> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 237](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068479) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4014-1) LSID 4014-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69815) QID Q69815 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hoffmann, Georg Franz (1760-1826), German botanist, professor of botany at Erlangen (1789), Göttingen (1792) and Moscow (1804). **Abbreviated name**: *Hoffm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hoffm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MW|MW]]; further material at [[Collection GOET|GOET]] and [[Collection LE|LE]]. – Letters at [[Collection LINN|LINN]] (Smith corr.). – On 16 Sep 1815 G. F. Hoffmann wrote to J. E. Smith reporting the loss of his collections by fire. *Ref*.: Lindemann, Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 59(1): 304. 1884. #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 75; Barnhart 2: 188; Backer p. 270; BM 2: 857; Bossert p. 178; CSP 3: 386; DTS 1: 120, 4: xlv; Dawson p. 111, 112, 359, 417; Dryander 5: 285-286; GR p. 20-21, cat. p. 65; Hawksworth p. 183; Hortus 3: 1195 ("Hoffm."); HU 678; IF p. 703; Jackson p. 559 \[index\]; Kew 3: 8; Krempelh. 2: 56-58; Lasègue p. 337, 339, 353; Lipschitz 3: 18-19; LS 12396-12405; MW p. 184; NI 888-897; Plesch p. 265; PR 4125-4140 (ed. 1: 4581-4590); Rehder 5: 397; RS p. 87-88; SBC p. 122 ("Hoffm."); SO 735a; ST p. 63; Stevenson p. 1245; TR 581-584; Zander ed. 10, p. 670-671. - Anon., Bot. Zeit., Regensburg 3: 255-256. 1804; Flora 9: 336. 1826. - Bourdeille, Bull. Soc. imp. Natur. Moscou ser. 2. 6: 364-365, 489-490. 1900. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 90. 1969. - Hausmann, F., Fl. Tirol 3: 1180. 1854. - H.E., Rev. Encycl. sér. 3. 43: 258. 1829. - J., Dict. sci. méd. 5: 260-261. 1822 (bibl). - Killermann, S., Z. Pilzk. 4: 92-96. 1925, 5: 50-57. 1925 (relations with Persoon); Denkschr. Bayer, bot. Ges. Regensburg 19: 1-96. 1933. - Lipschitz, S. J., G. F. Hoffmann, Moskwa 1940. - Merrill, E. D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 153. 1947. - Schmid, G., Z. Pilzk. 17(2): 54-60. 1933 (relation with Persoon); Goethe und die Naturwissenschaften 524. 1940. - Shetler, S. G., The Komarov Botanical Institute 45, 197. 1967. - Stafleu, F. A., *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 21(2/3): 374. 1972 (portr.). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 130. 1903. #### Date of birth Hoffmann was born at Marktbreit (Unterfranken) on 13 Jan 1760. The date 31.1.1761, cited by various older sources is erroneous. Grummann (GR p. 20) checked the birthdate in the Marktbreit church archives. #### Handwriting Candollea 30: 395-396. 1975. #### Composite works Smith, J. E., *Compendium florae Brittaniae in usum florae Germanicae* editum a Georgio Francisco Hoffmann, Erlangae (apud Joannem Jacobem Palm) 1801. – 16mo (in eights), p. \[i-x\], \[1\]-274, \[1-6, index\]. *Copy*: HH. – See under J. E. Smith. *Note*: for Phytographische Blätter see no. 2889. #### Eponymy *Hoffmannia* O. Swartz (1788); *Hoffmannia* Willdenow (1789). ### Publications ##### n.2878. Enumeratio lichenum **Title** *Enumeratio lichenum* iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata a Georg Franc. Hoffmann. Fascic. I Lepra Verrucaria Tubercularia Scutellaria. Erlangae (Sumtibus Wolfgangi Waltheri) 1784 \[-1786\]. Qu. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. lich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1784 \[-1786\], p. \[i\], \[1\]-102, *pl. 1-22*, uncol. copper engr. *Copies*: FH, G, MICH, NY; IDC 579. – PR states that the book was published in three parts, part 2 1784, part 3 1786. We have seen no t.p.'s of these parts and do not know the contents. Fasc. 1 possibly comprised p. \[1\]-54 and *pl. 1-8.* The text ends abruptly with p. 102. ##### n.2879. Historia salicum iconibus illustrata **Title** *Historia salicum iconibus illustrata*... