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### Author
Hoffmann, \[Heinrich Karl\] Hermann (1819-1891), German mycologist, plant-geographer, and experimental systematist; Dr. med. Giessen 1841; practicing physician 1842; Privatdozent 1842; extraordinary professor 1848; from 1853 full professor of botany; from 1851 director of the botanic garden at Giessen.
**Abbreviated name**: *H. Hoffm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.Hoffm.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
University of Giessen; some further material at [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]] and [[Collection PC|PC]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Ainsworth p. 343 \[index\]; Barnhart 2: 189; BFM 321, 294; BM 2: 857-858; Bossert p. 178; CSP 3: 387-388, 10: 250-251, 12: 339-340, 15: 892-893; De Toni 1: lxiv; DTS 1: 120-122, (6)4: 154; Frank 3(Anh.): 45; IH 2: 280; Jackson p. 15, 97, 101, 163; LS 12406; Moebius p. 262, 318, 366; NI 897n, 898; PR 4141-4149 (ed. 1: 4591); Ratzeburg 247-248; Rehder 5: 398; Stevenson p. 1245; Tucker 1: 345.
- Anon., Bot. Not. 1892: 47; Bot. Gaz. 16: 350. 1891; Leopoldina 28: 49. 1892; Naturwiss. Wochenschr. 6: 471. 1891; Bot. Zeit. 49: 754. 1891.
- Anon., Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon ed. 13. 9: 300. 1884.
- Hoffmann, Ber. Oberhess. Ges. Nat. Heilk. 11: 183-184. 1864 (floristic appeal).
- Ihne, E., Bot. Centralbl. 48: 159-160. 1891; Ber. Oberhess. Ges. Nat. Heilk. Giessen 29: 1-40. 1893 (portr., bibl.).
- Ihne, E., und Schroeter, C., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 10: (11)-(27). 1892.
- Krumbiegel, I., Gregor Mendel 139. 1967.
- Roumeguère, C., Rev. mycol. 14(53): 54-55. 1892.
- Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 130. 1903, 3(3): 137, *pl. 125.* 1905 (portr.).
#### Eponymy
*Phaenohoffmannia* O. Kuntze (1891).
### Publications
##### n.2897. Schildering der deutschen Pflanzenfamilien
**Title**
*Schildering der deutschen Pflanzenfamilien* vom botanisch-descriptiven und physiologisch-chemischen Standpunkte... Giessen (Georg Friedrich Heyer's Verlag) 1846. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Schilder. deut. Pfl.-Fam.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Oct 1846 (Flora 21 Oct 1846), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-280, *pl. 1-12* (unsigned plain liths.). *Copy*: NY.
*Reissue*: Mainz (Verlag von J. G. Wirth Sohn) 1851. Oct., identical with original except for t.p., p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-280, *pl. 1-12* (id.). *Copies*: B, HBG, M(2), NY.
*Ref*.: Anon., Flora 29: 624. 21 Oct, 656. 7 Nov 1846.
- Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 4: 573-575. 14 Aug 1846, 9: 343-344. 1851.
##### n.2898. Nomenclator zu F. L. Walther's Flora von Giessen
**Title**
*Nomenclator zu F. L. Walther's Flora von Giessen*, 1802. \[Giessen\] 1849. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Nomencl. Fl. Giessen*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1849 (in journal), *in* Ber. Oberhess. Ges. Natur-Heilk. 2: 50-84. 1849. To be cited from journal.
##### n.2899. Pflanzenverbreitung und Pflanzenwanderung
**Title**
*Pflanzenverbreitung und Pflanzenwanderung*; eine botanisch-geographische Untersuchung ... Darmstadt (Verlag der Hofbuchhandlung von G: Jonghaus) 1852. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pfl.-Verbr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1852, p. \[1\]-144, chart. *Copy*: MBG.
##### n.2900. Icones analyticae fungorum
**Title**
*Icones analyticae fungorum*. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von Pilzen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Anatomie und Entwickelungsgeschichte... Giessen (J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung) 1861-1865, 4 Hefte, Fol.
**Abbreviated title**: *Icon. fung.*
**Notes**
1: \[i\], \[1\]-31, *pl. 1-6.* Jan-Apr 1861.
2: \[i-v\] \[33\]-56, *pl. 7-12.* Jun-Aug 1862.
