> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 484](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355571) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6468-1) LSID 6468-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470035) QID Q470035 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Mildbraed, Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes (1879-1954), German botanist of the Engler school (Dr. phil. Berlin 1904) at Berlin-Dahlem (1903-1953); explorer of tropical Africa (1907-1908, 1910-1912, 1913-1914, 1928); prisoner of war in France 1914-1919. **Abbreviated name**: *Mildbr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mildbr.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]]; original collections of the German expeditions to tropical Africa, 1907-1908, 1910-1911, 1913-1914, 1928, 25.000 nos., almost entirely destroyed; for nos. below 3500, duplicates may be at [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]; between 3500-7200 at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection K|K]]; above 7200, at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection K|K]] (see Leeuwenberg (1965)). Further sets of duplicates at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BR|BR]] and [[Collection P|P]]. – Algae (some) at [[Collection B|B]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 657; Barnhart 2: 489; BJI 2: 117-118; BLI 1: 28, 56, 58, 309; BM 7: 841-842; Bossert p. 267; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Mildbr."); Hirsch p. 199; IF suppl. 4: 332; IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, 2: 538; Kew 4: 1; Langman p. 507; MW p. 322; TL-2/1711, 1713; Urban-Berl. p. 267, 279, 289, 308, 375; Zander ed. 10, p. 692, ed. 11, p. 789; Zep.-Tim. p. 86. - Anon., Torreya 15(3): 60. 1915; Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenb. 58: 215. 1916 (made prisoner of war in Kamerun, now in camp S. France); Hedwigia 53 (Beibl. 2): (169)-(170). 1913 ("Custos" at P). - Bamps, P., Bull. Jard. bot. natl. Belgique 45: 159-179. 1975 (map, intin., collecting localities 1907-1908; b. 19 Dec 1879, d. 24 Dec 1954). - Bullock, A. A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 76. 1978. - Eckardt, Th., Willdenowia 4(2): 172. 1966. - Exell, A. W., Cat. vasc. pl. S. Tomé 14. 1944. - Hepper, F. N. and F. Neate, Pl. coll. W. Afr. 56. 1971 (information on duplicate coll.). - Leeuwenberg, A. J. M., Webbia 19(2): 862. 1965 (coll.). - Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 22-24, 49. 1968 (itin.; dupl. coll.). - Mattick, F., Bot. Jahrb. 74(2): 173-198. 1948 (portr.); Willdenowia 2: 123-139. 1959 (portr., bibl.); Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 74: (103)-(104). 1962 (portr.). - Mildbraed, G. W. J., Bot. Jahrb. 34 (Lit.): 13-14. 17 Jun 1904 ("Autoreferat" of his thesis); Grundzüge der Vegetation des tropischen Kontinental-Afrika, herausgegeben und revidiert von Walter Domke, Willdenowia Beiheft 2, 1966. - Moldenke, H. N., Plant Life 2: 72. 1946 (1948) (epon.). - Pilger, R., Mitt. bot. Gart. Mus. Berl.-Dahl. 1(1): 2, 15, 17. 1953. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 370. 1975; Bryologist 80; 514. 1977. - Timler, F. K. & B. Zepernick, Berl. Bot. Gart. 65. 1978. - Walther, K., Webbia 19: 859-860. 1965 (on M's coll. at HBG). #### Composite works - (1) Engler, *Pflanzenreich, Stylidiaceae*, iv. 278: 1-98, *fig. 1-26.* 26 Mai 1908. - (2) EP, *Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 2. *Octoknemaceae*, 16b: 42-45, *figs. 24-25.* Jan-Apr 1935. *Pandanaceae*, 19a: 1-3. Jan-Aug 1931. #### Eponymy *Mildbraedia* Pax (1909); *Mildbraediodendron* Harms (1911): *Mildbraediochloa* Butzin (1971). ### Publications ##### n.6008. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition **Title** *Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition* 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band ii. *Botanik* herausgegeben von Dr. J. Mildbraed, Berlin mit 78 Tafeln. Leipzig (Klinkhardt & Diermann) 1914. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Wiss. Erg. deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot.* **Notes** *Authorship*: Mildbraed was editor and part author; the names of the numerous co-authors are given in the headings of the family treatments. *Publ*.: In parts 1910-1914, p. \[1\]-718, map, *pl. 1-78* (uncol.). *Copies*: FI, L, NY. |Lieferung |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1-2 |1-176 |1-16 |Dec 1910| |3 |177-270 |17-30 |1911| |4 |271-420 |31-46 |Dec 1911| |5 |421-507 |47-67 |6 Oct 1912| |6 |509-601 |68-78 |Aug 1913| |7 |603-718 |79-90 |Jan 1914| *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 49 (Lit.): 33. 1913 (date Lief. 5). ##### n.6009. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition **Title** *Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition* 1910-1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenberg Band ii: *Botanik* von Prof. Dr. J. Mildbraed... Leipzig (Verlag von Klinkhardt & Biermann) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Wiss. Erg. zweit. deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Jun 1922 (p. iii: Jan 1922; Nat. Nov. Jul 1922), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-202, *pl. 1-90. Copies*: FI, MO. – For a report on the expedition itself see Adolf Friedrich, Herzog zu Mecklenburg, *Vom Kongo zum Niger und Nill*, Leipzig (Brockhaus) 1912. Preliminary report on the botanical results: Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 54: 38-57. 1912. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 58(Lit.): 35-36. 1 Feb 1923, 60(lit.): 29-31. 1925. ##### n.6010. Die Banane **Title** *Die Banane* ihre Kultur und Verbreitung. Nach photographischen Aufnahmen von Franz Otto Koch. Text von J. Mildbraed und F. O. Koch. Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Banane*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Franz Otto Koch. *Publ*.: 15 Jun 1926 (t.p.),p. \[i\], \[1\]-16, \[1-2\], 16 photogr. *Copy*: U. – Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis (ed. F. Fedde). Beihefte Band 38.