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (Impensis Siegfried Lebrecht Crusii) 1785-1791. 2 vols. Fol. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist, salic. ill.* **Notes** |vol. |fasc. |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[1\]-32 |1-5 |1785, Feb-Jun| | |2 |\[33\]-48 |6-10 |1785, Feb-Jun| | |3 |\[49\]-66 |11-16 |1786, prob. Sep-Oct| | |4 |\[i\*\], \[i\], 67-78 |17-24 |1787, prob. Sep-Oct| |2 |1 |\[1\]-12 |25-29, 31 |1791, Jan-Jun| The t.p. for vol. 1 \[i\*\], dated 1787, was issued with part 4. The book was issued with coloured (copies NY, U) as well as with plain plates (other copies seen), (copper engravings of drawings by the author). *Copies*: B, G, HU (as AD 70); L, M, MO (a few pl. col.), NY (plates col.) U (plates col), USDA; IDC 5954. ##### n.2880. De vario lichenum usu commentatio **Title** Georg. Franc. Hoffmann med. doct. *De vario lichenum usu commentatio* sect. I. Erlangae \[Erlangen\] (Impensis Joh. Jac. Palm.) 1786. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Var. lich. usu*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1786, p. \[1\]-35, \[36, theses\]. *Copies*: G, MICH, NY. *Ed*.\[*2*\]: 1787, see below under Mémoires,... sur l'utilité des lichens (no. 2881). ##### n.2881. sur l'utilité des lichens **Title** Mémoires, couronnés en l'année 1786, par l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon, *sur l'utilité des lichens*, dans la médecine et dans les arts; par MM. G. F. Hoffmann,... Amorcux, fils,... et Willemet... Lyon (Chez Piestre et Delamollière) 1787. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Util. lich.* **Notes** *Co-authors*: Pierre Joseph Amoreux (1741-1824) \[?, author is "Amoreux fils"\]; Pierre Rémi François de Paule Willemet (1762-1790). *Publ*.: 1787 (priv. p. \[3\]: 17 Sep 1787), p. \[i, iii\*\], \[i\]-xxxvi, followed by three articles: \[a\] by Willemet, p. \[i\], \[1\]-48, \[b\] by Amoreux, p. \[i\], \[1\]-103, and \[c\] by Hoffmann, p. \[i\], \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-8*, \[i\], 61-68, \[1-3, privilège\]. *Copies*: BR, G, Stevenson; IDC 922. \[a\] : Willemet, "*Lichénographie économique*, ou histoire des lichens utiles dans la médecine et les arts." \[b\] : Amoreux, fils, "*Recherches* et expériences *sur les* divers *lichens*, dont on peut faire usage en médecine et dans les arts." \[c\] : Hoffman, "*Commentatio de vario lichenum usu*." This is a reprint of the 1786 Publ. "De vario lichenum usu commentatio" (see no. 2880). The text on p. \[i\]-xxxvi is by Jean Emmanuel Gilibert (1741-1814), who also served as editor. ##### n.2882. Observationes botanicae **Title** *Observationes botanicae*. Erlangen (apud Joannen\[sic\] Jacobum Palm) 1787. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Obsew. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1787, p. \[1\]-19. *Copies*: G, USDA. ##### n.2883. Vegetabilia cryptogama **Title** *Vegetabilia cryptogama* \[Erlangae (Sumtu Joh. Jac. Palm)\] 1787-1790, 2 parts. Qu. (in twos). **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. crypt.* **Notes** \[*1*:\] 1787 (p. viii, Mar 1787), cover, p. \[i\*, iii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-42, *pl. 1-8.* Index on p. \[3\] cover. \[*2*:\] 1790, cover, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-34, *pl. 1-8.* *Copies*: G, MICH, MO, NY, Stevenson, US, USDA. – The *plates* are uncoloured copper engr. by the author. The title has "cryptogama" on the regular t.p.'s but "cryptogamica" on the covers. These covers also carry the imprint. ##### n.2884. Nomenclator fungorum **Title** *Nomenclator fungorum*. Pars I. Agarici. Accedunt tabulae vi aeri incisae et ab auctore delineatae. Verzeichniss der Schwämme. Erster Theil. Blätterschwämme. Mit 6 nach der Natur vom Verfasser gezeichneten Kupfertafeln. Berlin (bey Joachim Pauli, Buchhändler) 1789. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Nomencl. fung.