> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 603](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068845) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4923-1) LSID 4923-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4251443) QID Q4251443 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Koerber (Körber), Gustav Wilhelm (1817-1885), German-Silesian lichenologist; from 1842 high school teacher at the Elisabeth Gymnasium at Breslau; Dr. phil. berol. 1839, royal professor 1862, extraord. prof. at Breslau University 1873; with Massalongo founder of the "Italian-Silesian" school of lichenology. **Abbreviated name**: *Koerb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Körb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection L|L]]. – Other important collection (Nachlass Duft; constitutes the herbarium made by Koerber after he had sold his main herbarium to [[Collection L|L]] in 1881): [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]; other material [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection HSI|HSI]], [[Collection MSTR|MSTR]]. *Exsiccatae*: *Lichenes selecti germanici*, fasc. 1-14, nos. 1-420, Breslau 1856/8-1873, sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection S|S]]. See Sayre (1969) for further details. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 63: 274. 1880, Bot. Zeit. 38: 408. 1880 (herb. for sale), 39: 197. 1881 (bought by L); Bot. Jahrb. 7, Beibl. 13: 3. 1885 (herb. at WRSL). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 136-137. 1969. - Hawksworth, D. L., Mycol. Handb. 183. 1974. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 309; Bossert p. 217; CSP 3: 732 (2-7, 9-12, 14), 8: 111-112, 10: 445, 12: 400, 16: 383; DTS 1: 159; Frank 3(Anh.): 52; GR p. 23-24, *pl*. \[*14*\], cat. p. 66; IH 2: 379; Jackson p. 161, 225, 296; Kew 3: 291; Krempelhuber 2: 231-377, 643; LS 14216-14241, 35535-35536; Maiwald p. 144, 153, 188, 190; PR 4803-4807 (ed. 1: 5343-5344); Saccardo 1: 93; SBC p. 124; Stevenson p. 1247; TL-2/1: 866, 943. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 23: 203-204. 1885; Bot. Jahrb. 7, Beibl. 13: 2. 1885; Bot. Gaz. 10: 371. 1885; Bot. Not. 1886: 39; Bot. Zeit. 43: 544. 1885; Jahresber. Schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur 63: 429-431. 1886; Leopoldina 21: 162. 1885. - Beck, G., Vegetationsverh. Illyr. Länder 37. 1901 (Veg. Erde 4). - B. St., Breslauer Zeit. 532, 1885 (cutting at G in Parerga). - Cohn, F. J., Bot. Centralbl. 24: 282-283. 1885. - Kanitz, A., Mayg. növ. lap. 9: 121-122. 1885 (bibl.). - Lucante, Rev. bot. Bull. mens. Soc. franç. bot. 4: 334. 1886. - Pax, F., Schlesiens Pflanzenwelt 18. 1915. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 140, *pl. 127.* 1905 (portr.). #### Composite works - (1) Caflisch, J. F., *Uebersicht der Flora von Augsburg*, 1850, collaborator (see no. 943). - (2) Discovered, with von Flotow, *Haematococrus pluvialis* in 1842 on the Hirschberg (Silesia). The senior author published this find in Nov. Act. Leopoldina 20: 411-606. 1843 ("Ueber *Haematococcus pluvialis*"). #### Eponymy *Koerberia* A. Massalongo (1854); *Koerberiella*B. Stein (1879). ### Publications ##### n.3830. De gonidiis lichenum **Title** *De gonidiis lichenum*. Dissertatio inauguralis botanica quam consensu et auctoritate ordinis amplissimi philosophorum ad.summos in philosophia honores rite capessendos in Universitate litteraria berolinensi die xi. m. septembris a. mdcccxxxix. hora xii. publice defendet auctor Gustavus Guilelmus Koerber Silesius... Berolini \[Berlin\] (Typis Nietackianis) s.d. \[1839\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gonid. Lich.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Sep 1839 (t.p.; Flora rd. Jul-Nov 1840), p. \[1\]-75, \[76-79, vita; 80, theses\]. