> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 922](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190393) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8639-1) LSID 8639-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111301) QID Q111301 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Roth, Johannes Rudolph (1814-1858), German zoologist and explorer; professor of zoology München 1843; travelled to Arabia petraea, Palestine, the Libanon and Egypt with M. Erdle and G.H. von Schubert 1836-1837; with W.C. Harris to Schoa (Ethiopia) 1841-1843; in Aden 1847; in Greece and Palestine 1852-1853; ultimately in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria 1856-1858; died of malaria in the Antilibanon. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Roth* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Roth*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection M|M]]. – Further material at [[Collection DBN|DBN]] (C. Eur.), [[Collection FI|FI]] (Palestine), and [[Collection K|K]] (Syria). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 53: 530-533 (dates probably inaccurate; V. Hantzsch); AG 3: 164; Barnhart 3: 182 (b. 4 Sep 1814, d. 26 Jun 1858); BM 4: 1737-1738; Herder p. 218; PR 8153, ed. 1: 9107; Quenstedt p. 368; (b. 14 Sep 1815, d. 25 Jun 1858; dates probably inaccurate). #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 6: 295-296. 1858 (d. 26 Jun 1858 at Huz-Baba, Antilibanon, of malaria); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1897: 114; Bull. Soc. bot. France 5: 312. 1858 (coll. 1856-1858 rd. by M. \[N.B. The reference to "Roth" in BSbF 29: 188. 1882 is a mixture of A.W. and J.R. Roth\]); Österr. bot. Z. 8: 268. 1858 (plant collections rd. by M), 307. 1858 (d. 28 Jun 1858). - Blatter, E., Fl. Aden 6-7. 1914 (Roth visited Aden 1847); Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8(5): 467. 1937 (Arabia petraea, Palestine, Libanon 1837; Aden 1847). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 432. 1980. - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 254. 1882. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 16: 425. 1980 (coll. M; lich.). - Martius, C.F.P. von, Akad. Denkreden 601-602. 1866. - Roth, J.R., *in* W.J. Hooker, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 216-219. 1849 (on Aden). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 16: 240. 1858 (obit.). - Wagner, A., Gelehrte Anz. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss. 48: 25-31, 33-46. 1859 (commemorative address, b. 4 Sep 1815 \[sic, err.\], bibl.; Roth published many book reviews in Gelehrte Anz.). #### Composite works See A. von Schenk, *Plantarum species quas in itinere per Aegyptum*... 1839. ### Publications ##### n.9644. Schilderung der Naturverhältnisse in Süd-Abyssinien **Title** *Schilderung der Naturverhältnisse in Süd-Abyssinien*. Fest-Rede vorgetragen in der öffentlichen Sitzung der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München zur Feier ihres zweiundneunzigsten Stiftungstages am 28 März 1851... München (Auf Kosten der Akademie...) 1851. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Schilder. Nat.–Verh. Süd-Abyss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851 (rd. Geol. Soc. London 1 Jul-31 Oct 1851; address delivered 28 Mar 1851), p. \[1\]-30. *Copy*: G.