> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 244](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068486) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4015-1) LSID 4015-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4147110) QID Q4147110 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hoffmann, \[Karl August\] Otto (1853-1909), German synantherologist of the Engler School, studied at Berlin and Göttingen, from 1877 high school teacher at the Friedrichs-Werdersche Gymnasium at Berlin. **Abbreviated name**: *O. Hoffm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *O.Hoffm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]]; some further material at [[Collection GOET|GOET]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 189; BFM 3167; BJI 1: 28; BM 2: 858, 6: 473; CSP 10: 251, 15: 894; Hortus 3: 1195 ("O. Hoffm."); IH 2: 280; Kew 3: 9; KR p. 299; Langman p. 373; NAF ser. 2. 2: 160; Rehder 5: 398; RS p. 88; Urban-Berl. p. 357; Zander ed. 10, p. 671. - Anon., Nat. Nov. 1909: iii; Bot. Zeit. 67(2): 320. 1909. - Ascherson, P. F. A., Ver. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 51: (153)-158. 1910. (bibl. by Muschler). #### Composite works - (1) EP, *Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 1 (TL-2/1710). *Compositae* 4(5): 87-128. Feb 1890, 129-176. Mai 1890, 177-224. Aug 1890, 225-272. Jan 1891, 273-320. Jul 1892, 321-368. Sep 1893, 369-387. 22 Mai 1894 (*Hieracium* by A. Peter); Nachtr. 2-4(1): 320-330. Nov 1897, (2): 75-78. 8 Oct 1900. - (2) *Compositae, in* Deutsch Ost Afrika 5(C) 1895. - (3) *Compositae, in* Engler, *Plantae Marlothianae*. 1888. - (4) *Compositae, in* Engler, *Pflanzenwelt Ostafrikas* C, p. 402-422. Aug 1895 (TL-2/1708). For a complete list of Otto Hoffmann's numerous contributions on *Compositae* in publications by others see the bibliography by R. Muschler, in Ascherson (1910). #### Eponymy *Hoffmanniella* R. Schlechter ex A. Lawalrée (1943). ### Publications ##### n.2906. Sertum plantarum madagascariensium **Title** *Sertum plantarum madagascariensium* a cl. J. M. Hildebrandt lectarum. Dicotyledones polypetalae. Auctore Otto Hoffmann. s.l.n.d. \[Berlin 1881\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sert. pl. madagasc.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1881, p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: G, M. – reprinted from Festschrift zum 200 jährigen Bestehen des Friedrichs-Werderschen Gymnasiums in Berlin. A note on p. 20 announces a continuation in Linnaea. This second part was not published. ##### n.2907. Die neuere Systematik der natürlichen Pflanzenfamilie der Compo- siten **Title** Wissenschaftliche Beilage zum Jahresbericht des Friedrichs-Werderschen Gymnasiums zu Berlin. Ostern 1894. *Die neuere Systematik der natürlichen Pflanzenfamilie der Compositen*... Berlin (R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung Hermann Heyfelder.) 1894. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. Compos.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1894 (Nat. Nov. Apr(1) 1894), p. \[1\]-34. *Copy*: MO. – Appendix to Programm Nr. 55, 1894 of the above-mentioned Gymnasium, p. 3-34, with new t.p.