> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 171](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068413) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3877-1) LSID 3877-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66569) QID Q66569 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hermann, Paul (1646-1695), Dutch botanist and explorer of German birth, travelled in Africa, India and Ceylon, professor of botany at Leiden 1680-1695. **Abbreviated name**: *P. Herm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Herm.*\] #### Herbarium The main Hermann herbarium was acquired by Sir Joseph Banks and is now at [[Collection BM|BM]]. It is the basis of Hermann's *Museum zeylanicum* and of Linné's *Flora zeylanica* and contains many Linnaean types with annotations in Linnaeus's own handwriting. Another Hermann herbarium of Ceylon plants is at [[Collection L|L]]. (IDC microfiche 8302/1). The Hermann herbarium on which the *Thesaurus zeylanicus* of Johannes Burman (TL-2/928) is based is at the Institut de France. In the absence of Linnaean Flora zeylanica types from the London herbarium, the Burman herbarium should be consulted. The original collection of plants made by Hermann at the Cape of Good Hope in 1672 is incorporated in Hortus Siccus 75 of the Sloane herbarium ([[Collection BM|BM]]). For an extensive study of Hermann's activities at the Cape and of his collections see M. C. Karsten (1967). Another important Hermann herbarium (mainly Ceylonese) is at [[Collection Gotha|Gotha]] (see Rauschert 1970 who also provides an extensive bibliography on the Hermann herbaria); several Hermann specimens are in the Thunberg herbarium ([[Collection UPS|UPS]]). *Ref*.: Trimen, H., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 24: 129-155. 1887 (Ceylon herb.). - Boulger, G. S., History of Ceylon botany, in Trimen, Handbook to the flora of Ceylon 5, app. 4: 367. 1900. - Murray, Hist. Coll. BMNH 154-155. 1904. - Ardagh, J. Bot. 69: 137-138. 1921. - Ooststroom, S. J. van, Blumea, Suppl. 1: 193-209. 1937. - Dandy, J. E., The Sloane herbarium 137-138. 1958. - Lourteig, A., Taxon 15: 23-33. 1966 (Thesaurus zeylanicus herb.). #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 641; Barnhart 2: 163; Backer p. 262; BM 2: 831; Clokie p. 182-183; Dryander 5: 279; HA 1: 637; HE p. 28; Henrey 2: 13, 79, 265; HU 378; Jackson p. 325, 440, 452; JW 1: 444, 2: 192, 3: 354, 4: 388, 5: 241 (q.v. for many Dutch references); Kew 2: 658; Langman p. 360; Lasègue p. 570 \[index\]; Moebius p. 42, 44, 406; MW p. 176; NI 859-860; NNBW 3: 1011; Oudemans ser. 2. 2: 232; Plesch p. 258; PR 3491-3495 (ed. 1: 4392-4398); Rehder 5: 386; SA 2: 566; SO 3722; Sotheby 339; TL-2/928, ind.; Tucker 1: 336; Urban-Berl. p. 356. - Bidloo, G., Oratio in funere viri clarissimi Pauli Hermanni dicta. Ed. altera. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden) 1695. - Botter, R., Leben und Verdienste des Botanikers Paul Hermann (1646-1695), Diss. Halle 1949 (fide Rauschert). - Britten J., J. Linn. Soc. 45: 31-33. 1920 (Hermann herb, at BM via Augustus Günther, Adam Gottlob Moltke and Joseph Banks (1793); has also Cape material). - Burkill, I. H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 6, 7, 9, 10, 11. 1965. - Edwards, J. S. Afr. Bot. 30: 103-105. 1964. - Eriksson, G., Bot. hist. Sverige 359 \[index\]. 1969. - Fries, Th. M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(4): 13. 1910, 1(5): 318. 1911, 1(6): 217. 1912. - Herre, H., Gen. Mesembryanthemaceae 38-39. 1971 (portr.). - Hulth, J. M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(8): 18. 1922, 2(1): 236, 238, 274, 337. 1916; 2(2): 25, 49, 83. 1943. - Jackson, B. D., J. Bot. 12: 136-137. 1874. - Jourdan, Dict. Sci. méd. 5: 170-171. 1822 (bibl.). - Karsten, M. C., Old Comp. Gard. Cape 179 \[index\]. 1951; J. S. Afr. Bot. 33: 117-132, 161-175. 1967; Suid-Afr. biogr. woordeb. 1: 366-367. 1968 (bibl.). - King, G., J. Bot. 27: 454-463. 1899. - Linnaeus, C., Fl. Zeyl. 11-16. 1747, Amoen. Acad. 5: 356-357. 1760. - MacOwan, Trans. S. Afr. philos. Soc. 4: xxxii-xxxiii. 1887. - Molhuyzen, P. C., Bronnen Gesch. Leidsche Univ. 3: 268, 348, 352, 263\*-264\*, 267\*-268\*. 1918. - Peiris, J. Ceylon Branch R. Asiat. Soc. ser. 2. 2(1): 1-20. 1952 (father of Ceylon botany). - Rauschert, Hercynia N.F. 7(4): 301-328. 1970 (biogr., bibl., extensive analysis of herbaria). - Rendle, A. B., Enc. brit. ed. 11. 2: 9. 1911 (term "Angiosperm"). - Smit, Wiss. Beitr. Martin-Luther Univ. Halle-Wittenberg 1969(2): 69-88. - Sirks, M. J., Ind. natuurond. 295 \[index\]. 1925. - Stafleu, F. A., *in* Jacquin, Sel. stirp. amer. 1971 (facs. ed.), p. F26; Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 374 \[index\]. 1971. - Veendorp, H. & L. G. M. Baas-Becking, Hortus acad. lugd.-bat. 1587-1937: 214 \[Index\]. 