> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 816](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355903) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12715-1) LSID 12715-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55069834) QID Q55069834 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Oken, Lorenz (until 1802: Okenfuss) (1779-1851), German naturalist, physician, philosopher and philologist; Dr. med. Freiburg i.B. 1804; at Jena university 1807-1819; at München 1827-1832, at Zürich from 1832; main proponent of the German "Naturphilosophie" and longtime editor of Isis. **Abbreviated name**: *Oken* \[standard form in IPNI: *Oken*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material at [[Collection BP|BP]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 261; BM 3: 1466; Bossert p. 293; CSP 4: 667-668, 17: 605; Frank 3(Anh.): 73; GR p. 36, cat. p. 69; Herder p. 22, 30, 94; Hortus 3: 1201 ("Oken"); Jackson p. 17, 37; Krempelh. 1: 100, 467, 2: 9, 172; LS 19450; MD 193-195; Moebius p. 52, 54, 150; PR 6820 (ed. 1: 7617-7619); Quenstedt p. 319; Rehder 5: 632; Zander ed. 10, p. 698, ed. 11, p. 796. - Anon., Bonplandia 2: 205, 267. 1854 (cogn. Leopoldina: Hercules \[sic\], b. 1 Aug 1779, d. 11 Aug 1851); Bot. Zeit. 9: 648. 1851; 11: 344. 1853 (sale library); Flora 34: 574. 1851 (d.), 36: 240. 1853 (sale library); Österr. bot. W. 1: 283. 1851 (d.). - Bräuning-Oktavio, H., Ber. naturf. Ges. Freiburg 48: 5-64. 1958 (Oken und Göttingen). - Brockhaus, Conversations-Lexikon ed. 13. 12: 404. 1885. - Candolle, A. P. de, Mém. souvenirs 375, 376. 1862. - Carus, C. G. und C. F. P. von Martius, Eine Altersfreundschaft in Briefen 15, 123, 125, 132, 1940. - Ecker, A., Lorenz Oken, a biographical sketch. London, 1883, xxiv, 183 p. (portr.) (translation from the German by Alfred Tulk); Lorenz Oken. Eine biographische Skizze. Stuttgart 1880; Tagebl. Ges. deut. Naturf. Aerzte 52. Versamml., 4: 45-46, 106-123. 1879. - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit deceased entomol. 280. 1977. - Glass, B. et al., Forerunners of Darwin 301, 382. 1968. - Iitis, H., Life of Mendel ed.2. 106, 177, 183. 1966. - Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 415, 420. 1884. - Lange, A., ADB 24: 216-226. 1887 (extensive biogr.). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 66. 1973. - Martius, C. F. P. von, Akad. Denkreden 322-325. 1866. - Maurer, F., Jena Z. Naturw. 64: 531-550. 1930 (portr.). - Merrill, E. D., J. Arnold Arb. 31: 264-287. 1950 (unlisted technical plant names in Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. für alle Stände 1839-1841, q.v.). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 301. 1969 (q.v. for further biogr. refs.). - Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biol. 287-289. 1935. - Pfannenstiel, M. & E. Th. Nauck, Ber. naturf. Ges. Freiburg 41(1): 7-118. 1951 (Oken und Freiburg; extensive secondary bibl.). - Poggendorff, J. C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 319. 1863 (b. 1 Aug 1779, d. 11 Aug 1851). - Ratzeburg, J. T. C., Forstwiss. Schriftst. Lex. 380-383. 1872 (reprints obit. Streubel, Voss. Zeit. 1851, 195, Beilage 1). - Sachs, J. v., Hist. botanique 179. 1892. - Sachse, C. Tr., Allg. deut. naturh. Zeit. 2: 463-464. 1847 (obit.). - Sarton, G., Isis 44(3): 233-234. 1953 ("Why Isis"). - Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 171. 1942. - Smit, P., Scientiar. Hist. 6: 66-88. 1964; 8: 87-93. 1966; *in*Querner, H. & H. Schipperges. Wege der Naturforschung 1822-1972, p. 101-124. 1972; 10: 100-105. 1968. - Taton, R., ed., Science in the nineteenth century 349, 429, 550. 1965. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 137. 1903, 3(3): 146, 213. 1905. #### Composite works Founder and editor of *Isis*, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung von Oken. Jahrg. 1817-1847, 32 vols. #### Eponymy *Ockea*F. C. Dietrich (1815 & 1819); *Okenia*Schlechtendal et Chamisso (1830). ### Publications ##### n.7045. Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte... **Title** Okens *Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte...*Zweyter Theil. Botanik... Jena (bey August Schmid) 1825-1826, 2 parts. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Lehrb. Naturgesch.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in three volumes (vol. 1 Mineralogie, vol. 3 Zoologie see MD) of which vol. 2 on Botany, to be published in two Abtheilungen of which the first remained unpublished. The Zweite Abtheilung came out in two parts. For bibliographic details see MD. *2*(*2.1*): Jan-Sep 1925, p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi\], \[1\]-1077, \[1078, err.\].–"Zweyter Abtheilung erste Hälfte. Mark- und Stamm-Pflanzen." *2*(*2.2*): 1826, p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi\], \[1\]-1428, \[1429-1430\]. *Copy*: G. ##### n.7046. Esquisse du système d'anatomie **Title** *Esquisse du système d'anatomie*de physiologie et d'histoire naturelle, par Oken. A. Paris (Chez Béchet Jeune,...) 1821. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Esq. syst. anat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1821 (t.p.), p. \[i\], \[1\]-62. *Copies*:G, MICH. ##### n.7047. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte **Title** *Allgemeine Naturgeschichte*für alle Stände... Zweyter Band oder Botanik erster Band. Stuttgart (Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung) 1839. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Allg. Naturgesch.* **Notes** *Botanik erster Band*: 1839, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[3\]-386. *Botanik zweyten Bandes erste Abtheilung*:1841, p. \[1\]-702 Mark- und Schaftpflanzen. – Is vol. 3(1) of Allg. Naturgesch. *Botanik zweyten Bandes zweyte Abtheilung*: 1841, \[i\], \[703\]-1448. – Stamm-und Blüthenpflanzen. – Is vol. 3(2) of Allg. Naturgesch. *Botanik zweyten Bandes dritte Abtheilung*: 1841, p. \[i\], \[1449\]-2135, \[2136\], chart. 2137-2142, \[i\]-xxx, \[1\]-44. – Fruchtpflanzen. – Is vol. 3(3) of Allg. Naturgeschichte. *Copies*: MICH, NY. – For *atlas*see below *Abb. Allg. Naturgesch. –*for an extensive discussion of the nomenclatural importance of this often overlooked work see Merrill (1950) with citation of unlisted names with synonymy. ##### n.7048. Abbildungen zu Oken's allgemeiner Naturgeschichte **Title** *Abbildungen zu Oken's allgemeiner Naturgeschichte*für alle Stände. Stuttgart (Hoffmansche Verlags-Buchhandlung) 1843. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Abb. Oken allg. Naturgesch.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843; the botanical part has *pl*. *1-22*with 48 p. explanation. *Copies*: G, MO. – In all *164 pl*. of which 130 col.