> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 386](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189857) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/13320-1) LSID 13320-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6699308) QID Q6699308 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Preiss, \[Johann August\] Ludwig (1811-1883), German plant collector; Dr. phil.; in Western Australia 1838-1842; "Privatgelehrter der Botanik und Gutsbesitzer zu Hattorf ... im Harz". **Abbreviated name**: *L. Preiss* \[standard form in IPNI: *L.Preiss*\] #### Herbarium and types All collections sold; the Australian collections are found in many herbaria. Important sets: [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]](810), [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection W|W]] (see J.G.C. Lehmann, *Pl. Preiss.*, TL-2/4332). It should be noted that Lehmann's herbarium, which contained so many Preiss specimens, was dispersed. For further details see McGillivray (1975), q.v. also for much additional information on *Plantae Preissianae*. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection U|U]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 631-632; Barnhart 3: 107 (b. 21 Nov 1811, d. 21 Mai 1883); BM 4: 1611; Frank 3(Anh.): 78; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 340, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 360; Lasègue p. 283, 308, 506; TL-1/666; TL-2/4332; Urban-Berl. p. 272, 310, 384. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 29: 256. 1844 (16 sets of Australian plants for sale). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 150. 1888 (1104 specimens at W). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 440: 1880 (coll.). - Carr, D.J. & S.G.M., eds., People and plants in Australia 54-55 (L. Diels), 119-123, 132-138 (S. Ducker). 1981. - Diels, L., Pfl.-W. W. Austral. 47-48, 50, 52. 1906 (Veg. Erde 7). - Gunn, M.D. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 287. 1981 (short visit to Cape). - Hall, N., Botanists of the Eucalypts 104-105. 1978. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 120. 1970 (algae in herb. W. Sonder). - Herder, F. v., Bot. Centralbl. 55: 293. 1893 (coll. LE). - Hooker, J.D., Fl. Tasm. cxxvi. 1859. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 53. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 468. 1864. - Klatt, F.W., Bonplandia 8: 143. 1860 (on Preiss' herbarium in Lehmann's coll.; was sold and acquired by Agardh, now at LD, see ib. 10: 267. 1862). - Lehmann, J.G.C., Pl. Preiss. 1844-1848, 2 vols. (TL-2/4352). - McGillivray, D.J., Telopea 1(1): 1-18. 1975 (extensive study on P. in W. Australia). - Maiden, J.H., J. W. Austral. nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 22-24. 1909. - Müller, R.H.W. & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 244, 291. 1960. - Preiss, J.A.L., Bot. Zeit. 2: 352. 1844 (plants for sale); Flora 25: 539-544. 1842 (note on travels), 33: 160. 1850 (sale pl.). - Seeland, H., Mitt. Herrn. Roemer-Mus. Hildesheim 40: 28-29. 1936 (biogr. sketch). - Seemann, B., Bonplandia 6: 50. 1858 (details mentioned in our heading; cogn. Leopoldina: Cunningham). - Souster, J.E.G., W. Austral. Natural. 1(6): 118. 1948. - Steam, W.T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 1(7): 203-205. 1939. - Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. van, Blumea 25: 38. 1979. - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 35. 1977. #### Handwriting Telopea 1(1): 10. 1975. #### Eponymy *Neopreissia* Ulbrich (1934).