1938. #### Handwriting Dandy, J. E., The Sloane Herbarium *pl. 50*. 1958, see also Clokie p. 279, Rauschert (1970) p. 303, and Peiris (1952, *pl. 1*). #### Eponymy *Hermannia* Linnaeus (1753); *Mahernia Linnacus* (1767, anagram). ### Publications ##### n.2684. Horti academici lugduno-batavi catalogus **Title** *Horti academici lugduno-batavi catalogus* exhibens plantarum omnium nomina, quibus ab anno mdclxxxi ad annum mdclxxxvi hortus fuit instructus ut & plurimarum in eodem cultarum & à  nemine hucusque editarum descriptiones & icones. Lugduno Batavorum \[Leiden\] (apud Cornelium Boutesteyn) 1787. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. lugd.-bat. cat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1687, front., p. \[i-xviii\], 1-699, \[700, err.\], numerous woodcuts. *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, MO, NY, W (2, of which one with notes by P. Collinson), USDA. – Cancelled lvs are known of P1, V3, X4, Y8. The engraving at Qq3 may have a corrected version pasted over the original (which duplicates the engraving on Qq2.). Gathering XX has ¾ text, but see HU 378 for an added cancel quarter sheet. ##### n.2685. Schola botanica **Title** *Schola botanica* sive catalogus plantarum, quas ab aliquot annis in horto regio parisiensi studiosis indigitavit vir clarissimus Joseph Pitton Tournefort, D.M. ut et Pauli Hermanni p.p. *Paradisi batavi prodromus*, in quo plantae rariores omnes, in batavorum hortus hactenus cultae, & plurimam partem à  nemine antea descriptae recensentur. Edente in lucem S.W.A. Amstelaedami (apud Henricum Wetstenium) 1689. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Schola bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1689, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-386, \[4, addenda\], \[22, index, errata on 22\]. *Copies*: NY, U. – For a discussion of the authorship of the *Schola botanica* (Wharton versus Sherard) see HU 382 and Jackson (1874). *Ref*.: Jackson, B. D., J. Bot. 12: 136-137. 1874. ##### n.2686. Florae lugduno-batavae flores **Title** *Florae lugduno-batavae flores* sive enumeratio stirpium horti lugduno-batavi methodo, naturae vestigiis insistente, dispositarum, & anno 1689, in lectionibus tam publicis quam privatis expositarum a Paulo Hermanno... nunc vero in gratiam botanophilorum primum in lucem editarum opera Lotharii Zumbach... Lugd. Batavor. \[Leiden\] (apud Fredericum Haaring) 1690. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. lugd.-bat. fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1690, front., p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-267, index \[1-4\]. *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, NY, USDA. – The \[4\] index pages seen only in the BR copy. ##### n.2687. Paradisus batavus **Title** *Paradisus batavus*, continens plus centum plantas affabrè aere incisas & descriptionibus illustratas. Cui accessit catalogus plantarum, quas pro tomis nondum editis, delineandas curaverat Paulus Hermannus, M.D.... opus posthumum. Lugduni-Batavorum \[Leiden\], impensis viduae (apud Abrahamum Elzevier) 1698. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Parad. bat.* **Notes** *Orig*.: 1698, p. \[i-xx\], 1-247, cat. pl. \[1\]-15, *110* \[sometimes *111*\] unnumbered plates. *Copies*: MO, NY, U, USDA. – *Plates*: several of the originals in Sloane mss 4003 at BM. *Reissue*: 1705, \[i\*-ix\*, frontisp., engr. t.p., dedic.\], p. \[i-xvi\], 1-247 ("90" = 206; "187" = 207), \[1\]-15, *pl. 1-111*, uncol. copper engr. *Copies*: BR, G, U(2), USDA. – Main t.p.: "... *Paradisus batavus*, in numeris exoticis curiosis herbis, & rarioribus plantis, magno sumptu & curâ ex variis terrarum orbis regionibus, tam Oriente, quam Occidente, collectis, acquisitis, illustratus. Ingeniosissima, & dexterrima artificum manu elaboratis iconibus, ad vivum aeri incisis. Eruditissimâ suâ, & magnorum in re herbaria versatissimorum virorum, methodicâ descriptione, & catalogo plantarum, nondum prae immatura morte auctoris delineatarum, locupletatus." Lugduno Batavorum (apud Petrum van der Aa) 1705. Qu. ##### n.2688. Musaeum zeylanicum **Title** *Musaeum zeylanicum*, sive catalogus plantarum, in Zeylana sponte nascentium, observatarum & descriptarum. Lugduni batavorum \[Leiden\] (apud Isaacum Severinum) 1717. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mus. zeylan.* **Notes** *Ed. 1717*: p. \[i-iv\], 1-71. *Copy*: U. *Re-issue*: 1726, "editio secunda", Lugduni batavorum (apud Danielem vander Vecht) 1726. Oct., p. \[i-iv\], 1-71. *Copies*: B, G, USDA. *Facsimile ed*. of 1717 ed.: 1977, Leiden (Boerhaave Press), ISBN 90-70153-04-1. *Copy*: FAS (see Taxon 27: 107-108. 1978). *Ref*.: BM 2: 831; HE p. 28; IDC 114; PR 3995 (ed. 1: 4397); SA 2: 566. (1726 re-issue). - Peiris, J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. ser. 2. 2: 1-20. 1952.