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### Author
Koenig, Karl Dietrich Eberhard (1774-1851), British botanist (Koenig or König, alias Charles Konig) of German birth; keeper of mineralogy British Museum 1813.
**Abbreviated name**: *K. D. Koenig* \[standard form in IPNI: *K.D.Koenig*\]
#### Herbarium and types
König was employed at the British Museum. Letters to J. E. Smith at [[Collection LINN|LINN]].
*Ref*.: Dawson, W. R., Smith papers 61. 1934.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 308; BB p. 177; BM 1: 210, 2: 1007; Bossert p. 217; CSP 3: 725; Dawson p. 98, 509; Desmond p. 365; DNB 31: 343-344; Frank 3(Anh.): 52; Hortus 3: 1197 ("K. König"); Langman p. 415; PR 4799-4800 (ed. 1: 5355-5356); Quenstedt p. 240; Rehder 5: 465; TL-2/1: 1069; Zander ed. 10, p. 679-680.
- Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 40-41, 181. 1967.
- Anon., Bot. Zeit. 10: 647. 1852.
- Cameron, Sir Joseph Banks 261. 1952.
- Milner, J. D., Cat. Portr. Kew 71. 1906.
- Stafleu, F. A., *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 21: 490. 1972 (portr.).
#### Composite works
K. P. J. Sprengel, *Introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants*, London 1807, English translation by König.
#### Eponymy
Koniga \[sic\] R. Brown (1826).
### Publications
##### n.3826. Tracts relative to botany
**Title**
*Tracts relative to botany*, translated from different languages. Illustrated by nine copper plates and occasional remarks. London (printed and sold by Phillips and Fardon,...) 1805. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tracts bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1805 (plates dated Mai 1805; printer's date on \[278\]: 1804), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-277, *pl. 1-9* (uncol. copp. by F. Sansom). *Copies*: NY, USDA. – See e.g. BM for contents. – *Authors*: J. Hedwig, Link, O. Swarz \[sic\], Vicente de Cervantes, H. E. Mühlenberg, Jussieu \[A.L.\], F. Ehrhart.
##### n.3827. Annals of Botany
**Title**
*Annals of Botany*. Editors, Charles Konig, F.L.S. and John Sims, M.D., F.L.S.... London (printed for the editors by R. Taylor and Co.,...) \[1804-\] 1804-1806. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ann. Bot.*
**Notes**
*Co-editor*: John Sims (1749-1831).
*Vol. 1*: in three parts, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-592, *pl. 1-12* (uncol.).
*Vol. 2*: in three parts, frontisp. portr. Dillenius, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-600, *pl. 1-17* (uncol. except 14 handcol.).
*Copies*: G, MO, NY(2), USDA (vol. 1 has a hand col. *pl. 13*); IDC 5986.
|vol. |/part |pages |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |(1) |1-192 |1 Mai 1804
| |(2) |193-408 |1 Sep-6 Nov 1804
| |(3) |409-592 |1-15 Jan 1805
|2 |(1) |1-208 |1 Jun\[?\] 1805\*|
| |(2) |209-392 |1 Oct\[?\] 1805\*|
| |(3) |393-600 |1 Sep 1806|
\* Greene states that these dates are open to doubt. The parts were received by the Linnean Society only on 15 Apr 1806.
*Ref*.: P & W p. 324; SK 4: cxciii.
- Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. 1: cxxxi. 1891.
- Britten, J., J. Bot. 40: 419. 1902.
- Greene, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 319-320. 1958.