* **Notes** *Part 1*: 1789 (p. vi: 18 Mar 1789; GGA 14 Sep 1789), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-256, *pl. 1-6* (uncol. copp. engr.). *Copies*: NY, Stevenson, US. – Anonymous; see also no. 2885. *Continuatio prima*, indice locupleta... Erste Fortsetzung, nebst dreifachen register. Berlin (id.) 1790. Oct., *publ*.: 1790, p. \[1\]-85. *Copy*: Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 2: 857. ##### n.2885. Abbildungen der Schwämme **Title** *Abbildungen der Schwämme*. Erstes \[-Drittes\] Heft. Taf. i-x. \[xxx\]. 1790-1793. Qu. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Abbild. Schwämme*. **Notes** *Heft 1*: 1790, p. \[i-iii\], *pl*. \[*1-10*\] (hand-col. copper engr.). *Heft 2*: 1791, p. \[i, cover\], *pl*. \[*11-20*\] (id.), index on p. \[iii\], cover. *Heft 3*: 1793, p. \[i, ii, cover\], *pl*. \[*21-30*\] (id.), index on p. \[iii\], cover. *Copies*: FH, Stevenson. – 30 anonymously published plates and some text on the covers of the fascicles. According to P. Usteri, Ann. Bot. 12: 77-80 (1794) Hoffmann was the "Herausgeber". There should have been 40 plates, intended to illustrate Hoffmann's also anonymous, *Nomenclator fungorum*, 1789-1790 † (no. 2884). The first two fascicles contain plates which are all (except for one) copied from James Bolton's *A history of fungusses*, growing about Halifax (Huddersfield 1788-1791). The third fascicle has 10 new species. The "Nachricht" contains the following statement: "... gröstentheils neue von Herrn Persoon zu Göttingen gesammelte und zu diesem Entzweck mitgetheilte \[communicated\] Arten, der Natur auf das getreueste von der Hand eines geschickten Mahlers nachgebildet ..." A review of fascicles 1-3 (*tt. 1-30*) appeared in GGA of 30 Oct 1793. *Ref*.: Killermann, S., Z. Pilz. 4: 92-96. 1925, 5: 50-57. 1925; Denkschr. bot. Ges. Regensburg 19: 1-96. 1933. - Schmid, Z. Pilzk. 12 (alte Folge 17): 54-60. 1933. ##### n.2886. Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum e classe cryptogamica **Title** *Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum e classe cryptogamica* Linnaei quae lichenes dicuntur. Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (Apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium) \[1789-\] 1790-1801, 3 vols. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. pl. cl. crypt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: three volumes, published in parts. *Copies*: G, USDA; IDC 813. |vol. |fasc. |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[1\]-32 |1-6 |1789| | |2 |\[i, ded.\], 33-64 |7-12 |1789| | |3 |\[i, ded.\], 65-86 |13-18 |1790| | |4 |\[i, ded.\], 87-104 |19-24 |1790| | | |t.p., pref. etc. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1-2, cont.\] | |1790| |2 |1 |\[i, ded.\], 1-21 |25-30 |1794 \[?\]| | |2 |\[i, ded.\], 23-46 |31-36 |1794 \[?\]| | |3 |\[i, ded.\], 47-62 |37-42 |1794 \[?\]| | |4 |\[i, ded.\], 63-78 |43-48 |1794| | | |t.p., cont. \[i\*t.p.\], \[1-2, cont.\] | |1794| |3 |1 |\[i, ded.\], 1-14 |49-54 |1801 \[?\]| | |2 |\[i, ded.\], 1-18 |55-60 |1801 \[?\]| | |3 |\[i, ded.\], 1-18 |61-66 |1801| | |4 |1-12 |67-72 1801| | | |t.p., cont. \[i\*t.p.\], \[1-2, cont.\] | |1801| The *plates* are hand-coloured copper engravings. *Portuguese ed.: "Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum* e classe criptogamica Linnaei quae lichenes dicuntur... Ad. Georg. Franc. Hoffmann p.p.e.... Lusitanorum botanicorum in usum, celsissimi ac potentissimi Lusitaniae principis regentis domini nostri, et jussu, et auspiciis denuo typis mandata, curante Fr. Josepho mariano Veloso." Ulysipone \[Lisboa\] (Typographia domus chalcographicae, ac litterariae ad arcum caeci) 1800. Oct. (in fours). *Editor*: José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo \[Velloso\] (1742-1811). *Vol. 1*: frontisp., p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-124, *pl. 1-13, 13B, 14-24.* *Vol. 2*: frontisp., p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-93, *pl. 25-41, 42a, 42b, 43-48.