> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 163](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333302) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12826-1) LSID 12826-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72899) QID Q72899 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schimper, Georg \[Heinrich\] Wilhelm (1804-1878), German (Baden) botanist and plant collector; brother of Karl Friedrich Schimper; collected for the Esslinger Reiseverein in S. France and Algeria 1831; in Egypt and Arabia 1834-1836; in Abyssinia from 1837; became Abyssinian, married a daughter of Ras Ubies and became governor of the district of Antitscho 1840-1855; living on his collecting from 1855. **Abbreviated name**: *G.W. Schimp.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.W.Schimp.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (partly extant), and [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (later coll., after dissolution of Unio itineraria, went directly to [[Collection P|P]]/[[Collection PC|PC]]). – Further material at [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection BAS|BAS]], [[Collection BERN|BERN]], [[Collection BHU|BHU]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection FT|FT]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GE|GE]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection GRO|GRO]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LG|LG]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (destr.), [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NCY|NCY]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection STU|STU]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection TO|TO]], [[Collection TUB|TUB]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection VT|VT]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]], [[Collection WB|WB]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]], [[Collection WU|WU]]. – Schimper's collections, from Abyssinia, Egypt, Algeria, "Arabia petraea" (NW Arabia), "Arabia felix" (SE and S Arabia) were distributed by the "Esslingen" or "Würtemberger Reiseverein", also called "Unio itineraria". This society was administered by R.F. Hohenacker and E.G. von Steudel. For further details see Baur (1970). Schimper was by far the most important collector for this society. See also Sayre (1969). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 31: 279-281; AG 2(1): 694, 2(2): 152; Backer p. 516; Barnhart 3: 226 (b. 19 Aug 1804); BM 4: 1833; Clokie p. 239; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): (in press), 2: (files); Jackson p. 347; Lasègue p. 583 \[index\]; PR ed. 1: 9131; Rehder 1: 484; Urban-Berl. p. 268, 290, 313, 392. #### Biofile - Anon., Belg. hort. 29: 346-348. 1879 (obit.); Bot. Not. 1844: 32, 1880: 29 (d. Oct 1878); Bull. Soc. bot. France 2 (bibl.): 813. 1856 (on mishaps in Abyssinia), 26 (bibl.): 91. 1879 (obit. not.); J. Bot. 17: 160. 1879 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 18: 233. 1868 (released from captivity in Abyssinia; collections in part to B), 21: 62. 1871 (erroneously reported to have died). - Bary, A. de, 37: 239-240. 1879 (obit., extensive details). - Baur, , Jahrb. Gesch. Oberdeut. Reichsst. 16: 257-262. 1970 (details on collections and work for the Unio itineraria). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 224.212, 269.318. 1980. - Cufodontis, G., Phyton 3: 84-89. 1951 (localities coll. N. Abyssinia), see also Gillett (1958). - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 38, 128, 214. 1974. - Embacher, F., Lexikon Reisen 258-259. 1882. - Garcke, A., Linnaea 43: 49-58. Jul 1880 (Abyss. Malvaceae rd 1869 from S.). - Gillett, J.B., Kew Bull. 1957: 460 (addition to Cufodontis 1951), 27: 115-128. 1972 (G.W. Schimper's botanical collecting localities in Ethiopia). - Götz, H., Georg Wilhelm Schimper, der Abessinier, Schrifte des Stadtarchivs Schwetzingen, Band 14, Schwetzingen 1980, 85 p. (biogr., reproduction of original documents and letters, main treatment, further secondary references); Kindheit u. Jugend der Brüder Karl und Wilhelm Schimper, Schr. Stadtarchiv Schwetzingen 13, 1980, 71 p. - Hochstetter, C.F., Flora 1844: 18-19. 14 Jan 1844 (on *Aspidostigma*) said to have been published in 1842 in Sched. Itin. Abyss. 