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### Author
Hornschuch, Christian Friedrich (1793-1850), German botanist, mineralogist, entomologist, pharmacist 1808-1818; subsequently professor of botany and director of the botanic garden at Greifswald.
**Abbreviated name**: *Hornsch.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hornsch.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (destroyed except for some material in [[Collection B|B]]-Willd.). Collections from central Europe also in [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Moostaschenherbarium* (1815), [[Collection B|B]]. – See also under Hoppe.
*Ref*.: Familier, I., Denkschr. Regensb. bot. Ges. 11: 9, 12. 1911.
- Hedge, I.C. and J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 92. 1790.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 13: 158-159; AG 2(2): 195; Backer p. 273; Barnhart 2: 204; BM 2: 876; CSP 3: 439, 6: 691: De Toni 1: lxv; DTS 1: 127-128, 6(4): 11, 19; GR p. 91, *pl*. \[*19*\]; IH 2: 286; Jackson p. 98, 296, 477; Kew 3: 36; KR p. 307; Langman p. 376; Lasègue p. 328, 403, 502; LS 12677-12679; Maiwald p. 88, 90; MD p. 165-168; Moebius p. 119; MW p. 195; NAF ser. 2. 9: 123; NI 1438; PR 4269 (ed. 1: 4706-4707); Rehder 5: 406; RS p. 88; Saccardo 1: 90; SBC p. 123 ("Hornsch."); SY p. 57, 61, 64; TL-2/46; TR 593; Urban-Berl. p. 40, 303.
- Anon., Bot. Not. 1851: 47; Bonplandia 2: 266. 1854; Bot. Zeit. 9: 55-56. 1851; Flora 34: 62-63. 1851.
- Beck, G., Vegetationsverh. Illyr. Länder 4. 1901 (Veg. Erde 4).
- Dittrich, Festschrift zur 500-Jahrfeier der Universität Greifswald 2: 540-547. 1956 (portr., bibl.).
- Hausmann, F., Flora von Tirol 3: 1181. 1854.
- Müllier, R. H. W. & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 283. 1960.
- Scheutz, N.J. W., Bot. Not. 1863: 69.
- Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 169. 1942; Bot. Arch. 44(1): 153-154. 1942 (a planned biography of H.).
- Stafleu, F. A., Regn. veg. 71: 327. 1970.
- Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 179-180. 1906.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Archiu skandinauischer Beitraege zur Naturgeschichte*. Herausgegeben von C. F. Hornschuch, 2 vols., 1845-1850.
- (2) Nees von Esenbeck C.G., et al., *Bryologia germanica*. 1823-1831, collaborator.
- (3) Martius, *Flora brasiliensis, Musci*, 1(2): 1-96, *pl. 1-4.* 1840.
- (4) Preface to German ed. of C. A. Agardh, *Lehrbuch der Botanik*, 2e Abth., 1831 (TL-2/46).
- (5) Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. von, et al., *Horae physicae berolinensis*, 1820, Musci frondosi exotici herbarii willdenowiani..., on p. 55-68, with col. *pl. 12-13* (by J Sturm).
- (6) Presl, K.B., *Reliquiae haenkeanae, Musci*, vol. 1(1): 13. 1825.
- (7) See D. H. Hoppe, *Tageb. Reise adriat.*, no. 3036.
#### Eponymy
*Hornschuchia* C. G. D. Nees (1821); *Hornschuchia* K. P. J. Sprengel (1822); *Hornschuchia* Blume (1823).
### Publications
##### n.3051. De Voitia et Systylio
**Title**
*De Voitia et Systylio* novis muscorum frondosorum generibus. Commentatio quam consentiente amplissimo philosophorum ordine pro capessendis summis in philosophia honoribus edidit Christianus Fridericus hornschuch. Cum tabulis ii.aeneis pictis. Erlangae (Marcobreitae, typis Knenleinianis) 1818. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Voitia Systylio*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Feb (rd. Regensburg 5 Mar 1818), p. \[1\]-22, *1 pl*. with 2 col. engravings by I. Sturm. *Copies*: G, NY, Steere; IDC 5967.
*Ref*.: Hornschuch, C. F., Flora 2: 81-83. 14 Feb 1819, 97-107. 21 Feb 1819.
##### n.3052. Einige Beobachtungen und Bemerkungen über die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niederen vegetabilischen Organismen
**Title**
*Einige Beobachtungen und Bemerkungen über die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niederen vegetabilischen Organismen*. Von Dr. Hornschuch, M.d.A.d.N. Mit 2 Kupfertafeln. (Vorgelesen in dem wissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Greifswalde am 6 Januar 1820.) s.l.n.d. \[Bonn, 1821\]. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Beob. Entst. nied. Org.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1821, p. \[1\]-70, *pl. xlvii-xlviii* (col. copp. engr. T. Wild.) *Copy*: Regensburg.-Reprinted from Nova Acta Leop. 10: 513-582. 1821 (see also Flora 5: 705-714. 1832).
##### n.3053. Sylloge plantarum nouarum
**Title**
*Sylloge plantarum nouarum* itemque minus cognitarum a praestantissimis botanicis adhuc viventibus collecta et a societate regia botanica Ratisbonensi edita. Cum tabula aenea. Ratisbonae \[Regensburg\] (typis viduae C. E. Brenck) \[1822-\] 1824-1828. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Syll. pl. nov.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: 1822-1824, p. \[1\]-244, \[i\]-xii; *2*: 1825-1828, p. \[1\]-256, \[i\]-viii, *1 pl*. (uncol.). *Copies*: NY, U; IDC 5968. – A serial publication. From the recent biography of Hornschuch by Dittrich (see above) it seems unlikely that the former was the editor. However, the introduction by Hornschuch (vol. 2, p. 1-2) to Reinwardt's text indeed shows H. to be editor, at any rate for that part. Margadant (MD) gives the following survey of the mode of publication:
|vol. |pages |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |
|1 |\[1\]-16 |28 Jan 1822
| |17-32 |Jan-7 Apr 1822
| |33-80 |1822
| |81-240 |1823 or 1824
| |241-244 |1824
| |\[i\]-xii |1824
|2 |\[I\]-16 |1825|
| |17-32 |late 1825|
| |33-48 |Jan-Feb 1826|
| |49-112 |Mar-Dec 1826|
| |113-240 |1828|
| |241-256, \[i\]-viii |1828|
*Ref*.: Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. 1: cxli. 1891.
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van Fl. males. Bull. 4: 97-99. 1948.