> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 300](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355387) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6116-1) LSID 6116-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7377264) QID Q7377264 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Marloth, Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf (1855-1931), German-born South-African analytical chemist, pharmacist and botanist; studied at Berlin, 1880-1883; Dr. phil. Rostock 1883; from 1883 on in South Africa practicing pharmacy and chemistry for a living while actively engaged in the exploration of the South African flora. **Abbreviated name**: *Marloth* \[standard form in IPNI: *Marloth*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PRE|PRE]]. Duplicates see IH. Published *Exsiccata austro-africana* (1885-1886), sets at [[Collection B|B]] and [[Collection L|L]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 355; Barnhart 2: 449; BJI 1: 39, 2: 112; BL 1: 54, 307; BM 3: 1243, 7: 797; Bossert p. 254; Clokie p. 206; CSP 17: 32-33; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Marloth"); IH 1(ed. 6): 361, 2: 504; Kew 3: 592-593; LS suppl. 17360; Moebius p. 252; NI 1276; Rehder 5: 546; Tucker 1:461; Urban-Berl. p. 289, 373; Zander ed. 10, p. 688-689, ed. 11, p. 785. - Anon., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 43(9): 457-458. 1925; Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 9(5): 628. 1932 (d.); Bull. Afr. succ. pl. Soc. 6(3): 95-96. 1971; Flow. Pl. S. Afr. 22, 1942 (portr.); J. Bot. 63: 88. 1926; The Times 15 Mai 1931 (d.). - A.W.H., Nature 127: 945. 1931 (obit.). - Bullock, A. A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 73-74, 1978 (bibl.). - Dörfler, J., Botaniker-Adressbuch 166. 1896. - Druce, G. C., Bot. Soc. Exch. CI. Brit. Isl. Rep. 1931: 628-629. - Exell, A. W. & G. A. Hayes, Kirkia 6(1): 97. 1967 (coll. fl. Zambes). - Harms, H., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 51: (220)-(230). 1933 (bibl., portr., b. 28 Dec 1855, d. 15 Mai 1931). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 108. 1970 (pl. E). - Herre, H., The genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae 49-50. 1971 (portr.). - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 44 (material at K). - Jordaan, P. G., Die Burger 28. 12. 1955 (fide Jordaan 1963); Lantern 13(1): 86-93. 1963 (portr.); S. Afr. biogr. woordeb. 1: 541-544. 1968 (extensive details and references). - Karsten, M. C., Succulenta 14(6): 137-140, 14(8): 189-192, 14(11): 265-268, 14(12): 303-307. 1932 (portr., biogr., bibl.). - Kimberley, M. J., Excelsa 7: 31-36. 1977 (1978). - Marloth, R., Fl. S. Afr. 3(1): 1 (portr.). - Merxmüller, H., C. R. AETFAT 4: 125. 1962. - Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 71. 1946 (1948) (epon.). - Phillips, E. P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 39-80. 1930. - Pole-Evans, I. B., *in* R. Marloth, Fl. S. Afr. 3: vii-xi. 1932. - Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 69: 172-173. 1931. - Squire, L., Bull. Afr. Succ. Pl. Soc. 6(3): 95. 1971. - Traub, H. P., Herbertia 6: 23. 1939. - White, A, & B. L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. I. 205 \[index\]. 1933, ed. 2. 19 \[index\]. 1937. - Woods, D., Veld & Flora 62(3): 10-11. 1976. #### Note Several of Marloth's collections from South and South West Africa were described by A. Engler and his associates as "Plantae Marlothianae" in Bot. Jahrb. 10: 1-50. 6 Jul, 242-285. 9 Oct 1889. The original types were at Berlin (B) but, since Marloth kept duplicates in his private herbarium, which went to PRE, the isotypes are still available (see Merxmüller 1962). #### Eponymy *Marlothia A*. Engler (1888); *Marlothiella* H. Wolff (1912); *Marlothistella* G. Schwantes (1928). ### Publications ##### n.5434. Das Kapland **Title** *Das Kapland* insonderheit das Reich der Kapflora, das Waldgebiet und die Karroo pflanzengeographisch dargestellt von Dr. Rudolf Marloth. Mit Einfügung hinterlassener Schriften A. F. W. Schimpers... \[Jena (Verlag von Gustav Fischer) 1908\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Kapland*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1908 (Bot. Centralbl. 12 Jan 1909; Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1909), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-436, 8 maps, *pl. 1-20* (28 if A & B's counted) with text. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Main t.p.: "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899... herausgegeben von Carl Chun... Zweiter Band. Dritter Teil..." *Ref*.: Engler, A. and K. Gehrmann, Bot. Jahrb. 43(lit.): 30-54. 1909. ##### n.5435. The flora of South Africa **Title** *The flora of South Africa* with synoptical tables of the genera of the higher plants... Capetown (Darter Bros. & Co.), London (William Wesley & Son) 1913-1932, 4 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. S. Afr.* **Notes** *1*: Aug-Dec 1913 (p. vii: Jul 1913; ÖbZ Oct-Dec 1913; Nat. Nov Apr(2) 1914; J. Bot. Mai 1914; Bot. Zeit. 16 Jun 1909), portr. (*pl. 1*) of author, p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-264, *pl*. *2-53A, 53B, 54-65* (36 nos. col.), err. slip. *2*(*1*): 1925 (p. vi: Oct 1923; J. Bot. Aug 1926), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-120, 120a-d, *pl. 1-42.* Imprint: Capetown (id.). London (Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd.) 1925. *2*(*2*): 1925, p. \[i\]-iv, 121-272, *pl. 43-80.* Imprint as *2*(*1*). *3*(*1*): 1932 (Nat. Nov. Dec 1932), p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-148, 148a-b, *pl. 1-38* (imprint as *2*(*1*)). *3*(*2*): 1932 (Nat. Nov. Dec 1932), p. \[i\]-iii, 149-349, *pl. 39-70.* Imprint as *2*(*1*). *4*: 1915, p. \[i\]-x, 3 err. slips, \[1\]-208, *pl. 1-60.* Imprint as *1. Copies*: L, MO, NY, US, USDA. – The separate text figure 59 is usually from vol 4; several copies exist without the coloured plates in vols. 1 and 2; the stock of these plates was destroyed by fire before insertion and distribution were completed. In all there are 180 coloured and 96 uncoloured plates. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 51 (Lit.): 57-58. 1914. (vol. 1), 56(Lit.): 42. 1921 (vol. 4). ##### n.5436. Dictionary of the common names of plants **Title** "The flora of South Africa" *Dictionary of the common names of plants* with list of foreign plants cultivated in the open... Cape Town (The Specialty Press of South Africa, Ltd.) 1917. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dict, common names pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1917, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-175. *Copy*: NY.