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### Author
Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich, Freiherr von (1882-1940), Austrian botanist and explorer; Dr. phil. Wien 1907; in China 1914-1919; from 1903-1925 connected with the University of Vienna, from 1925-1931 at the Natural History Museum; pupil of Richard Wettstein; died in a car accident on 1 Feb 1940.
**Abbreviated name**: *Hand.-Mazz.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hand.-Mazz.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
at [[Collection W|W]] and [[Collection WU|WU]]. The first set of the moss collections from Iraq and China is at [[Collection H|H]]. [[Collection W|W]] has the main set of the Chinese and Iraq plants, [[Collection WU|WU]] of the Central European collections. Further types at [[Collection FI|FI]] in the Giraldi and Silvestri collections. [[Collection FI|FI]] has also many isotypes of other Handel-Mazzetti taxa.
*Ref*.: Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 331. 1975; Bryologist 80: 509. 1978.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 12(2): 27; Backer p. 652; Barnhart 2: 121; BFM 814, 1566; BJI 2: 67; BM 6: 431; BL 2: 405, 664; Bossert p. 162; DTS 6(4): 76, 77, 80, 146-147; Hortus 3: 1194 ("Hand.-Mazz."); IF suppl. 3: 210; IH2: 253; Kew 2: 570-572; Langman p. 347; Lenley p.210; LS 11087; MW p. 156-157, suppl. p. 83-84; SBC p. 121 ("Hand.-Mazz."); Tucker 1: 316.
- Anon., Rev. bryol. lichén. 16: 131. 1947.
- Collander, R., Hist. bot. Finland 40. 1965.
- Handel- Mazzetti, H. von, *in* Fedde, Rep. Spec. nov. 46: 82-94. 1939 (ideas on botanical nomenclature).
- Janchen, E., Richard Wettstein 180. 1933; Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 57: (179)-(201). 1939 (1940) (portr., extensive bibl.).
- Janchen, E., Catal. fl. austr. 1: 43, 47. 1956, 890, 968. 1960.
- Stapf, O., Nature 115: 996. 1925.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Asclepiadaceae und Apocynaceae*, in R. v. Wettstein, *Ergebnisse der botanischen Expedition... nach Südbrasilien* vol. 1, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien 79(2): 377-388, preprints distributed 1910; vol. 79(2) was completed only in 1931.
- (2) Part 10, cent. 37-40, of R. v. Wettstein et al. *Schedae ad floram exsiccatam Austro-Hungaricum*, Wien, 1913, 132 p.
#### Eponymy
*Handelia* Heimerl (1922); *Handeliella* Skuja (1937); *Handeliobryum* V. F. Brotherus (1925); *Handeliodendron* Rehder (1935); *Mazzettia* Iljin (1955); *Pseudohandelia* Tzvelev (1961).
### Publications
##### n.2362. Monographie der Gattung Taraxacum
**Title**
Aus dem botanischen Institut der k.k. Universität Wien. *Monographie der Gattung Taraxacum*... Herausgegeben mit Unterstützung der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mit 2 Tafeln in Lichtdruck, 3 lithogr. Tafeln und 2 Karten... Leipzig und Wien (Franz Deuticke) 1907. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Taraxacum*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1907 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1907; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1907), \[i\]-x, \[1, cont.\], \[1\]-175, *pl. 1-7* (see above). *Copies*: B, G, M, MO, NY. – *Motto*: "Genus auctoram negligentia hucusque valde desolatum, taediosa sane foliorum comparatio... tirones tam confusos reddit, quam ipsi sunt Floristae" (Reichenbach, Fl. germ. exc. p. 270). – "The...
*Monographia*... is another remarkable example of Teutonic painstaking and thoroughness." (R.M.M., 1908).
*Nachträge*: Österr. bot. Z. 72: 254-275. 1923.
*Ref*.: R.M.M., J. Bot. 46: 205. 1908.
- Solms, H., Bot. Zeit. 65(2): 353-354. 16 Nov 1907.
- Diels, F. L. E., Bot. Jahrb. 40 (Lit.): 61. 1908.
##### n.2363. Pteridophyta und Anthophyta aus Mesopotamien
**Title**
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition nach Mesopotamien, 1910. *Pteridophyta und Anthophyta aus Mesopotamien* und Kurdistan sowie Syrien und Prinkipo. \[Wien (Alfred Hölder) 1912-1914\], 4 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pteridoph. Anthoph. Mesopot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Reprinted with independent pagination from Ann. k.k. naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 1912-1914 as follows (*Copy: G*):
*1*: \[1\]-36, *pl. 2, in* Ann. 26: 120-154. 1912. (Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1912).
*2*: \[1\]-52, *pl. 1-4, 2-4, in* Ann. 27: 41-92. 1913 (id. Nov 1914).
*3*: \[1\]-69, *pl. 16-19, in* Ann. 27: 391-459 1913 (id. Apr 1914).
