> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 601](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068843) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12620-1) LSID 12620-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2623607) QID Q2623607 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.