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### Author
Middendorff, Alexander Theodor von (Aleksandr Fedorovic Middendorf) (1815-1894), Russian biologist and explorer; Dr. med. Dorpat 1837; professor of zoology at Kiew 1839; to Siberia 1843-1844; at St. Petersburg 1845-1865; imperial counsel 1873.
**Abbreviated name**: *Middend.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Middend.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LE|LE]]; further material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection PR|PR]].
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 52: 387-395; Backer p. 372; Barnhart 2: 486; BM 3: 1307-1308; CSP 4: 380-381, 8: 401, 10: 806, 17: 233; DSB 9: 374-375 (q. v. for recent biogr. refs.); Herder p. 12, 210, 235, 432; Jackson p. 191, 393; Kew 3: 677; Lasègue p. 418, 502; LS 17825-17825a; MW p. 321; PR 6209; Quenstedt p. 295; Ratzeburg p. 360-370 (detailed biogr.; bibl.) Rehder 5: 572; SBC p. 127 ("Midd."); TL-1/1127; TL-2/1: see Goeppert, H. R., TR 919-927; Tucker 1: 485.
- Allen, J. A., ed., Auk ser. 2. 11: 264. 1894 (obit.).
- Anon., Leopoldina 30: 57. 1894 (b. Aug 1815, d. 28 Jan 1914 n.s.).
- Borodin, J., Trav. Mus. bot. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 4: 79-80. 1908.
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 433. 1880.
- Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 206-207. 1882.
- Fischer, F. E. L. v., *in* W. J. Hooker, London J. Bot. 3: 272-273. 1844.
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- Hinckeldeyn, R. M., Gartenflora 43: 532-533. 1894.
- Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 46. 1901 (pl. K).
- Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 470. 1884.
- Jurgenson, P. B., Bjull. Mosk. Obšc. Isp. Prir., Biol. 71: 142-148. 1966.
- Lindemann, E. von, Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61(1): 48. 1886 (pl. MW).
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- Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 283. 1969.
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- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 513. 1977 (bryoph. LE).
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- Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 175, *pl. 37.* 1903 (portr.), 3(3): 189. 1905.
- Wolkenhauer, W., Geogr. Jahrb. 19: 379-380. 1897 (b. 18 Aug 1815, d. 28 Jan 1894, new style).
#### Eponymy
*Middendorfia* \[sic\] Trautvetter (1842).
### Publications
##### n.5978. Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Siberiens
**Title**
*Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Siberiens* während der Jahre 1843 und 1844... St. Petersburg (Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften...) 1847-1867, 4 vols. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Reise Sibir.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: in four volumes; of which 1(1), 1(2) and 4(1) with botany. *Copies*: BR, FI, NY, Teyler.
*Band 1, Theil 1*: 1848 (imprimatur 16 Sep 1848), p. \[i\*-vii\*\], \[i, h.t.\], \[i\]-lvi, \[1\]-274, *pl. 1-15.* – Fossil woods on p. \[223\]-237, *pl. 7-10.*
*Band 1, Theil 2, Botanik*: 1847-1856.
*Lieferung 1*: 1847, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-190, *pl. 1-8.* – E. R. von Trautvetter, Die phänogame Pflanzen aus dem Hochnorden.
*Lieferung 2*: 1851, p. \[191\]-435, *pl. 9-18* col. – F. J. Ruprecht, *Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres*; facsimile ed. 1978, Bibliotheca phycologica 39, Vaduz (J. Cramer).
*Lieferung 3*: 1856 (imprimatur 14 Jan 1856), E. R. von Trautvetter und C. A. Meyer, *Florula Ochotensis phaenogama*, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-133, *pl. 19-24, 25a, 25b, 26-31.* E. G. et G. G. Borszczov, *Musci taimyrenses* nec non fungi boganidenses et ochotenses, p. 135-148.
*Band 4, Theil 1*: 1864, *Uebersicht der Natur Nord-und Ost-Siberiens*.
*Lieferung 4*: 1864, p. i-iv, 525-783, i-liv, *1 pl*. A. von Middendorff, *Die Gewächse Sibiriens* (Anhang 1-5).
W. Nylander, *Lichenes middendorfiani*, p. lv-lviii, Anhang 6, Publ. 1867.
*Russian ed*.: 1860-1878, St. Petersburg, 2 vols., n.v..
*Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 6: 199-202. 10 Mar 1848 (1(2) Lief. 1); 14: 552-558, 573-577, 593-596, 615-618. 1856.
- Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 3: 630-632. Dec 1856-1857 (prim.).