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY. ##### n.3831. Lichenographiae germanicae specimen **Title** *Lichenographiae germanicae specimen*, Parmeliaccarum familiam continens. Commentatio botanico, quam consensu et auctoritate amplissimi philosophorum ordinis in Universitate literaria vratislaviensi pro obtinenda legendi venia die xxiii. maii anni mdcccxlvi h.l.q.c. publice defendet auctor Gustavus Guilielmus Koerber,... Vratislaviae \[Breslau\] (typis Grassii, Barthii et Sociorum) s.d. \[1846\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Lichenogr. germ.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Mai 1846 (t.p.), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-22. *Copies*: FH, G. "Habilitationsschrift". *Ref*.: K.M., Bot. Zeit. 5: 330-334. 7 Mai 1847. ##### n.3832. Grundriss der Kryptogamen-Kunde **Title** *Grundriss der Kryptogamen-Kunde*. Zur Orientirung beim Studium der kryptogamischen Pflanzen, sowie zum Gebrauch bei seinen Vorlesungen... Breslau (Verlag von Eduard Trewendt) 1848. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grundr. Krypt.-Kunde*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1848 (p. viii: Apr 1848; Flora rd. Jul-Aug 1848), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-203, \[204\]. *Copies*: B, L, M, MICH, NY, Stevenson. – Motto of preface (Goethe): "Wer fertig ist, dem ist nichts Recht zu machen, der werdende wird immer dankbar sein." The book is now mainly of importance because of its bibliography and for historical reasons. *Ref*.: K. M., Bot. Zeit. 6: 643-646. 8 Sep 1848. ##### n.3833. Systema lichenum Germaniae **Title** *Systema lichenum Germaniae*. Die Flechten Deutschlands (insbesondere Schlesiens) mikroskopisch geprüft, kritisch gesichtet, charakteristisch beschrieben und systematisch geordnet... Breslau (Verlag von Trewendt & Granier) \[1854-\] 1855. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. lich. Germ.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in five parts, p. \[i\]-xxxiv, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-458, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-14* (partly col. liths.). *Copies*: BR, G, L, MICH, NY, Regensburg, Stevenson, U, US, USDA. *1*: \[1\]-96, Jan-Jul 1854 (BSbF 26 Jul 1854; Flora Aug 1854). *2*: 97-192, Aug 1854-Jan 1855 (Flora rev. 21 Feb 1855). *3*: 193-288, Jan 1855. *4*: 289-384, Jan-Mar 1855. *5*: 385-\[459\], \[i\]-xxxiv, *pl. 1-4*, Nov-Dec 1855 (p. xxi: Oct 1855). Lichen genera heavily defined by spore characters. *Ref*.: S – – – – r \[Stizenberger\], Bot. Zeit. 12: 790-797. 10 Nov 1854 (Heft 1), 13: 294-298. 27 Apr 1855, 313-317. 4 Mai 1855 (Heft 2), 14: 306-312. 25 Apr 1856 (Heft 3), 15: 104-107. 13 Feb 1857, 125-129. 20 Feb 1857 (Heft 4), 220-225. 27 Mar 1857 (Heft 5). ##### n.3834. Parerga lichenologica **Title** *Parerga lichenologica*. Ergänzungen zum Systema lichenum Germaniae... Breslau (Verlag von Eduard Trewendt) \[1859-\] 1865. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Parerga lichenol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In five parts, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-501. *Copies*: G, L, MICH, MO, NY, Stevenson, U, US, USDA. *1*: 1-96. Nov 1859. *2*: 97-192. 1860. *3*: 193-288. Oct-Nov 1861. *4*: 289-384. Jan-Mar 1863. *5*: 385-501, \[i\]-xvi. Nov 1865. "Parergon", \[an "extra ornament";\] supplementary to K's *Systema* (3833), with which the *Parerga* are to be used in conjunction (e.g. for diagnoses, systematic division). *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 18: 7-8. 4 Jan 1860 (Heft 1). - Nylander, W., Flora 43: 41-44. 21 Jan 1860 (Heft 1). - Arnold, F. C. G., Flora 46: 101-108. 27 Feb 1863 (Hefte 1-4). - Heufler, L., Oest. bot. Z. 16: 163-167. Mai 1866. - Stizenberger, E., Hedwigia 5: 113-114. Aug 1866. ##### n.3835. Zur Abwehr der Schwendener-Bornet'schen Flechtentheorie **Title** *Zur Abwehr der Schwendener-Bornet'schen Flechtentheorie*... Breslau (J. U. Kern's Verlag (Max Müller)). 1874. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Abwehr Flechtentheorie*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1874 (p. 4: Oct 1874), p. \[1\]-30. *Copy*: U. – See also Tagbl. Versamml. deut. Naturf. Aerzk. 1875, p. 125, and Jahresber. Schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur 52: 91. 1874, publ. 1875.