*) is dedicated to Friedrich Martens, German physician and explorer, who visited Spitzbergen and Greenland in 1671.
### Publications
##### n.5479. Reise nach Venedig
**Title**
*Reise nach Venedig*... Ulm (in der Stettin'schen Buchhandlung) 1824, 2 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Reise l'enedig*.
**Notes**
*1*: 1824, frontisp., p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-472.
*2*: 1824, frontisp., p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-664, *Flora veneta* on p. 539-648; (2 copper engr., 7 liths.).
*Copy*: NY. – Contains a review of the writings on the flora of Venetia from 1561.
*Ref*.: Anon., Flora 9: 289-304, 1826, 11: 510 (footnote). 1828.
##### n.5480. Flora von Würtemberg
**Title**
*Flora von Würtemberg* von Gustav Schübler... und Georg von Martens... Mit einer Charte der Umgebungen von Tübingen. Tübingen (bei C. F. Osiander) 1834. Duod. (in sixes).
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Würtemberg*.
**Notes**
*Authorship*: senior author of *ed. 1*: Gustav Schübler (1787-1834), of *ed. 2*: G. M. von Martens, *ed. 3*: Carl Albert Kemmler (1813-1888); Kemmler was junior author of ed. 2.
*Ed. 1*: Oct-Dec 1834 (p. 6: 10 Sep 1834; Flora rd. 28 Dec 1834), p. \[i\], \[1\]-6, \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-695, \[695\], map. *Copy*: NY.
*Ed. 2*: Jan 1865 ("neu" Flora 4 Feb 1865, rev. 12 Mai 1866), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-cxiv, \[1\]-844, map. *Copies*: BR, G, NY, – "*Flora von Württemberg und Hohenzollern* von Georg von Martens ... und Carl Albert Kemmler... Zweite ganz umbearbeitete Auflage der Flora von Württemberg \[sic\] von Schübler und von Martens." Tübingen (Verlag der Oslander'schen Buchhandlung) 1865. Duod.
*Ed. 2, neue Ausgabe*: 1872 (Bot. Zeit. 5 Jul 1872), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-cxiv, \[1\]-844, map. *Copies*: G, STU. – "Neue Ausgabe" Heilbronn (Albert Scheurlen's Verlag) 1872. Duod. This edition is identical (except for t.p.) with the 1865 ed. (S. Seybold).
*Ed. 3*: Jun-Nov 1882, in 12 parts. "Dritte Auflage, aufs neue durchgesehen und ergänzt von Carl Albert Kemmler..." Heilbronn (Verlag von Gebr. Henniger) 1882. Oct. 2 vols.
*Copies*: B, G, M, NY.
*Erster Theil*: 1882 (p. vi: 25 Jul 1882; J. Bot. Jan 1883), p. \[i\]-cxxiii, \[1, expl. pl.\], \[1\]-296.
*Zweiter Theil*: 1882, p. \[i\], \[1\]-412, \[1, abbr.\].
*Ref*.: Freyn, J. F., Bot. Centralbl. 13(7): 237-238. 1883 (rev. ed. 3).
##### n.5481. Amansia jungermannoides
**Title**
*Amansia jungermannoides*; aufgestellt von Herrn v. Martens und Apotheker Hering in Stuttgart... \[Besonderer Abdruck aus der allgem. botan. Zeit. 1836. B. ii\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 21 Aug 1836, p. \[1\]-7, *1 pl*. (uncol. copp.). *Copy*: FI. – Reprinted and to be cited from Flora 19: 481-487. 21 Aug 1836. *Followed by*: *Amphiroa pustulata*:... (id), p. 8-12, *1 pl*. (id.),. reprinted and to be cited from Flora 19: 487-491. 21 Aug 1936.
##### n.5482. Die Gartenbohnen
**Title**
*Die Gartenbohnen*. Ihre Verbreitung, Cultur und Benützung... Stuttgart (Verlag von Ebner & Seubert) 1860. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Gartenbohnen*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Dec 1859 (t.p."1860"; Flora received a copy in Dec 1859), \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-92, *pl. 1-12* (col. liths.). *Copies*: G, NY, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1869, front., p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-105, \[106, cont.\], *pl. 1-12* (col.). *Copies*: L, USDA. – "Zweite vermehrte Ausgabe" Ravensburg (Druck und Verlag von Eugen Ulmer) 1869. Qu.
*Ref*.: Anon., Flora 42: 768. 28 Dec 1859, 43: 281-287. 14 Mai 1860; Bull. Soc. bot. France 6: 827-830. 1860.
- Klotzsch, F., Bonplandia 8: 72. 1 Mar 1860 (rev.).
- Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 18: 39. 27 Jan 1860.
##### n.5483. Die Preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien
**Title**
*Die Preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien*. Nach amtlichen Quellen. Botanischer Theil. *Die Tange*. Mit viii Illustrationen... Berlin (Verlag der königlichcn geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, R. v. Decker) 1866 \[i.e. 1868\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Preuss. Exped. Ost-As., Tange*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1868 (t.p. 1866; see below), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-152, *pl. 1-8* (uncol. liths. by Schmidt).
*Copies*: B, FH, G, NY, US, USDA. *Note on date*: De Bary (Bot. Zeit. 26: 332-334. 15 Mai 1868) "Unseres Wissens aber erst 1868 ausgegeben." Further indications: Anon. (advertisement!) Bot. Zeit. 26: 152. 28 Feb 1868 "ist soeben erschienen"; Flora rd. Jan-Mar 1868, "neu" 11 Apr 1868; BSbF rev. after 7 Feb 1868; "In unserem Verlage ist soeben Erschienen..." Adv. dated Berlin 8 Feb 1868 in ÖbZ 18: 106. 1868, see also 18: 406-407. 1868.
##### n.5484. Conspectus algarum brasiliae
**Title**
*Conspectus algarum brasiliae* hactenus detectarum... \[Kjöbenhavn 1870\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Consp. alg. bras.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1870 (submitted 1 Jun 1870), p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Vid. Medd. nat. For. Kjöbenhavn 1870: 297-314.
##### n.5485. Algae brasilienses
**Title**
*Algae brasilienses* circa Rio de Janeiro a clar. A. Glaziou, horti publici directore, botanico indefesso, annis 1869 et 1870 collectae... \[Kjöbenhavn 1871\] Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Auguste François Marie (1828-1906).
*Publ*.: 1871 (submitted 3 Feb 1871), p. \[1\]-5. *Copies*: G, H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Vid. Med. nat. For. Kjöbenhavn 1871 (8-10): 144-148. 1871.