> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 145](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258623) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3047-1) LSID 3047-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327720) QID Q327720 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Gattinger, Augustin|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Gattinger, Augustin ('August') (1825-1903), German-born American botanist and surgeon, born 2 Feb 1825 in Munich, medical student who, for political reasons, emigrated to Tenn. 1849, resident physician to the Ducktown Copper Mines in s.e. Tenn., surgeon for U.S. Army in Nashville, Tenn. during Civil War, Tenn. State Librarian for a 5-year period after the war, died 18 Jul 1903 in Nashville. **Abbreviated name**: *Gattinger* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gatt.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TENN|TENN]] (orig., but lost in fire), duplicates [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection DH|DH]] (now [[Collection NY|NY]]), [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PENN|PENN]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection VT|VT]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]] (now [[Collection NY|NY]]). – Some mss. material in Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn. and in [[Collection GH|GH]] (Thomas Morong papers). #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 220; Barnhart 2: 32; BL 1: 214-215, 297; BM 2: 644; Bossert p. 141; CSP 15: 226; Ewan Pap. p. 77; Frahm&E. p. 127 (portr.); Frodin ed. 2: 213; Hortus 3: 1193 (as "Gattinger, August"); IH 2: 218; Kew 2: 384; Kew List p. 25; Lenley p. 178; ME 1: 186, 3: 730; Morren ed. 10: 131; Pennell p. 607; Rehder 5(index): 311; TL-2/1: 921; Tucker 1: 271; Wagenitz p. 61-62; Zander ed. 11: 754, ed. 17: 949. #### Biofile - Bessey, C.E., 1904. Science, n.s., 19: 869. - Core, E.L., 1970. *In*, P.C. Holt (ed.), The distributional hist. biota S. Appalachians, Part 2: Flora: 47-50. (portr.) - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 195. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 135. - Franks, J.W., 1973. Manchester Mus. Publ., new ser., no. NS.1.73: 3, 14. - Gattinger, A. 1901. Preface to his Fl. Tenn. p. 3-10. (autobiogr., portr.) - Halley, R.A., 1904. Dr Augustin Gattinger... Nashville, Tenn. (The Cumberland Press): 28 p. (portr.) \[repr. from Amer. Hist. Mag. 9: 153-178 for Apr 1904\]. - Hertel, H. & A. Schreiber, 1988. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 26: 157, 315. - Lamson-Scribner, F., 1893. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 332-334. - Lubrecht, H., 1967. Early Amer. botany, New York (Stechert-Hafner, Inc.): 18. \[reprinted 1999\] - Mears, J.A., 1981. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 151. - Oakes, H.N., 1932. A brief sketch of life and works of Augustin Gattinger... Nashville, Tenn. (Cullom & Ghertner): 152 p., frontisp. (portr.) \[Master's thesis: reprinted from J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 7(4): 260-412. 1932\] - Priestly, M., 2001. Pl. Press (Sewanee) 5(1): 1, 3. - Rodgers, A.D., 1944. Amer. Bot. 1873-1892: 111-112, 128, 232-233. #### Composite works Lamson-Scribner (1893: 333) wrote that Gattinger contributed "the most chapters in Killebrew's work on \[grasses\]...", presumably in reference to *The grasses of Tennessee*... Nashville (American Co.) 1878, by Joseph Buckner Killebrew (1831-1906). ### Publications ##### n.36.154. trees **Title** On *trees* and *shrubbery*, adapted to the soil and climate of *Nashville*, in relation to yards, streets and public parks... \[Nashville... 1878\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878 (1 Sep 1878 transmittal date on p. \[1\]), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-28. *Copies*: HH, NY (n.v.), USDA (n.v.). ##### n.36.155. Notes **Title** Botanical Fragments: *Notes* on the *flora* of *Tennessee*, and a sketch of the history and problems of botany. A lecture addressed to the Agricultural, Dairy and Live Stock Convention, at Nashville, Tenn., May 15, 1884... \[Nashville\] 1884. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1884 (read 15 Mai 1884), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-12. *Copies*: HH, USDA (n.v.). ##### n.36.156. Tennessee Flora **Title** The *Tennessee Flora*; with special reference to the flora of Nashville\[.\] Phænogams and vascular cryptogams... Nashville, Tenn. (Published by the author) \["Printed by Carlon & Hollenbeck, Indianapolis, Ind."\] 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Tenn. Flora*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1887 (pref. p. 6 dated 3 Feb 1887), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-109, \[corrigenda\]. *Copies*: BM, HH(2), K, LC (n.v.), MO(2), NY(3) (n.v.), US(2, incl. Gattinger's own annotated copy), USDA. *Microfiche*: Westport, Conn. (Meckler/Chadwyck-Healey Publishing), \[1987?\], 2 microfiches (Plant taxonomic lit. microfiche coll., "1877B5-1878C3"). *Copy*: MO. ##### n.36.157. medicinal plants **Title** The *medicinal plants* of *Tennessee* exhibiting their commercial value with an analytical key, descriptions in aid of their recognition, and notes relating to their distribution, time and mode of collection, and preparation for the drug market arranged and published under the direction of T.F.P. Allison... Nashville, Tenn. (Franc. M. Paul, Printer to the State) 1894. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1894 (2 Jul 1894 date on p. \[xi\], "Introductory" by T.F.P. Allison), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-xxxi, \[1\]-128, \["Corrections and Omissions" errata slip\]. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY(2) (n.v.), US, USDA. *Microfilm*: \[Washington, D.C.\] Natl. Library of Medicine, s.d. *Copy*: (n.v.). *Note*: (1) Gattinger's "Letter of Transmittal" \[of the original mss.\] (p. \[iii\]) is dated 10 Mai 1894; the US copy is inscribed "Received from the author Sept. 30, 1894, Lester F. Ward". (2) The t.p. contains a misspelling "The medicinal plants of *Tennnessee* \[sic\]...", which is not found on the cover. (3) T.F.P. Allison was Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of Tenn.