> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 507](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355594) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/23430-1) LSID 23430-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19161090) QID Q19161090 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Minks, Arthur (1846-1908), German physician and lichenologist at Stettin. **Abbreviated name**: *Minks* \[standard form in IPNI: *Minks*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (destroyed); further material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection GFW|GFW]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 495; BM 3: 1318-1319, 7: 848; CSP 8: 409, 10: 820, 12: 511, 17: 269; DTS 1: 196, 3: xlviii; GR p. 33,*pl*. \[*15*\], cat. p. 68; Hawksworth p. 184; IH 2: 543; Herder p. 114; Jackson p. 161; Kelly p. 149-150; Kew 4: 11; LS 17915-17933; Morren ed. 10, p. 17; MW p. 324; SBC p. 127 ("Minks"). - Anon., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 27: (144). 1910. - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 15: 184. 1909 (d. 5 Dec 1908). - Laundon, J. R., Lichenologist 11: 14. 1979 (coll.). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 145, *pl. 127.* 1905 (portr.) (b. 22 Jun 1846). #### Eponymy *Minksia* J. Müller Arg. (1882). ### Publications ##### n.6082. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Baues und Lebens der Flechten **Title** *Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Baues und Lebens der Flechten*... Wien (Herausgegeben von der k.k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien...) 1876, 2 parts. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Bau. Flecht.* **Notes** *Part 1, Gonangium und Gonocystium*: late 1876 (t.p. reprint 1876; submitted 5 Jul 1876; Bot. Zeit. 16 Mar 1877; Flora 21 Jan 1877), p. \[i-iii\], \[3\]-126, *pl. 5-6.* Preprinted from Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 477-600. 1876 (1877). *Part 2, Die Syntrophie*: Jan-Feb 1893 (t.p. reprint 1893; submitted 2 Nov. 1892; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1893), p. \[i-iii\], 1-132. Reprinted from id. 42: 377-508. 1892 (publ. 1893). – Abstract: Bot. Centralbl. 55: 81-89. 1893. *Copies* FH, NY, Stevenson. ##### n.6083. Das Microgonidium **Title** *Das Microgonidium*. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des wahren Wesens der Flechten... mit 6 colorirten Tafeln. Basel, Genf, Lyon (H. Georg's Verlag) 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Microgonidium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Nov 1879 (p. v: 28 Oct 1878; Bot. Zeit. 5 Dec 1879 and 2 Jan 1880; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) and Dec(1) 1879; Flora 1 Jan 1880; J. Bot. Feb 1880), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-v, \[1, cont.\], \[1\]-249, *pl. 1-6* (col. liths.). *Copies*: MO, NY, Stevenson. – An attempt to repudiate the Schwenderian doctrine of the nature of the lichen gonidia. Minks holds that "microgonidia, which are ultimately transformed into gonidea, exist spontaneously in the hyphae, rhizines, cortical cells, paraphyses, thecae and in the spores and spermatia(!) of lichens" (Murray). *Ref*.: Murray, G., J. Bot. 18: 123-124. 1880 (rev.). ##### n.6084. Symbolae licheno-mycologicae **Title** *Symbolae licheno-mycologicae*. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Grenzen zwischen Flechten und Pilzen... Kassel (Verlag von Theodor Fischer) 1881-1882, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Symb. lich.-mycol.* **Notes** *Theil 1*: Aug-Oct 1881 (p. ix: 10 Mar 1881; Bot. Centralbl. 24-28 Oct 1881; Bot. Zeit. 30 Dec 1881;Nat. Nov. Oct(3) 1881; Flora 11 Nov 1881; Hedwigia Dec 1881;TBC Jan 1882), p. \[i\]-lxx, \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-176. *Theil 2*: Sep-Oct 1882 (Bot. Centralbl. 16-20 Oct 1882; Bot. Zeit. 29 Dec 1882; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1882; TBC Nov 1882; J. Bot. Dec 1882), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-273. *Copies*: MO, NY, Stevenson. *Ref*.: Tuckermann, E., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 9(11): 143. Nov 1882. - Minks, A., Bot. Centralbl. 9: 411-416. 1882. 12: 325-330. 1882 (abstracts). - W. P., Grevillea 10: 74-75. Dec 1881 (rev., see also 9: 34, 48; 12: 89, 118, 143). ##### n.6085. Die Protrophie **Title** *Die Protrophie*, eine neue Lebensgemeinschaft, in ihre auffälligsten Erscheinungen... Berlin (Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohn) 1896. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Protrophie*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Feb 1896 (p. vi: Sep 1895; Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1896; ÖbZ Mar 1896), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1, cont.\], \[1\]-247. *Copy*: Stevenson. *Ref*.: V. H. B., J. Bot. 34: 436-437. Oct 1896.