> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 432](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355519) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6393-1) LSID 6393-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70825) QID Q70825 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Mettenius, Georg Heinrich (1823-1866), German pteridologist; professor of botany and director of the Leipzig botanical garden from 1851-1866; succeeding Gustav Kunze; married Cecilie Braun, daughter of Alexander Braun; died of cholera. **Abbreviated name**: *Mett.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mett.*\] #### Herbarium and types The Mettenius herbarium, exclusive of the ferns, was at [[Collection LZ|LZ]] and is now destroyed. The fern herbarium, acquired by Berlin ([[Collection B|B]]) between 1870 and 1875, was incorporated in the general herbarium (extant). An important set of ferns (448) is at [[Collection W|W]]; further material at [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection FR|FR]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 21: 523-524; AG 2(2): 9; Backer p. 368; Barnhart 2: 481; BM 3: 1293; Bossert p. 265; CSP 4: 355, 8: 388; De Toni 1: lxxxiv; DSB 9: 340; DTS 6(4): 170; Frank 3(Anh.): 64; Hegi p. 466; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Mett."); IF p. 718-719; IH 1 (ed. 6): 361, 2: 531; Jackson p. 149, 150, 152, 224, 428; Kew 3: 668; Moebius p. 135, 136, 204; NI 1346; PR 6115-6123 (ed. 1: 6822-6823); Rehder 5: 568; Tl-1/830-832; TL-2/1: 1764, 3507, 3984; Tucker 1: 481; Urban-Berl. p. 36-37, 321; Zander ed. 10, p. 691, ed. 11, p. 788. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 25: 80, 88. 1867 (library and herbarium for sale); Bull. Soc. bot. France 13(c.r.): 400. 1866, 13(bibl.): 236-327. 1866, 14(bibl): 47. 1867 (sale herb., libr.); Hedwigia 5: 144. 1866; Flora 50: 13. 1867; J. Bot. 4: 336. 1866; Österr. bot. W. 1: 85, 1851 (prof. bot. Freiburg, succeeding A. Braun), 2: 172. 1852 (called to Leipzig), 6: 406. 1856 (Filic. Hort. bot. Lips.), 14: 26. 1864 (in charge of LZ herbarium), 16: 232. 1866 (d. 19 Aug 1866, of cholera). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 150. 1888 (448 ferns at W). - Blum, J., Ber. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. Wiss. Abh. 1901: 19-20. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 433. 1880. - Carus, C. G. & C. F. P. von Martius, Eine Altersfreundschaft in Briefen 39, 136. s.d. - Caspary, R., Gard. Chron. 1866: 1018; J. Bot. 4: 388-391. 1866 (Caspary was M's brother-in-law); *in* Seemann, B., J. Bot. 4: 388-390. 1866 (from Gard. Chron. 1866: 1018). - Conert, H. J., Senckenbergiana Biol. 48c: 18, 22. 1967. - Gager, C. S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 233. 1938 (dir. Leipzig 1852 (not 1851) 1866). - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 45: 123. 1868 (d.). - Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 377, 447. 1864. - Kalkman, C. & P. Smit, eds., Blumea 25: 103. 1979. - Kuhn, M., Filic. Afr. 1868 (TL-2/3984) ("... ex reliquiis Mettenius adaucta."). - Merrill, E. D., Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 134-135. 1937 (Polyn. bibl.); Contr. natl. Herb. U.S. 30: 211. 1947. - Mettenius, C. (née Braun), Alexander Braun's Leben 1882 (several references to her husband). - Sachs, J. v., Hist. botanique 211, 453. 1892. - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 24: 276. 1866. - Seemann, B., Bonplandia 1: 241. 1853. - Sirks, M. J., Ind. natuurond. 164. 1915. - Stearn, W. T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 4(6): 287-290. 1967 (pteridol. publ.). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 145, *pl. 125.* 1905 (portr.). #### Composite works - (1) *Cryptogamae vasculares*, in Fenzl, *Reise Novara*, see TL-2/1: 1764. - (2) *Filices* and *Lycopodiaceae-Equisetaceae*, in Triana et Planchon, *Prodr. Fl. novogranat. 2*: 275-353. 1864, 2: 391-396. 1865 (Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 5. 2(4): 193-271. 1864, 3: 306-311. 1865). - (3) *Filicinae*, in A. Kanitz, *Pl. Tinn.* 59-60. 1868 (TL-2/3507). #### Note Cecilie Mettenius (née Braun, b. 17 Feb 1836) published a biography of her father Alexander Braun (Berlin 1882, viii, 706 p.) which is an important source for the history of German botany in the middle of the nineteenth century. #### Eponymy *Metteniusa* H. Karsten (1860). ### Publications ##### n.5877. De Salvinia **Title** *De Salvinia*. Dissertatio inauguralis quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis heidelbegensis \[sic\] eruditorum examini submittit auctor... Francofurti ad Moenum (typis expressit J. F. Bayrhoffer) 1845. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Salvinia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845, p. \[1\]-20. *Copy*: NY. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 29: 601-608. 14 Oct 1846. ##### n.5878. