> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 494](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068736) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4636-1) LSID 4636-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251945) QID Q251945 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kanitz, August (Agoston, Agost) (1843-1896), Hungarian botanist, who studied with Neilreich in Wien, at Hungarian Altenburg (1869-1872), after 1872 professor of botany and director of the botanic garden at Klausenburg (Cluj, Kolozsvár). **Abbreviated name**: *Kanitz* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kanitz*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BP|BP]]; other material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 254; Backer p. 298; Barnhart 2: 270; BM 2: 957; Bossert p. 204; CSP 3: 606, 8: 52, 10: 372, 12: 377, 16: 182; DTS 1: 137 (d.: 12 Jul 1897); Frank 3(Anh.): 49; GR p. 659; Hortus 3: 1197 ("Kanitz"); IH 2: 341; Jackson p. 4, 18, 100, 118, 146, 267, 314, 372, 383, 474; Kew 3: 210-211 Langman p. 403; LS 13552-13553, 35228; MW p. 223-224; Plesch p. 286; Rehder 5: 445; TL-2/1: 197, 2: 2719; Tucker 1: 381. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1897: 47; Bot. Zeit. 54(2): 240. 1896. Österr. bot. Z. 24: 1-16. 1974 (portr.). - Beck, G., Vegetationsverh. Illyr. Länder 4, 16, 36. 1901 (Veget. Erde vol. 4). - Bettelheim, A., ed., Biogr. Jahrb. deut. Nekrol. 3: 92\*. 1900. - Diels, L. & J. Mildbraed, Generalregister Bot. Jahrb. 1(1-30): 30. 1904. - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 111. 1974. - Huszty, Studia bot. Hung. 8: 111-124. 1973 (on K. and the Magy. növén. Lapok). - Knapp ("-a-"), Oest. bot. Z. 24: 1-16. 1874. - Nordstedt, C. F. O., Index Desmid. bibl. 19. 1896. - Pax, F., Grundz. Pflanzenverbr. Karpathen 29, 59. 1898 (Veg. Erde vol. 2(1)). - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 180. 1906. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 157, *pl. 22.* 1903 (portr.). #### Composite works - (1) With P. Ascherson: *Catalogus Cormophytorum et Anthophytorum Serbiae*. Claudiopoli (Cluj) 1877 (TL-2/197). - (2) Editor and founder of *Magyar Növénytani Lapok* (1-6), (1877-1892). - (3) With S. Schulzer von Müggenburg (q.v.) and J. A. Knapp, *Die bisher bekannten Pflanzen Slavoniens*. Wien 1866, p. \[1\]-172 (see Bot. Zeit. 24: 233. 27 Jul 1866). - (4) Martius, *Flora brasiliensis*: (a) *Lobeliaceae*, 6(4): 129-158, *pl. 39-45.* 1 Dec 1878. (b) *Haloragaceae*, 13(2): 373-382, *pl. 68-69.* 1 Mai 1882. (c) *Campanulaceae*, 6(4): 177-188, *pl. 48-49.* 1 Jun 1885. - (5) Warming, E., *Symbolae, Haloragidaceae*, part 35, p. 165, publ. 21 Apr 1891; *Lobeliaceae*, part 38, p. 46, publ. 3 Mai 1892. ### Publications ##### n.3502. Rèliquiae kitaibelianae **Title** *Rèliquiae kitaibelianae* e manuscriptis musei nationalis hungarici publicatae Augusto Kanitz,... Vindobonae \[Wien\] (apud Guil. Braumüller bibliopolam C. R. Aulicum) 1862-1863. Ou. **Abbreviated title**: *Reliq. kit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863, p. \[i\], \[1\]-199. *Copies*: M, MO, NY. – Number of copies printed: 70 (of which 10 Wien 12: \[559-576 one copy\], 589-606. 1862 (publ. Jan-Apr 1863) and 13: 57-118, 505-554. 1863 (publ. before Oct) (resp. p. \[1\]-18, \[19\]-80 and 81-139). See also Kanitz, Linnaea 32(3): 305-385. Sep 1863, 385-640. Jan 1864, 641-642. Feb 1864 (Further additions to the Flora hungarica from Kitaibels mss. at BP) (see TL-2/3504). *Ref*.: Fournier, P. N. E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 10: 449. Jan 1864. ##### n.3503. Geschichte der Botanik in Ungarn **Title** *Geschichte der Botanik in Ungarn*. Skizzen von August Kanitz. Gedruckt in 70 Exemplaren. Hannover (Druck und Verlag von Wilh. Riemschneider) Pestl (In Commission bei Mor. Rath.) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gesch. Bot. Ungarn*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863, p. \[i\], \[1\]-199. *Copies*: M, MO, NY. – Number of copies printed: 70 (of which 10 for the trade). A fuller account was published as "*Versuch einer Geschichte der ungarischen Botanik*," Linnaea 33: 401-664, referred to as "Kanitz" in TL/2, citation by numbers of entries. This later version has no index. See no. 3505. – The first three chapters were published originally in Bonplandia; after the discontinuation of *Bonplandia* Kanitz had the later chapters printed at his own cost at the same printing shop. Schlechtendal, regretting the relative unavailability of this text, invited Kanitz to publish this emended version in Linnaea. The 22 year old Kanitz was assisted in the compilation of this work by Neilreich. Preliminary notice in Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien 12: 97-100. 