> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 578](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068820) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4874-1) LSID 4874-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90471) QID Q90471 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kniphof, Johann\[es\] Hieronymous (1704-1763), German botanist, professor of botany at Erfurt (1745-1756). **Abbreviated name**: *Kniph.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kniph.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 59; Backer p. 304; Barnhart 2: 303; BM 2: 997; Bossert p. 214; Dryander 2: 356, 3: 15, 68, 346, 470, 4: 356, 5: 61; HU 534; Jackson p. 225; Kew 3: 281; Lasègue p. 520; Maiwald p. 279; NI 1073-1076; PR 1263, 4749-4752 (ed. 1: 5289-5294); SO add. 637dd. - Jourdan, A. J. L., Dict. Sci. méd. 5: 442-443. 1822. - Schyra, Beitr. Gesch. Univ. Erfurt 8: 59-82,. 1961 (biogr. details!). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 133. 1903. #### Eponymy *Kniphofia* Moench (1794, *nom. cons.*). *Kniphofia* Scopoli (1777, *nom. rej.*) very probably is also dedicated to him. ### Publications ##### n.3762. de radice Chinae **Title** Facultatis medicae in perantiqua universitate hierana Jo. Hieronymus Kniphof... utile et jucundum in materia medica connexum considerans lectori benevolo salutem precatur eundemque ad disputationem inauguralem *de radice Chinae* ejusque limitandis laudibus officiose et decenter invitat. Erfordiae (Stanno Heringiano acad. typogr.) s.d. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Rad. Chinae*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1753, p. \[i-viii\]. *Copy*: B. – To be considered pre-linnaean. *Ref*.: Zuchold, Jahresber. naturf. Ges. Halle 5: 29. 1853. ##### n.3763. Botanica in originali **Title** D. Io. Hieron. Kniphofii... *Botanica in originali* seu herbarium vivum in quo plantarum tam indiginarum quam exoticarum peculiari quadam operosaque enchiresi atramento impressorio obductarum nominibusque suis ad methodum illustrium nostri aevi botanicarum Linnaeai et Ludwigii insignitarum elegantissima ectypa exhibentur opera et studio Ioannis Godofredi Trampe typographi halensis... Hale magdeburgicae \[Halle a. S.\] (J. G. Trampe) 1757-1764). 12 Centuries. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. orig.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: The NY copy of this edition has all 12 centuries bound in four volumes. The plates are alphabetically arranged per volume (3 centuries each), preceded by the title-pages of the centuries: cent. 1-3 have 299; 4-6, 301; 7-9, 302 and 10-12 300 plates, followed by the index universalis (see below). Copies vary. See Fischer for details and location of copies. Not all copies have coloured plates. A single copy of 1186 plates (PR 4752) dated Erfurt, 2 volumes 1748 and 1749, exists in the Stadt-Bibliothek, Erfurt. Another such preparatory stage, dated Erfurt 1748, changed to 1751, is at the Hunt Botanical Library (HU 534) (590 plates). *Ed. 2*: Cent. 1-6 were reprinted on larger paper for new subscribers. Each century has a separate t.p. (nos. ii and iii partly in ink on original cent, i t.p.). The plates are coloured nature prints. *Cent. 1*: \[i-xxiv\], \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-152* (t.p. counts as plate). 1763. *Cent. 2*: *pl. 154-190.* 1763. *Cent. 3*: *pl. 191-357.* 1738. *Cent. 4*: *pl. 358-435.* 1763. *Cent. 5*: *pl. 436-555.* 1763. *Cent. 6*: *pl. 556-687.* 1759. *Cent. 7*: *pl. 688-722, 724-768.* 1763. *Cent. 8*: *pl. 769-813.* 1761. *Cent. 9*: *pl. 815-950.* 1762. *Cent. 10*: *pl. 951-1082.* 1763. *Cent. 11*: *pl. 1083-1143.* 1764. *Cent. 12*: *pl. 1144-1213.* 1764. This is the composition of the *copy* at BR. For variations and full details see Fischer. In general the copies have 1200 pl. (BR copy reaches *pl. 723*). *Index universalis* in omnes xii. centurias botanicae in originali d. I. O. Hieron. Kniphofii seu herbarii vivi in quo... Halae magdeburgicae (apud Ioanne Godofredo Trampe) 1767. Fol., 14 p. *Copy*: NY. *Ref*.: Blunt p. 139, 141; DU 170; Fischer no. 7; HU 534 (extensive details). - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1895: 157 (copy at K, 1201 *pl.*). - Thienemann, Arch. Gesch. Naturw. Techn. 1910: 154-155.