> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 431](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355518) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6379-1) LSID 6379-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1731499) QID Q1731499 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.