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### Author
Schmidt, Otto Christian (1900-1951), German (Berlin) botanist; Dr. phil. Berlin 1922; assistant at the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1922-1939; lecturer (1931); extraordinary professor of pharmacognosy Univ. Berlin (1938); at the Institut für Pflanzenernährungslehre of the University of Berlin 1943-1949; at the University of Münster 1949-1951.
**Abbreviated name**: *O.C. Schmidt* \[standard form in IPNI: *O.C.Schmidt*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (mainly extant). – Letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 658; Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8159-8160; BJI 2: 157; Christiansen p. 168, 320; MW p. 438; TL-2/1711, 4554; Zep-Tim. p. 101.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Hedwigia 72: (114). 1932 (asst. B); Österr. bot. Z. 87: 248. 1938 (professorship Berlin).
- Asen, J., Gesamtverz. Lehrkörp. Univ. Berlin 1: 174. 1955 (b. 24 Jun 1900, d. 24 Aug 1951).
- Hansen, A., Bot. bibl. Azores 7. 1970.
- Koster, J.T., Taxon 18: 557. 1969 (coll. destr.).
- Mattick, F., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 68a: 156. 1955 (obit.; b. 24 Jun 1900, d. 24 Aug 1951); Willdenowia 1(4): 654-664. 1956 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Merrill, E.D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 268. 1947 (Pacific bibl.).
- Schmidt, O.C, Schriftenverzeichniss (1923-1943), mss. at B.
- Van Landingham, S.L., Cat. Diatom. 6: 3588. 1978, 7: 4226. 1978.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 34. 1936, 3: 27, 145. 1937, 4: 299, 445. 1938, 5: 319. 1939, 6: 190, 305. 1941.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Saxifragaceae, Cunoniaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, in* Nova Guinea 14: 148-157, *2 pl*. 1924.
- (2) *Polygonaceae, Lythraceae, in* I. Urban, Plantae haitenses 3: 29-33, 82 (Ark. f. Bot. 20a(15)) 1926; *Aristolochiaceae, Ternstroemiaceae, Lythraceae in* id. 4: 1-2, 14-15, 16-18 (Ark.
f. Bot. 21a(5)). 1927.
- (3) *Selaginellaceae, in* G. Lindau, *Krypt*.-*Fl. Anf.* ed. 2. 6: 108-109. 1926.
- (4) *Die Algenvegetation Helgolands, in* Karsten-Schenck, Vegetationsbilder ser. 19, 5, *pl. 25-30*, 6 p. text, Jena (G. Fischer) 1928.
- (5) Editor, with H. Reimers, *Hedwigia* 73-80. 1933-1940; sole editor 81-82. 1943-1944.
- (6) EP, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, *Aristolochiaceae* 16b: 204-242. 1935.
- (7) Editor, *Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg*, vols. 6a (1936), 7 (1938), 8 (1944, stocks mainly destroyed; see Warnstorf).
- (8) Editor G. Lindau, *Hilfsb. Sammeln nied. Krypt.* ed. 2, 1938.
#### Note
Manuscripts destroyed by fire 1-2 Mar 1943 in B: *Phaeophyla* for EP, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2; *Die marine Vegetation Helgolands* e.a. (see Willdenowia 1(4): 663. 1856).
#### Eponymy
*Ottoschmidtia* Urban (1924).
### Publications
##### n.10.905. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Gattung Codium
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Gattung Codium* (Stackh.... Stuttgart (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung...) 1923. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Kenntn. Codium*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1923 (NY rd 6 Jul 1923; ÖbZ for Jan-Mar 1923; Nat. Nov. Feb 1924), p. \[ii-v\], \[1\]-67, \[68, corr.\]. *Copies*: FH, NY. – Bibliotheca botanica Heft 91. –"Autoreferat": Hedwigia 64: (77)-(78). 29 Dec 1923.
##### n.10.906. Die marine Vegetation der Azoren
**Title**
*Die marine Vegetation der Azoren* in ihren Grundzügen dargestellt... Stuttgart (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Erwin Nägele)...) 1931. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Mar. Veg. Azoren*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1931 (p. \[v\]: 14 Apr 1931), p. \[ii\]-viii, \[1\]-116, *pl. 1-10* w.t., map, 6 charts. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, LC, LD, NSUB. – Issued as Bibliotheca botanica Heft 102.
*Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 70: 86-88. 1932 (rev.).
- Schmidt, O.C., Hedwigia 71: (12). Aug 1931.