> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 170](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258648) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3075-1) LSID 3075-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4993035) QID Q4993035 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Gelert, Otto Carl \[Christian, Kristian\] Leonor \[Laurtis, Lauritz\] (1862-1899), Danish batologist and floristic taxonomist, born 9 Nov 1862 in Nybol, pharmacy examination 1883, worked as a druggist then in a sugar refinery and finally at the Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, visited Canary Islands 1897, died of consumption (phthisis) 20 Mar 1899 in Copenhagen. **Abbreviated name**: *Gelert* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gelert*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection C|C]] (esp. *Rubus*), [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. *Exsiccatae*: see Friderichsen, \[Peter\] Kristian \[Nikolaj\] (1853-1932). #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 222; Barnhart 2: 37 (as "Otto Kristian Lauritz Gelert"); BL 1: 155, 297, 2: 457, 658; BM 6: 361; BN p. 23, 174; CSP 15: 253; IH 2: 209 (sub Friderichsen, Kristian), 220; KR p. 237; Rehder 5(index): 314; TL-2/3: 948 (index); Tucker 1: 273; Urban-Berl. p. 349. #### Biofile - Christensen, C., 1913. Dansk Bot. Litt. 1880-1911: 122-123. (bibl. \[20 works, incl. exsicc.\], (portr.) - Christensen, C., 1913. Danske Bot. Hist. Heft 5: 809-810. - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 6. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 62. - Jackson, B.D., 1901. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1901: 24, 25. - Ostenfeld, C.H., 1900. Bot. Tidsskr. 23: 323-327. (portr.) - Rydberg, P.A., 1907. Augustana Coll. Rib. Publ. 4: 46-47. #### Composite works - (1) The pref. (p. iii-iv) of Part I of C.H. Ostenfeld, *Fl. arct.*... 1902 (TL-2/3, nr. 7129) credits half the work to O. Gelert who began working on it in 1896. - (2) A number of papers on *Rubus* were co-authored with \[Peter\] Kristian \[Nikolaj\] Friderichsen (1853-1932). ### Publications ##### n.36.243. Notes **Title** *Notes* on *arctic plants*... Kjøbenhavn \[H. Hagerups forlag\] 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jul 1898 (in journal), p. \[287\]-318. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Tidsskr. 21(3): 287-318. 1898. *Note*: Text pages 287-310 are in English, pages 311-318 in Danish. ##### n.36.244. Rubus-Hybriden **Title** Die *Rubus-Hybriden* des Herrn \[Dr.\] Utsch und die Rubus-Lieferungen in Dr. C. Baenitz: Herbarium Europaeum 1897 und 1898... Separat-Abdruck a. d. Oesterr. botan. Zeitschr.... 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898 (noticed 15 Mai 1898), p. \[1\]-4. *Copies*: G, L, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Oesterr. Bot. Z. 48(4): 127-130. 1898.