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### Author
Limpricht, Karl Gustav (1834-1902), German (Silesian) bryologist; high school teacher at a girl's College at Bunzlau (1858-1869); idem at the evangelical high school Breslau (1869-1902), from 1895 as principal ("Oberlehrer").
**Abbreviated name**: *Limpr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Limpr.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BP|BP]] (via the Degen herbarium).
*Exsiccatae*: *Bryolheca silesiaca*, fasc. 1-7, nos. 1-350, Bunzlau and Breslau 1866-1871, sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection S|S]]. – Other bryophytes also at [[Collection H|H]]. – Limpricht also issued exsiccatae with C. Baenitz, see Baenitz & Limpricht (1863).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 382; BM 3: 1115; CSP 8: 229-230, 10:600, 12: 447, 16: 785; DTS 1: 171-172, 5: 1; Herder p. 264, 431; IH 2: 443; Jackson p. 310; Kew 3: 444; Lenley p. 267; Maiwald p. 234, 235, 256; Morren ed. p. 10; NAF ser. 2. 3: 38; SBC p. 125 ("Limpr."); TL-2/1: 1159; Urban-Berl. p. 306, 369.
- Anon., Biogr. Jahrb. 7: 71\*-72\*(d.); Bot. Not. 1903: 34 (d.); Hedwigia 41(6): 255. 1902 (d.); Nat. Nov. 24:639. 1902 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 52: 507. 1902 (d.); Rev. bryol. 29: 130. 1902; Torreya 2: 191. 1902; Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 44: lx. 1903(d.).
- Baenitz, C. & G. Limpricht, Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 3/4: vi. 1862 (announcement of issue exsicc. "Juncaceen und Cyperaceen Nord- und Mittel-Deutschlands from Jun 1863).
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 388, 428. 1880 (coll.).
- Christiansen, W. & W., Bot. Schrifttum Schlesw.-Holst. 316. 1936.
- Fedde, Verh. bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenburg 45: xxxi-xxxv. 1903 (bibl.) (*b*. 11 Jul 1834, *d*. 20 Oct 1902).
- Holzinger, Bryologist 6(1): 14-15. 1902, 6(3): 33-36. 1902 (bibl.).
- Junk, W., Rara 1:113. 1900-1913.
- Kern & Geheeb, Rev. bryol. 29: 130-131. 1902.
- Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 9: 20. 1903 (death).
- Limpricht, K. G., Hedwigia 42(Beibl.): 1-6. 1903 (coll.).
- Loeske, L., Ann. bryol. 7: 95-97. 1934.
- Milde, J., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 8: 180-181. 1866 (on *Bryoth. siles.*).
- Pax, F., Schlesiens Pflanzenwelt 20. 1915.
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 225-226. 1971, Bryologist 80: 512. 1978 (coll.).
- Schiffner, Hedwigia 42, Beibl. 1: 1-6. 1903 (bibl., obit., portr.).
- Szweykowski, J., Prodr. fl. hepat. Polon. 565-566. 1958 (lists all L's publ. on Silesian hepatics).
- Szymkiewicz, D., Bibl. fl. Polsk. 53-54. 1925.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Die Laubmoose Deutschlands*, Rabenhorst's Kryptogamenflora, see below.
- (2) *Schlesien's Laub- und Lebermoose*, nebst Nachträgen, *in* F. Cohn, *Kryptogamenflora von* *Schlesien*. 1:27-352, 413-444. Breslau 1877.
#### Eponymy
*Limprichtia* Loeske (1907).
### Publications
##### n.4538. Einige neue Laubmoose
**Title**
*Einige neue Laubmoose* \[Breslau 1883\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1883 (submitted 18 Jan 1883), p. \[1\]-10. *Copies*: H, NY. – Reprinted from Jahresber. Schles. Ges. of vaterl. Cultur 1882: 234-242. 1883. To be cited from journal.
##### n.4539. Einige neue Arten und Formen bei den Laub- und Lebermoosen
**Title**
*Einige neue Arten und Formen bei den Laub- und Lebermoosen* \[Breslau 1884\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1884., *p*. \[1\]-22. *Copies*: H, NY. – Reprinted from Jahresber. Schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur 61: 204-225. 1884. To be cited from journal.
*Ref*.: Warnstorf, C. F., Bot. Centralbl. 20: 97-100. 20-24 Oct 1894. (ext. rev. with add. notes).