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Rhizocarpeen **Title** *Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Rhizocarpeen*... mit drei lithographirten Tafeln. Frankfurt am Main (In Commission in der S. Schmerber'schen Buchhandlung...) 1846. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Rhizocarp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1846 (p. \[v\]: 1 Oct 1845; rd. Flora Jan 1846), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-65, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: FI, FR, G, MO, PH, USDA. *Ref*.: K. M., Bot. Zeit. 4: 692-695. 1850. Anon., Flora 29: 601-608. 14 Oct 1846. ##### n.5879. Beiträge zur Botanik **Title** *Beiträge zur Botanik*... Heft 1... Heidelberg (Akademische Buchhandlung von E. Mohr) 1850. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1850 (Flora 14 Jan 1850; also rd. at Regensburg in Jan 1850), p. \[1\]-61, \[1, cont.\], *pl. 1-6* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: BR, G, KNAW, NY, USDA. ##### n.5880. Filices lechlerianae **Title** *Filices lechlerianae* chilenses ac peruanae, cura R. F. Hohenackeri editae, auctore G. Mettenius. Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (Leopold Voss) 1856-1859. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fil. lechl.* **Notes** *Collector*: Willibald Lechler (1814-1856); editor of the collections of Rudolf Friedrich Hohenacker (1798-1874). *Fasc. 1*: Feb 1856 (TL-1) (BSbF Apr(?) 1856), p. \[1\]-30, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. liths.). *Fasc. 2*: Jan 1859 (TL-1), p. \[1\]-38. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 7227. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 14: 580-581. 1856. - Hooker, W. J., J. Bot. Kew Misc. 9: 32, 282-287. 1857. - Stearn, W. T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 4(6): 268. 1967. ##### n.5881. Über einige Farngattungen **Title** *Über einige Farngattungen*... Frankfurt a.M. (Druck und Verlag von Heinrich Ludwig Brönner) 1857-1859, 6 parts. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Farngatt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Reprinted from the Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a.M. The publication in the Abhandlungen antedates that of the separately paged reprints. |number |genus treated |vol. and page Abh. |pl. |dates Abh. |dates repr. |pages repri| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |I |Polypodium |2(1): \[1\]-138 |1-3 |Oct 1856 |Feb-Mar 1857 |\[i\], \[1\]-138| |II |Plagiogyria |2(2): \[265\]-275 |15\[=4\] |Aug 1858 |Sep 1859 |\[i\], \[1\]-11| |III |Pteris |2(2): 276-284 |16\[=5\] |Aug 1858 |Sep 1859 |\[i\]-xi| |IV |Phegopteris, Aspidium |2(2): \[285\]-420 |17-18 |Aug 1858 |Sep 1859 |\[i\], \[1\]-136| |V |Cheilanthes |3(1): \[47\]-99 |3\[=1\] |Sep 1859 |Sep 1859 |\[1\]-55| |VI |Asplenium |3(1): \[100\]-254 |4-6\[=2-4\] |Sep 1859 |Sep 1859 |56-210| *Copies*: (reprint): G. MO; (journal): US; IDC 1251. ##### n.5882. Filices horti botanici lipsiensis **Title** *Filices horti botanici lipsiensis*. Die Farne des botanischen Gartens zu Leipzig... Leipzig (Verlag von Leopold Voss) 1856. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Fil. hort. bot. Lips.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai-Jun 1856 (TL-1) (BSbF post Jul 1856), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-135, *pl. 1-30* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY, U, US; IDC 1252. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 39: 464, 579-586. 1856. - Hooker, W. J., J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 283-287. 1857. - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 14: 696, 804-807. 1856. ##### n.5883. Filices Novae Caledoniae **Title** *Filices Novae Caledoniae* a cl. Vieillard collectae \[Ann. Sci. nat.; Paris 1861\] Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Eugène Vieillard (1819-1896), French naval physician and plant collector. *Publ*.: Jan 1861, p. \[1\]-37, *1 pl*. (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 4. 15(1): 55-91. 1861. ##### n.5884. Über den Bau von Angiopteris **Title** *Über den Bau von Angiopteris*... Leipzig (bei S. Hirzel) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Angiopteris*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863, p. \[i-ii\], \[501\]-570, *pl. 1-10* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted, with special t.p., from Abh. Sächs. Ges. Wiss., mat.-phys. Cl. 6: 501-570, *pl. 1-10.* ##### n.5885. Über die Hymenophyllaceae **Title** *Über die Hymenophyllaceae*... Leipzig (bei S. Hirzel) 1864. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hymenophyllaceae*. **Notes** *Publ*.: preprinted Sep-Nov 1864 (p. ii; printing completed 3 Sep 1864; Flora 14 Dec 1864; Hedwigia Nov 1864), p. \[i-ii\], 1-104, also: \[403\]-504, *pl. 1-5* (uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY, US. – Preprinted with special t.p. from Abh. kön. sächs. Ges. Wiss., math.-phys. Cl. 7: 403-505, *pl. 1-5.* 1864.