1862. ##### n.3504. Additamenta ad floram hungaricum **Title** Pauli Kitaibelii *Additamenta ad floram hungaricum* e manuscriptis 80. i. ii. iii. iv. oct. lat. de plantis Hungariae mus. nat. Hung. edidit Augustus Kanitz. Ex Linnaeae xxxii. tomo impressum. Halis Saxonum \[Halle a. S.\] (Typis Gebauerio – Schwetschkianis) 1864. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Addit. fl. hung.* **Notes** *Publ*.: (as a reprint) Feb 1864, p. \[i\], \[1\]-338. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted from Linnaea 32(3): 305-384. Sep 1863, 32(4/5): 385-640. Jan 1864, 32(6): 641-642. Feb 1864 (reprint with orig. pagination at B) (see also 3502). ##### n.3505. Geschichte der ungarischen Botanik **Title** Versuch einer *Geschichte der ungarischen Botanik*, von August Kanitz. Beigedruckt mit einige theils wenig bekannte, theils umgedruckte botanische Aufsätze ungarischer Botaniker ... Halle (Gebauer-Schwetschke'sche Buchdruckerei) 1865. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gesch. ungar. Bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1865 (as a reprint), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-264. *Copies*: G, M, MO, NY. – Reprinted from Linnaea 33(3/4): 401-512. Dec 1864, 33(5): 513-640. Mar 1865, 33: 641-664. Jun 1865. ##### n.3506. A magyar tartományok növémyzeti viszonyai **Title** *A magyar tartományok növémyzeti viszonyai* irta Kánitz Ákos,... Pest (Nyomatott Emich Gusztàv,...) 1866. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Magy. növém. viszon.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1866, p. \[1\]-112. *Copy*: G. – A paper on Hungarian plant geography reprinted from a general treatise on the physical geography of Hungary: *Magyarország természeti viszényai*, vol. 3, p. 611-720. German summary: Das Ausland 1867: 531-535. ##### n.3507. Plantae Tinneanae **Title** *Plantae Tinneanae* sive descriptio plantarum in expeditione Tinneana ad flumen Bahret-Ghasal eiusque affluentias in septentionali interioris Africae parte collectarum. Opus xxvii tabulis exornatum Theodori Kotschy et Joannis Peyritsch consociatis studiis elaboratum suis sumptibus ediderunt Alexandrina P. F. Tinne et Joannis A. Tinne. Vindobonae \[Wien\] (Typis Caroli Gerold filii 1867). Plantes Tinnéennes... Auszug besorgt von August Kanitz. Regensburg (Druck von F. Neubauer (Krug's Wittwe)) 1868. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Tinn.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1868 (Bot. Zeit. 14 Mai 1869), p. \[1\]-60. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Flora 51: 385-398. 8 Oct 1868, 417-425. 21 Oct 1868, 433-441. 28 Oct 1868, 465-472. 8 Nov 1868, 497-511. 23 Nov 1868, 513-519. 8 Dec 1868 (p. 518/519 Filicinae by G. Mettenius). Extract and commentary on Kotschy et Peyritsch, *Plantae Tinneanae*, no. 3894. ##### n.3508. Expeditio austro-hungarica ad oras Asiae orientalis **Title** *Expeditio austro-hungarica ad oras Asiae orientalis*. Anthophyta quae in Japinia legit beat. Emanuel Weiss med. dr. et quae Museo nationali Hungarico procuravit Joannes Xanthus ... Budapestini (Typis Societ. "Franklin") 1878. **Abbreviated title**: *Exp. Asiae orient.* **Notes** *Collector*: Emanuel Weiss (1837-1870). *Publ*.: 1878 (p. 31: kal. Apr 1878), p. \[1\]-31. *Copy*: G.– reprinted from Természetrajzi füzetek 1878 (fasc. \[1\], 2 and 3). – The collections were donated by the Hungarian collector Lajos János Xantus de Vesey (1825-1894). ##### n.3509. Plantas Romaniae hucusque cognitas **Title** *Plantas Romaniae hucusque cognitas* enumerat Augustus Kanitz. Melléklet a Magyar növénytani lapok iii-v. évfolyamához. Claudiopoli \[Klausenburg, Cluj\] (apud E. Demjén), Londini (Dulau & Co.), Vindobonae \[Wien\] (Apud W. Braumüller et fil.) 1879-1881. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Roman.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Published separately but originally as a supplement to various parts of vols. 3-5 of Magyar növénytani Lapok, Cluj, 1879-1881 (see p. xi): |part |pages |dates |Magy. növ. Lap. vol.| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[1\]-76 |Dec 1879 |3| |2(1) |77-92 |Jun 1880 |4| |(2) |93-124 |Jul 1880| |(3) |125-140 |Jul 1880| |(4) |141-172 |Nov 1880| |(5) |173-204 |Dec 1880| |3(1) |205-220 |Feb 1881 |5| |(2) |221-252 |Apr 1881| |(3) |253-260 |Oct 1881| |(4) |261-268 |Nov 1881| |(5) |\[i\]-xxiii |Dec 1881| *Copies*: BR, G, KNAW, L, M, NY, Regensburg (orig. covers), USDA. – The place of publication is Claudiopolis (Lat.), Klausenburg (German), Cluj (Roumanian), Kolosvár (Hungarian), at the time of Kanitz part of Austro-Hungarian Siebenburgen (Transylvania), since 1920 part of Rumania. – From preface (p. xiii): "Sententia mea in hoc opere fuit: in necessarias unitas, in dubiis liberta, in omnibus caritas".