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### Author
Mertens, Karl (Carl) Heinrich (1796-1830), German botanist at St. Petersburg; son of F. K. Mertens.
**Abbreviated name**: *K. Mert.* \[standard form in IPNI: *K.Mert.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LE|LE]], incl. material collected on the voyage around the world on the Corvette Seniavin under Capt. Friedrich Lütke (1826-1829). See Clokie and [[Collection SK|SK]] for details. A large collection of letters received by M. is at [[Collection HU|HU]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 1: 188; Backer p. 367; BM 3: 1292; Bret. p. 322; Clokie p. 210-211; CSP 4: 352; Herder p. 229; IH 2: 530; Lasègue p. 331, 379, 505; MW suppl. p. 226; PR (alph.) (ed. 1: 6815); Rehder 1: 510; SK 1: 356-357, 8: lxv; TR 884-885; Urban-Berl. p. 267.
- Anon., Flora 12: 94. 1829, 13: 694-696. 1830 (obit.).
- Borodin, J., Trav. Mus. bot. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 4: 77-78. 1908.
- Candolle, Alph. de Phytographie 433. 1880.
- Dawson, W. R., Smith papers 70. 1934.
- Herder, F. v., Bot. Centralbl. 55: 261, 262, 263, 266, 292, 294. 1893 (coll. including those of his father at LE).
- Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 299-300; Fl. Kamtchatka 1: 9. 1927.
- Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 465. 1864.
- Lawrence, G. H. M., Huntia 1: 164. 1964 (coll. of letters at HU).
- Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61: 46-47. 1886 (coll. MW) (b. 17/30 Mai 1796, d. 17/30 Sep 1830).
- Lütke, F., Voyage autour du monde 3: 132-144 (botanical notes by Mertens), 337-352 (obituary). 1836 (see BM 3: 1156, sub Litke, F.P.).
- Merrill, E. D., Contr. U. S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 211. 1947.
- Mertens, K. H., Linnaea 4: 43-61. 1829 (two communications from the Seniavin, with notes by A. v. Chamisso), Engl. transl. *in* W.J. Hooker, Bot. Misc. 3: 1-23. 1833; Linnaea 5: 60-71. 1830 (further report from Seniavin).
- Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 72. 1946 (1948) (epon.).
- Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Lit.-Ber. Linnaea 1830: 211 (d. 30 Sep 1830).
- Schmid, C., Chamisso als Naturforscher 1942, nos. 71, 77, 246, 247, 303.
- Shetler, S. G., Komarov bot. Inst. 32, 46, 57, 58. 1967.