*4*: \[1\]-27, *pl. 2, in* Ann. 28: 14-39. 1914 (p. 26-38: Nov 1913).
See also, Handel-Mazzetti, *Die Vegetationsverhältnisse von Mesopotamien und Kurdistan*, p. \[1\]-65, *pl. 3-8, in* Ann. 28: 48-111. 1914 (p. 65-111: Dec 1913).
*Ref*.: Diels, F. L. E. Bot. Jahrb. 49(Lit.): 31, 62. 1913.
- Krause, Bot. Jahrb. 52(Lit.): 42. 1915.
##### n.2364. Symbolae sinicae
**Title**
*Symbolae sinicae* Botanische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien nach Südwest-China. 1914/1918. Wien (Verlag von Julius Springer) 1929-1937, 7 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Symb. sin.*
**Notes**
*1. Algae* (Skuja), \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-105, \[106, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-3, fig. 1-12.* 1937 (Nat. Nov. Sep 1937).
*2. Fungi* (Keissler, Lohwag), \[i\], \[1\]-79, *fig. 1-3.* Nachtr. Teil 5 \[1 p.\], id. Teil 6 \[1 p.\]. 1937 (Nat. Nov. Sep 1937)
*3. Lichenes* (Zahlbruckner), \[i-ii\], \[1\]-254, *pl. I.* Dec. 1930 (Bryologist, rev. 1 Jul 1931; Nat. Nov. Jan 1931).
*4. Musci* (Brotherus), \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-v, \[1\]-147, *pl. 1-5.* Jan-Apr 1929 (p. v: autumn 1928; Bryologist rev. 31 Mar 1930; Nat. Nov. Apr 1929).
*5. Hepaticae* (Nicholson, Herzog, Verdoorn), \[i-iii\], \[1\]-60, fig. 1-21. Jan-Aug 1930. (Bryologist rev. 11 Mar 1931; Nat. Nov. Aug 1930).
*6. Pteridophyta* (Handel-Mazzetti), \[i-ii\], \[1\]-52, \[1, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-2.* Jan-Apr 1929 (Nat. Nov. Apr 1929).
*7. Anthophyta* (by Handel-Mazzetti) 1929-1936.
|Lief. |pages |*pl*. |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |\[1\]-209, \[210, expl. pl.\] |1-4 |5 Oct 1929|
|2 |211-448, \[1-2, id.\], abbr. on p. 2 cover | |5-8 |10 Aug 1931|
|3 |449-730, \[1, id.\], err. slip |9-12 |28 Aug 1933|
|4 |731-1186, \[1-2, id.\], slip abbr. |13-19 |1 Feb 1936|
|5 |1187-1450, \[i-ii\], err. slip |- |15 Sep 1936|
*Copies*: G, MICH, MO, NY, US, USDA (Copies differ slightly in absence and presence of preface material).
*Collaborators*: Heinrich Andres (1883-1970), Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (1849-1929), Theodor K.J. Herzog (1880-1961), Karl von Keissler (1872-1965), Heinrich Lohwag (1884-1945) J. A. Nannfeldt (1884-x), William Edward Nicholson (1866-1945), Gunnar Samuelsson (1885-1944), Heinrich Skuja (1892-x), Karl August Harald Smith (1889-1971), E. Stibal, Frans Verdoorn (1906-x), Franz Elfried Wimmer (1881-1961), Hubert J. P. Winkler (1875-1941), Alexander Zahlbruckner (1860-1938).
*Ref*.: A.G., AB. R(endle) et al., J. Bot. 67: 184-186. Jun 1929 (4,6); Anon., ib. 68: 286-287.
- Sep 1930 (5,7(1)); 70: 28-29. Jan 1932 (7(2)); 72: 150. Mai 1934 (7(3)); 74: 150-151. Mai 1936 (7(4)); 74: 333-334. Nov 1936 (7(5)).
##### n.2365. Naturbilder aus Südwest-China
**Title**
*Naturbilder aus Südwest-China*. Erlebnisse und Eindrücke eines Österreichischen Forschers während des Weltkrieges... Wien und Leipzig (Österreichischer Bundesverlag für Unterricht, Wissenschaft und Kunst) 1927 Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Naturbild. Südw.-China*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1927 (p. xiv: Mai 1926), p. \[i\]-xiv, 1-380, map, *fig 1-148* (in part hors texte). *Copies*: B, L, NY, U, USDA.
##### n.2366. Acta Horti gothob
**Title**
Plantae sinenses a dre. H. Smith annis 1921-1922, 1924 et 1934 lectae. XXXIII Ranunculaceae. *Acta Horti gothob*. 13: 37-219. 1939.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Karl August Harald Smith (1889-1971).
*Publ*.: Advance reprints were distributed between May and October 1939 (Ranunculaceae printed 11 Mai 1939; vol. 13 distr. Jul 1940; inf. B. Peterson).
*Ref*.: Stearn, W. T., *in* F.C. Stern, A study of the genus Paeonia 151. 1946.