> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 409](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355496) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6328-1) LSID 6328-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95456) QID Q95456 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Melchior, Hans (1894-x), German botanist; student of Engler; 1917 assistant with G. Haberlandt, Berlin; Dr. phil. Berlin 1920; at the Botanical Museum as Assistant 1920; Oberassistent 1929; Kustos 1932-1955; from 1940 professor; Wissenschaftlicher Oberrat 1955; kommissarischer Leiter 1958-1959. **Abbreviated name**: *Melch.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Melch.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 363; Barnhart 2: 472 (b. 5 Aug 1894); BFM 2274, 2919; BJI 2: 114-115; Bossert p. 263; Hirsch p. 195; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Melchior"); IH 2: 523; Kew 3: 646; Langman p. 497; MW p. 316, suppl. p. 225; Roon p. 76; TL-2/1: 1707, 1711; Zander ed. 10, p. 691, ed. 11, p. 788; Zep.-Tim. p. 83-84. - Anon., Österr. bot. Z. 81: 320. 1932 (app. Kustos). - Becker, K. & E. Schumacher, S. B. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin ser. 2. 13(2): 144. 1973. - Eckardt, Th., Willdenowia 4(2): 176. 1966. - Pilger, R., Mitt. bot. Gart. Mus. Berl.-Dahl. 1(1): 2, 15. 1953. #### Composite works - (1) EP, *Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 2: (a) *Medusagynaceae*(with A. Engler), 21: 50-52, *fig. 31*, Dec 1925. (b) *Theaceae*, 21: 109-154, *fig. 59-67.* Dec 1925. (c) *Violaceae*, 21: 109-154,) *fig. 148-162.* Dec 1925. (d) *Canellaceae*, Nachtrag (with W. Schultze-Motel) 17a II: 221-224. Jan-Jul 1959. - (2) Engler, *Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 12, 2 vols. 1954-1964 (with E. Werdermann), see TL-2/1: 1707. - (3) Melchior, H. & H. Kastner, *Gewürze*, Berlin und Hamburg 1974, 290 p., 'Grundlagen und Fortschritte der Lebensmitteluntersuchung' vol. 2 (Taxon 24: 162. 1974). #### Eponymy *Melchiora*Kobuski (1956). *Note*: *Melchioria*Penzig & Saccardo (1897) is dedicated to Melchior Treub (1851-1910), Dutch botanist (q.v.) Considering Kobuski's name a later homonym, Verdcourt replaced it by the name *Balthasaria*Verdcourt (1969), stating: "Since a new name is inevitable I have chosen one based on one of the other wise men." The third companion of the party of the Magi was not forgotten by botanists, see *Casparea*and *Caspareopsis*under Caspar Bauhin.