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### Author
Mercklin, Carl Eugen \[Eugeniewitsch\] von (1821-1904), Livonian (Baltic-German) botanist and paleontologist; studied at Dorpat and Jena, Dr. phil. Jena 1846; from 1848-1855 plant physiologist at St. Petersburg; professor of forestry botany at St. Petersburg 1847-1865; professor of botany at the medical academy of St. Petersburg 1867.
**Abbreviated name**: *Merckl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Merckl.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LE|LE]]; some further material at [[Collection MW|MW]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 302-303; Barnhart 2: 477; BM 3: 1289; CSP 4: 347, 8: 382, 10: 780, 17: 169; Herder p. 465 \[index\]; IH 2: 528; Jackson p. 70, 188, 494; Kew 3: 656-657; LS 17718-17721; Morren ed. 10, p. 95; PR 6100-6102 (ed. 1: 6802); Quenstedt p. 290; Ratzeburg p. 351-352; Rehder 5: 566; TR 875-881; Tucker 1: 480.
- Anon., Acta Horti bot. Univ. Jurjev. 5: 272. 1904, 6: 54-59. 1906 (b. 7/19 Apr 1828, d. 26 Nov/9 Dec 1904): Annuaire géol. mineral. Russie 7: 248. 1904 (bibl.); Bot. Jahrb. 37(Beibl. 84): 3. 1906 (d.); Hedwigia 44 (Beibl. 3): 137. 1905 (d.); Verh. russ. mineralog. Ges. 42, Protokolle 67-69. 1905 (for 1904).
- Asmous, V. C., Chron. bot. 11(2): 103. 1947 (fontes hist. bot. ross.).
- Herder, F. v., Bot. Centralbl. 55: 258. 1893 (herb, at LE).
- Kneucker, A. v., Allg. bot. Z. 11: 40. 1905 (d.).
- Lipschitz, S., Florae URSS fontes 23 (no. 74). 1975.
- Meder, A. v., Korr. Bl. naturf. Ver. Rigas, Register 25. 1932 (bibl.).
- Sachs, J. v., Hist, botanique 456. 1892.
- Szymkiewicz, D., Bibl. FI. Polsk. 29. 1925 (bibl.).
#### Eponymy
*Mercklinea* E. Regel (1856).
### Publications
##### n.5839. Beobachtungen an dem Prothallium der Farrnkräuter
**Title**
*Beobachtungen an dem Prothallium der Farrnkräuter*. Eine Prüfung und Berichtigung der neuesten Entdeckungen in der Entwicklungsgeschichte derselben... St. Petersburg 1850. Fol.
**Abbreviated title**: *Beob. Prothall. Farrnkr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1850 (censor: 21 Mar 1850; Bot. Zeit. 4 Apr 1851), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-84, *pl. 1-7* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: NY, US, USDA.
*Ref*.: Anon., Flora 33: 696-701. 28 Nov 1850 (rev.).
##### n.5840. Anatomisch-physiologische Notizen
**Title**
*Anatomisch-physiologische Notizen* über einige seltner blühende Pflanzen der Kaiserl. Gewächshäuser zu St. Petersburg... Riga (gedruckt bei W. F. Häcker) 1851. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1851, p. \[1\]-18, *1 pl. Copy*: FI. – Reprinted and to be cited from Corr.-Bl. naturf. Ver. Riga 4: 61-75. 1851 (journal n.v.).
##### n.5841. Palaeodendrologikon rossicum
**Title**
*Palaeodendrologikon rossicum*. Vergleichende anatomisch-mikroskopische Untersuchungen fossiler Hölzer aus Russland. Ein Beitrag zur vorweltlichen Flora... St. Petersburg (Buchdruckerei der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 1856. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Palaeodendr. ross.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: late 1855 (or 1856?) (t.p. 1855; censor 23 Oct 1854; p. vi: Nov 1855 "erschienen" adv. Bot. Zeit. 26 Sep 1856; rev. BSbF Nov-Dec 1856), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-99, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-20* (col. printed liths. auth.). *Copies*: Teyler, USGS. – Plates in special cover.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 3: 439. Nov-Dec 1856.