> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 871](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33121002) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2876-1) LSID 2876-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21513475) QID Q21513475 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Frank, Joseph C. (1782-1835), German botanist and physician, traveller in the USA, whose collections were distributed by Hochstetter and Steudel for the *Unio itineraria*. **Abbreviated name**: *J.Frank* \[standard form in IPNI: *Frank*\] #### Herbarium and types Frank's herbarium (5.000-6.000 species, 15.000 specimens) was split up and sold, possibly also via Hochstetter and Steudel, Frank's connections with Esslingen date probably only from 1835. Specimens in many herbaria: [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection GRO|GRON]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection STU|STU]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection W|W]]. – Alph. de Candolle mentions a herbarium by J. C. Frank held by Doell; this is no longer extant. *Ref*.: IH 2: 206. - Anon., Flora 19(1). Int. Bl. 20(= 24). 21 Jun 1836 (sale herbarium). - Candolle, Phytographie 412. 1880. - Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 167. 1964. - Baur, Jb. Gesch. oberdeut. Reichsstädte 16: 250. 1970. - Stuckey, Castanea 39(3): 263-272. 1974 (list of 1835 type specimens of vasc. pl. in Amer. herbaria). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2:3; PR 3014. - Anon., Flora 19(1) Int. Bl. 18(= 22). 21 Jun 1836; 20: 209, 212, 655. 1837; 21: 240. 1838. - Baur, Jb. Gesch. oberdeut. Reichsstädte 16: 250. 1970. #### Eponymy *Frankia* Brunchorst (1886) and *Frankiella* R. Maire & A. Tison (1909) are dedicated to Albert Bernard Frank (1839-1900), German botanist. ### Publications ##### n.1849. Rastadts Flora **Title** *Rastadts Flora*. Heidelberg (J. M. Gutmann) 1830. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rastadts Fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1830 (Michaelis-Messe Frankfurt, see Flora 13(2). Beil. 26. 1830), p. \[i\]-xxxiii, \[1\]-171. *Copies*: G, NY. – An early attempt to arrange the species by habitat; one of the earliest "ecological" floras. The copy at G has a different imprint: "Heidelberg, in Commission bei C. F. Winter 1830." *Ref*.: PR 3014.