* *Copy*: Stevenson. *Plates*: hand-coloured copper engr. ##### n.2887. Deutschland Flora **Title** *Deutschland Flora* oder botanisches Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1791... Erlangen (Bey Johann Jacob Palm) \[1791\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Deutschl. Fl.* **Notes** \[*Erster Jahrgang*\]: Jan-Mar 1791, frontisp., p. \[i-xxvm\], *pl. 1-12*, \[i\*-x\*\], \[1\]-360, \[1, add.\]. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U, USDA. – *Plates*: hand-col. copper engr., in other copies uncol. Issues (for all 4 vols): "theils on Velin-, theils on Schreibpapier." *Zweiter Theil* "... für das Jahr 1795. Cryptogamie." Erlangen (id.) s.d., *publ*.: 1796, frontisp., p. \[i-lxviii\], \[1\]-200, \[1-39, cont. and err.\], *pl. 1-14. Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, US (2) USDA. – *Plates*: execution as in vol. for 1791; according to the publishers statement (Palm 1803) there should be *14 plates*, as in the US copies. *Date*: the Latin t.p. \[iii\] dated 1795, p. xii: 1796. *Dritter Jahrgang*: "... für das Jahr 1800... Dritter Jahrgang. I. Abtheilung. Erste bis Dreizehnte Klasse oder des ersten Jahrgang neue und vermehrte Auflage". Erlangen (id.), s.d. Oct. – *Publ*.: Mai-Dec 1800, frontisp., p. \[i-xlviii\], *pl. 1-12*, \[1\]-273, \[274, impr.\]. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. – *Plates*: execution as in previous vols. *Vierter Jahrgang*: "... für das Jahr 1804... Vierter Jahrgang oder des III. Jahrgangs II. Abtheilung. Vierzehnte bis drei und zwanzigste Klasse." Erlangen (id.), s.d. Oct. – *Publ*.: Feb-Mar 1804, frontisp. (by Chodowieky) p. \[ii, alt. t.p. identifying this also as a new edition of the Erster Jahrgang. II. Abtheilung\], \[iii-xlviii\], *pl. 1-12*, \[i, h.t.\], \[1\]-308. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U, US, USDA. *Note*: The number and arrangement of the unnumbered pages varies. Plates and accompanying text may be combined or separate. None of the copies seen was exactly identical with any of the other. *French ed.: La flore de l' Allemagne* ou étrennes botaniques pour l'an 1791 \[... 1795\]. Erlang (chez Jean Jacques Palm) 2 vols. 1791-1796. *1791*: frontisp., p. \[i-vi\], *pl. 1-12* (as in orig.), \[i-x\], \[1\]-360, \[361, err.\]. *Copies*: G, NY. *1795*: "Cryptogamie" Erlang (id.), publ. 1796 (p. 42: Mai 1796), frontisp., \[i\], \[1-60\], \[1\]-200, \[39, ind., err.\], *pl. 1-14* (id.). *Copy*: US. This is a reissue, with a french t.p. and latin preface, on velin, with col. plates, of the original sheets. Another reissue, with English title and latin preface is mentioned by the publisher Palm (1803), but was not seen by us. ##### n.2888. Hortus gottingensis **Title** *Hortus gottingensis* quem proponit simulque orationem inchoandae professioni sacram indicit Georg. Franc. Hoffmann... Gottingae \[Göttingen\] (sumptibus auctoris, et prostant Lipsiae, apud S. L. Crusium) 1793. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. getting.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1793, before 17 Jun, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-14, garden plan, (hand-coloured copper engraving by Besemann). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. *Ref*.: Römer, J. J., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 332. Apr-Sep 1794. - Usteri, P., Neue Ann. Bot. 1: 126-127. 1794. - Manitz, Wiss. Z. Fr. Schiller Univ. Jena, Mat. Nat. 24(4): 499. 1975. ##### n.2889. Phytographische Blätter **Title** *Phytographische Blätter*. Verfasst von einer Gesellschaft Gelehrten und herausgegeben von D. G. F. Hoffmann... Erster Jahrgang 1803. Göttingen (im Verlage bey P. G. Schröder) 1803. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Phytogr. Bl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Dec 1803 (p. x: Mar 1803), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-124, *pl. A-E*, i-iii (copper engr., all but iii hand-col.). *Copies*: G, NY. – Published in 2 "Stücke." *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Zeit., Regensburg 3: 255-256. 