##### n.4540. Die Laubmoose Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz
**Title**
*Die Laubmoose Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz*. Bearbeitet von K. Gustav Limpricht... Leipzig (Verlag von Eduard Kummer) \[1885-\] 1890-1904, 3 Abtheilungen. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Laubm. Deutschl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Alternative title: "Dr. L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage vollständig neu bearbeitet von... Vierter Band: Die Laubmoose". Published in 41 parts. Abtheilung 3(p. 719-864) was completed after K. G. Limpricht's death by his son Hans Wolfgang L. (see above).
*Abth. 1*: 1885-1889, p. \[ii\]-x, \[xi, dates\], \[1\]-836.
*Abth. 2*: 1890-1895, p. \[ii-vii\], \[1\]-853.
*Abth. 3*: 1895-1903, p. \[ii-viii\], \[1\]-864, index Abth. 1-3: \[1\]-79.
*Copies*: BR, H, FI, MO (orig. covers), NY, U, USDA.
|Abth. |/Part |pages |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1. |1 |1-64 |Jul 1885
| |2 |65-128 |Aug 1885
| |3 |129-192 |Dec 1885
| |4 |193-256 |Jul 1886
| |5 |257-320 |Nov 1886
| |6 |321-384 |Dec 1886
| |7 |385-448 |Jul 1887
| |8 |449-512 |Oct 1887
| |9 |513-576 |Mai 1888
| |10 |577-640 |Oct 1888
| |11 |641-704 |Dec 1888
| |12 |705-768 |Oct 1889
| |13 |769-836 |Nov 1889
|2. |14 |1-64 |Jul 1890
| |15 |65-128 |Oct 1890
| |16 |129-192 |Jan 1891
| |17 |192-256 |Dec 1891
| |18 |257-320 |Jan 1892
| |19 |321-384 |Nov 1892
| |20 |385-448 |Dec 1892
| |21 |449-512 |Jan 1893|
| |22 |513-576 |Jun 1893|
| |23 |577-640 |Dec 1893|
| |24 |641-704 |Aug 1894|
| |2.25 |705-768 |Jan 1895|
| |26 |769-853 |Jun 1895|
| |3.27 |1-64 |Dec 1895|
| |28 |65-128 |Jul 1896|
| |29 |129-192 |Dec 1896|
| |30 |193-256 |Dec 1896|
| |31 |257-320 |Sep 1897|
| |32 |321-384 |Dec 1897|
| |33 |385-448 |Aug 1898|
| |34 |449-512 |Feb 1899|
| |35 |513-576 |Nov 1899|
| |36 |577-640 |Apr 1901|
| |37 |641-704 |Dec 1901|
| |38 |705-768 |Dec 1902|
| |39 |769-832 |Jun 1903|
| |40 |833-864 |Dec 1903|
| |41 |865-879 |Dec 1903|
These dates, given in the volumes, are confirmed by the notices in Naturae Novitates, Flora, Bot. Centralbl., Hedwigia, and Botanische Zeitung.
*Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 7(Lit.): 101. 1886, 9(Lit.): 8. 1888, 11 (Lit.): 50. 1890.
- Geheeb, A., Bot. Centralbl. 24: 225-228. 1885 (rev. Lief. 1, 2), 26: 4-6. 1886 (3), 28: 354-356. 1886 (4), 30: 196-200. 1887(5, 6), 34: 165-169. 1888(7), 35: 391-393. 1888(8), 38: 702-704. 1889(9), 42: 147-153. 1890(11/12); 44: 145-149. 1890(10), 45: 23-26. 1891(13), 46: 193-196. 1891(14), 47: 59-61. 1891(15), Beih. 4(3/4): 200-208. 1894 (17/18), 4(6): 408-417. 1894(19/21), 4(7): 494-497. 1894(22), 5(1): 8-12. 1895(23), 5(5): 335-339. 1895(24), 6(2/3): 102-108. 1896(25/26), 68: 360-363. 1896(27), Beih. 6(6): 421-426. 1896(28), 73: 63-68. 1898(29), 73: 178-181. 1898(30), Beih. 7(5): 325-330. 1898(31), 8(1): 13-18. 1898(32), 8(4/5): 264-268. 1899(33), 9(3): 168-173. 1900(34), 9(5): 344-348. 1900(35), 89: 569. 1902(36), 89: 651-652. 1902(37), 92: 427-428. 1903(38), 95: 217-218. 1904(39), 95: 598. 1904(40).
- Husnot, P. T., Rev. bryol. 12: 79-80, 95. 1885, 13: 9-10, 32, 48, 109. 1886, 14: 91. 1887, 15: 46. 1888, 17: 47, 124. 1890.
- Niedenzu, F., Bot. Jahrb. 13(Lit.): 4. 1891.