3: \[i, iii\], \[57\]-78, *pl. 13-18.* Jul-Aug 1863.
4: \[i-v\], \[79\]-105, *pl. 19-24.* Jan-Mar 1865.
*Copies*: G, Stevenson; IDC 6275. – *Plates*: engraved, partly coloured.
*Ref*.: Schlechtendal D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 20: 45-46. 7 Feb 1862(1).
- Hoffmann, Bot. Zeit. 20: 303-304. 12 Sep 1862(2); 21: 244, 307-308. 1863; 23: 123-124. 1865.
- J.G., Bull. Soc. bot. France 8: 401-402. Jun 1861(1), 9: 354. Mar 1863(2), 12 (Rev. bibl.): 201. Nov 1865(4).
##### n.2901. Index fungorum
**Title**
*Index fungorum*, sistens icones et specimina sicca nuperis temporibus edita; adjectis synonymis... Indicis mycologici editio aucta. Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (Sumptibus A. Förstneri, bibliopolae. (A. Felix.)) 1863. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Index fung.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1863 (Bot. Zeit. 1 Jan 1864 "soeben", Flora 11 Feb 1864, BSbF Apr 1864), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-153. *Copies*: B, G, Stevenson, USDA; IDC 5035. – Originally issued as Beilage zur Botanischen Zeitung 1860, "*Index mycologicus* – cum synonymis." \[Berlin 1860\], 100 p.
*Ref*.: Hoffmann, Bot. Zeit. 22: 8, 62-63. 1864.
- Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 22: 91. 1864.
##### n.2902. Untersuchungen zur Bestimmung des Werthes von Species and Varietät
**Title**
*Untersuchungen zur Bestimmung des Werthes von Species and Varietät*. Ein Beitrag zur Kritik der Darwin'schen Hypothese... Giessen (J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung) 1869. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Unters. Sp. Var.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1869, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-171, *1 pl*. (plain lith.). *Copy*: M.
##### n.2903. Mykologische Berichte
**Title**
*Mykologische Berichte*. Uebersicht der neuesten Arbeiten auf dem Gebiete der Pilzkunde... Giessen (J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung) 1870-1872, 3 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Mycol. Ber.*
**Notes**
*Part* \[*1*\]: 1870 (p. viii: Apr 1870), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-95.
*Part* \[*2*\]: for 1870, Giessen (id.), *publ*. 1871, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-118.
*Part 3*: for 1871, Giessen (id.), *publ*. 1872, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-139.
*Copies*: B, Stevenson, USDA.
Continuation, in bookform, of a series of *Mykologische Berichte* published in the Botanische Zeitung:
|no. |Bericht |Bot. Zeit.|
|--- |--- |--- |
|1 |a |20: 157-160. 16 Mai 1862|
|2 |b |20: 178-184. 6 Jan 1862|
|3 |c |20: 266-268. 15 Aug 1862|
|4 |d |21: 71-72. 27 Feb 1863|
|5 |e |21: 283. 18 Sep 1863|
|6 |f |22: 22-23. 15 Jan 1864|
|7 |g |22: 258-263. 19 Aug 1864|
|8 |h |23: 57-59. 17 Feb 1865|
|9 |i |23: 323-326. 27 Oct 1865|
|10 |k |24: 69-72. 2 Mar 1866|
|11 |1 |24: 210-214. 6 Jul 1866|
|12 |m |25: 45-48. 8 Feb 1867|
|13 |n |26: 11-15. 3 Jan 1868|
|14 |o |27: 40-45. 15 Jan 1869|
The *Berichte* in bookform constitute the new series, nos. 15-17.
##### n.2904. Nachträge zur Flora des Mittelrheingebietes
**Title**
*Nachträge zur Flora des Mittelrheingebietes* \[Giessen 1879-1889\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Nachtr. Fl. Mittelrheingeb.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1879-1888, in journal, consolidated reprint p. \[1\]-368, *1 pl*. (map). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted from Ber. Oberhess. Ges. Nat. Heilk., Giessen (but in view of the rarity of the journal to be cited from the reprint):
18: 1-48. 1879, publ. 1880.
19: 17-64. 1880.
20: 65-112. 1881.
21: 97-144. Nov 1881.
22: 97-144. 1883.
23: 1-48. 1884.
25: 57-104. 1887.
26: 1-32. 1889.