1804. - Meyer, Willdenowia 1: 773-776. 1957. ##### n.2890. Hortus mosquensis **Title** *Hortus mosquensis*. Prima dedit fruges alimentaque mitia terris. 1808. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. mosq.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Dec 1808 (p. v: 15 Mai 1808 (o.s.)), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-v, \[vii-xiii\], \[1\]-42 \[43-50\], *1 pl*. (plain). *Copies*: M; IDC 5955. ##### n.2891. Vegetabilia in Hercyniae subterraneis **Title** *Vegetabilia in Hercyniae subterraneis* collecta iconibus descriptionibus et observationibus illustrata... Norimbergae \[Nürnberg\] (Impensis Joan. Frid. Frauenholz) 1811. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. Hercyn. subterr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1811 (p. vi: id. Jul 1810), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-34, \[1, expl. pl\], *pl. 1-18* (hand-col. copper engr.). *Copies*: G, NY, Stevenson, USDA. ##### n.2892. Syllabus plantarum umbelliferarum **Notes** ==(This title does not exist in TL-2. This is simply placeholder text for parsing and database purposes.)== ##### n.2893. Syllabus plantarum umbelliferarum **Title** *Syllabus plantarum umbelliferarum* denuo disponendarum, exhibens enumerationem omnium specierum hucusque in pharmacopoliis receptarum, iconum accuratam citationem orthographiam, etymologiam et prosodiam nominum botanicorum;... Mosquae \[Moskva\] (Typis N. S. Vsevoloskianis) 1814. Oct. (size). **Abbreviated title**: *Syll. pl. umbell.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1814 (p. ii: 26 Sep 1814), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-20. *Copies*: G, L, NY, US (without \[i-iv\]), USDA (2 copies, each with the plates of the *Genera* 1814) (no. 2895). ##### n.2894. Icones et analyses Umbelliferarum **Title** *Icones et analyses Umbelliferarum*. Mosquae \[Moskva\] (e typographia Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevoloszky) 1814. **Abbreviated title**: *Icon. umbell.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1814, cover with (copy G) plates *1a, 1b, and 2*, uncoloured copper engr. *Copies*: G, LINN (the latter fide Jackson). ##### n.2895. Genera plantarum umbelliferarum **Title** Georg. Franc. Hoffmann... *Genera plantarum umbelliferarum* eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Accedunt icones et analyses aeri incisae. Mosquae (Sumtibus auctoris, typis N.S. Vsevolozskianis) 1814. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. pl. umbell.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1814 (p. xxii: id. Nov 1813; possibly in parts and p.p. in 1815), p. \[i\]-xxix, \[xxx\], \[1\]-182. *Copies*: L, NY, USDA (bound with *Syllabus*, 1814 (2893), followed by *pl. 1a, 1b, 2-4*). *Ed. 2*: 1816 (p. xxii: id. Mai 1816). Copies vary slightly. The U copy is as follows: frontisp. engr. t.p. 1816, p. \[i\]-xxxiv, \[1-2, consp., motto\], \[1\]-94, \[1, h.t. vol. 1, pars 2\], \[1-2, note\], engr. t.p. 1816, 95-122, syllabus \[1\]-20, plates, *1a, 1b, 2-4*, prospectus \[1\]-4, Erörterungen \[1\]-34, \[1-2, err.\], \[1-2, h.t. vol. 1, pars 1 and motto, wrongly bound\]. *Copies*: MICH, MO, U, US, USDA. – The *Syllabus* was also issued separately (see above, 1814) (no. 2893). ##### n.2896. Herbarium vivum **Title** *Herbarium vivum*, sive collectio plantarum siccarum, Caesareae universitatis mosquensis. Publicae utilitatis causa in ordinem secundum Systema Linnaearum digessit et edidit G. Fr. Hoffmann. Mosquae \[Moskva\] (Typis Universitatis) 1824-1825, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Herb. viv.* **Notes** *Pars 1*: 1824, p. \[1\]-179; *pars 2*: 1825, p. \[1\]-467. *Copy*: Helsinki University Library; photocopy at H. – Information by H. Luther and D. L. Hawksworth. The latter saw another copy at Leningrad and mentions the probable existence of a further copy at Moscow. In view of the existence of more than one copy the book must be considered as effectively published.