> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 852](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069094) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/22263-1) LSID 22263-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76352) QID Q76352 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lessing, Christian Friedrich (1809-1862), German botanist, born in Polish Wartenburg, grand son of the poet, studied in Berlin, Dr. phil. 1832; travelled in Norway and in European and Asiatic Russia, settled ultimately at Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. **Abbreviated name**: *Less.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Less.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CWU|CW]] (through Turczaninow); further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection MW|MW]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 109; Barnhart 2: 372; BM 3: 1095; CSP 3: 971; Frank 3(Anh.): 57; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Less."); IH 2: 435; Jackson p. 129; Kew 3: 420; KR p. 388; Langman p. 441; Lasègue p. 574; MW p. 268; NAF ser. 2. 2: 164; PR 5232-5234 (ed. 1: 5790-5792); Rehder 5: 506; TL-2/1: 1082; TR 774; Tucker 1: 424; Zander ed. 10, p. 684. - Anon., J. Bot. 2: 224. 1864. - Herder, F. G. T. M. von, Bot. Jahrb. 9: 439. 1888. - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 22: 132. 1864. - Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 170 \[index\]. 1942. #### Composite works *Synanthereae* in Chamisso et Schlechtendal, Linnaea 6: 83-170. post Mar 1831, 209-260. Jul-Dec 1831, 501-528. Jul-Dec 1831. #### Handwriting Webbia 32(1): 14. 1977 (no. 23). #### Eponymy Lessingia Chamisso (1829), also dedicated to his nephew Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808-1880), German painter, as well as to their grandfather Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), German poet. ### Publications ##### n.4423. Reise durch Norwegen **Title** *Reise durch Norwegen* nach den Loffoden durch Lappland und Schweden... Berlin (in der Mylius'schen Buchhandlung) 1831. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Norwegen*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1831, p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-302, map. *Copies*: HH, WU (inf. W. Gutermann). ##### n.4424. De generibus Cynarocephalarum **Title** *De generibus Cynarocephalarum* atque de speciebus generis Arctotidis. Dissertatio inauguralis botanica quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in Universitate litteraria Friederica Guilelma ut summi in medicina et chirurgia honores rite sibi concedantur die xxvii mensis martii mdcccxxxii. h.l.q.s. palam defendet auctor Christianus Fridericus Lessing... Berolini \[Berlin\] (typis Trowitzschii et filii) s.d. \[1832\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. Cynaroceph.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Mar 1832, p. \[i\*\], \[i, theses\], \[iii\]-iv pref., \[1\]-30. *Copies*: MO, NY. ##### n.4425. Synopsis generum Compositarum **Title** *Synopsis generum Compositarum* earumque dispositions novae tentamen monographiis multarum capensium interjectis... Berolini \[Berlin\], (sumtibus Dunckeri et Humblotii.) prostat Parisiis (apud F. G. Levrault.) Londini (apud Black, Young and Young.) 1832. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. gen. Compos.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Aug 1832 (Lit.-Ber. Flora Jul-Dec 1832; Pharm. Centr. Bl. 22 Sep 1832), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-473, *1 pl. Copies*: MICH, MO, NY, U. *Ref*.: Guillemin, A., Arch. Bot. 1: 169. 11 Feb 1833. - Anon., Lit. Ber. Flora 3: 145-148. 18 Aug 1833 (rev.). - Lessing, C. F., Linnaea 4: 240-288. Apr, 289-356 Jul 1829 (prel. stud.)