> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 708](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068950) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5157-1) LSID 5157-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587569) QID Q2587569 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz (1834-1878), German botanist in the Dutch East Indian army 1856 (as "Johann Amann"); 1859-1863 at Buitenzorg (Bogor); from 1864 curator of the herbarium at Calcutta. **Abbreviated name**: *Kurz* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kurz*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CAL|CAL]]; Indonesian material at [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection BO|BO]], [[Collection U|U]]; for duplicates see IH (many at [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection L|L]].). *Ref*.: Hedge, J. C. and Lamond, J. M., Index coll. Edinburgh 100. 1970. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York bot. Gard. 19(3): 353-354. 1975. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 309; Barnhart 2: 329; BB p. 178; BL 1: 93, 100, 107, 305; BM 2: 1037; CSP 8: 138, 10: 480, 12: 419-420; Desmond p. 366; DNB 31: 346; DTS 6(4): 90; GR p. 103; IH 2: 397; Hortus 3: 1197 ("Kurz"); Jackson p. 569 \[index\]; Kew 3: 340; LS 14639; MW p. 257-258; PR 4954; Rehder 5: 479;.SK 1: 305-306, 4: 305-306, 8: lviii; Tucker 1: 404; Urban-Berl. p. 266, 271, 304, 367; Zander ed. 10, p. 681. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1879: 31; Flora 61: 95, 113-119. 1878; Hedwigia 17: 96. 1878; J. Bot. 16: 127-128. 1878. - Burkill, J.H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 132, 133, 145, 160, 163, 168. 1965. - Holttum, R.E., Taxon 19: 709. 1970. - Kurz, W. S., J. Bot. 7: 369. 1869. - Mason, F., Burma, ed. 2, vol. 2 by W. Theobald (Botany), Hertford 1883. - Merrill, E.D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 182. 1947. - Sirks, M.J., Indisch natuurond. 299 \[index\]. 1915. - Trimen, H., J. Bot. 16: 127-128. 1878. #### Handwriting Fl. males, ser. I. 1: cc. 1950. #### Eponymy *Kurzia* Martens (1870); *Kurzinda* O. Kuntze (1891); *Kurziodendron* N.P. Balakrishnan (1968). ### Publications ##### n.4056. Eenige kruidkundige mededeelingen **Title** *Eenige kruidkundige mededeelingen*... \[Batavia 1865\] Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1865, p. \[i\]-5- *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie 28: 164-168. 1865. ##### n.4057. Report on the vegetation of the Andaman Islands **Title** *Report on the vegetation of the Andaman Islands*. By Mr. S. Kurz,... accompanied by a report on the forests, and a map. Calcutta (Office of Superintendent of Government Printing) 1870. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. veg. Andaman Isl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1870 (J. Bot. Apr 1870; Flora rd. 8 Mai 1870), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-75, map. *Copies*: L, M, NY, US. – On p. \[1\]: "A reprint of a former report submitted to the Government of India in the early part of the year 1868." We have found no copy of this earlier report (BL cites it as having 27, xxv and 13p.). ##### n.4058. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Burmese flora **Title** *Contributions towards a knowledge of the Burmese flora* \[Calcutta 1874-1877\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. Burm, fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: A series of reprints of papers published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: |part |repr. pag. |journal pag. |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[1\]-103, 1 pl |43(2): 39-141 |1874| |2 |2-64 |44(2,3): 128-190 |1875| |3 |\[1\]-108 |45(2): 204-310 |1876| |4 |\[1\]-210 |46(2): 49-258 |1877| ##### n.4059. Preliminary report on the forest and other vegetation of Pegu **Title** *Preliminary report on the forest and other vegetation of Pegu*. By Sulpice Kurz,... Calcutta (Printed by C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press) 1875. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. rep. forest Pegu*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875 (J. Bot. Oct 1876), p. \[i-v\], \[(1)\]-(97), \[(i)\]-(cxxxviii), \[1\]-95, \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\], *2 pl*, \[1\]-34- *Copies*: M, USDA. ##### n.4060. Bamboo and its use **Title** *Bamboo and its use*... Calcutta (published by the Calcutta Central Press Company, ....) 1876. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Bamboo*. **Notes** *Publ*: 1876, p. \[1\]-78, *pl. 1-4* (auct.). *Copy*: NY. ##### n.4061. Forest flora of British Burma **Title** *Forest flora of British Burma*... Calcutta (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing) 1877, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Forest fl. Burma*. **Notes** *Vol. 1*: 1877, p. \[i\]-xxx, \[1\]-549. *Vol. 2*: 1877 (J. Bot. Aug 1878), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-613. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, US, USDA. – See 4058 for references to synonyms. *Facsimile ed*.: 1974 (n.v.). *Ref*.: Trimen, H., J. Bot. 16: 255. Aug 1878, 283-284. Sep 1878.