1293, sent to Paris in 1842, subsequently described by Delile in 1843 as *Teclea nobilis*). - Hochstetter, C.F. & Steudel, E.G. von, Aufruf und Bitte... Schimpers Abyssinische Reise betreffend, Esslingen, Jan 1838, 7 p. (*copy*: G; coll.), also in Linnaea 12(1): 112-128. Mar 1838; *in* W.J. Hooker, London J. Bot. 5: 7-9. 1846 (information on his "Abyssinian plants" and his position in Abyssinia; is now ruler of Antitscho county), 8: 284. 1856. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 471. 1884. - Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., Webbia 19: 862. 1965 (lists herbaria having Schimper colls.). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 272, 273. 1973. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 798-799. 1863, 3: 1190. 1898. - -r, Flora 51: 428. 1868 (released from captivity by an English expedition). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 50-51. 1969 (on his *Iter abyssinicum* exs.). - Schimper, G.H.W., Wilhelm Schimper, Reise nach Algier in den Jahren 1831 and 1832, Stuttgart (Metzler) 1834 (n.v.); Mitt. Geogr. A. Petermann 1868: 294-298 ("Meine Gefangenschaft in Abessinien"). - Stafleu, F.A., Regnum vegetabile 71: 307, 308, 309. 1971. - Stafleu, F.A. et al., International Code of botanical nomenclature, ed. 1978, Art. 32.1 (example of nom. nud. by Steudel on Schimper specimen from Abyssinia). - Vallot, J., Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 189-190. 1882 (account of Abyssinian coll. 1836-1840). - Vatke, W., Linnaea 37(3): 313-332. Jul 1872, 39(6): 475-512. Oct 1875, 40(2/3): 183-224. Apr 1876 (enum. Schimper's coll.). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. Gott. 146-147. 1982. #### Notes on travels and collections in *Flora* 8(1) Beil. 2: 96. 1825, 14(2) Int. Bl. 1: 6. 1831 (S. France; coll. for sale), 15(1): Int. Bl. 2: 19-26. Feb 1832, 15(2): Int. Bl. 1: 1-8. Jul-Aug 1832, 17(2) Int. Bl. 1-10. 21 Oct 1834, 18(2): 448. 1835 (to Sinai), 18(2) Int. Bl. 1: 1-5. 14 Aug 1835, Int. Bl. 2: 17-21. 7 Dec 1835; 19: 48. 21 Jan 1836 (to Arabia Felix), 81-83. 14 Feb 1836, 188-192. 28 Mar 1836, Int. Bl. 2: 21-25 ("21"). 21 Jun 1836; 20(1): 239-240. 1837 (to Abyssinia), 21(1) Int. Bl.: 1-10. 14 Feb 1838, 21(1) Int. Bl. 2: 17-27. 14 Apr 1838, 21(2) Int. Bl. 1-5. 21 Oct 1838, 22(2) Int. Bl. 1: 1-7. 7 Sep 1839, 24(1) Int. Bl. 17-32. 28 Mai 1841 (first pl. from Abyssinia), 1841(2): 657-672. 14 Nov 1851, 2581) Int. Bl. 1: 23-27. 14 Mai 1842, 26: 500-504. 14 Aug 1843, 26: 278-280. 7 Mai 1843, 27(1): 143. 1844 (Sinai and Hedscha plants available), 29(1/2): 464. 1846 (Arabian and Egyptian plants available), 34(1): 96. 1851 (Arabian plants available), 39: 174 (difficulties in Abyssinia), 462-463 (pl. distr.). 1856, 46: 443-445. 1863 (note on his life in Abyssinia), 49: 222. 1866 (note by Schweinfurth on S.). *Bot. Zeit.* 1: 207-208 (notes on travels 1839-1840), 246 (in good order in Adoa), 819-824 (extensive bot. details on 1839-1840 travels). 1843, 2: 71 (local governor under Ubie), 224 (collections Sinai, Hedscha to be distr.). 1844, 10: 926. 1852 (ref. to notes on S. in Erg.-Bl. Allg. Convers. Lex. 8: 127-128. 1852), 11: 127. 1853 (good news from Abyssinia), 14: 47-48 (has to live from manual work; lives under dire circumstances), 597-599 (Pl. abyss. ed. Hohenacker) 1856, 24: 152. 1866 (note by Schweinfurth on S.), 28: 224. 1870 (erroneous death notice; safe at Adoa). *Bonplandia*: 1: 102. 1853 (plants to Paris), 2: 83. 1854 (large consignment of plants received), 4: 46-47. 1856 (difficult situation), 6: 341, 342. 1858 (exsicc), 10: 31. 1862 (exsicc. for sale). #### Eponymy *Oreoschimperella* Rauschert (1982); *Schimpera* Steudel et Hochstetter ex Endlicher (1839); *Schimperella* H. Wolff (1927); *Schimperina* van Tieghem (1895). ### Publications ##### n.10.671. Reise nach Algier **Title** Wilhelm Schimper's *Reise nach Algier* in den Jahren 1831 und 1832, oder Beschreibung der Stadt Algier und ihren nächsten Umgebungen, vorzüglich der daselbst wohnenden Völkerschaften, ihrer Lebensart, Sitten und Gebräuche und des gegenwärtigen Zustandes dieser französischen Colonie... Stuttgart (Verlag der J.B. Metzler'schen Buchhandlung) 1834. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Algier*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1834 (p. vi: 8 Sep 1834), p. \[11\]-x, \[1\]-215, \[216, err.\]. *Copy*: HH. – Isued as Sehr. Würtemb. naturh. Reisever. 1, 1834 (eds. C.F. Hochstetter, E. Steudel).