> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 397](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189868) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/13687-1) LSID 13687-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21388687) QID Q21388687 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Preuss, Paul Rudolf (1861-?), German (Prussian) botanist and explorer; in Sierra Leone 1886-1888; on the Zintgraff expedition at Kumba 1889-1892; founder and director of the Victoria botanic garden, Cameroon, 1892-1895(-1902); in tropical America 1899-1900; in S.E. Asia 1903-1904. **Abbreviated name**: *P. Preuss* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.Preuss*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]]; other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection COI|COI]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection EA|EA]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection S|S]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 223; Barnhart 3: 109; BJI 2: 140; CSP 17: 1013; Kew 4: 363; Langman p. 595; LS 22204; Rehder 1: 491, 5: 688; Tucker 1: 569; Urban-Berl. p. 181, 280, 289, 310, 385. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 53: 104 (Leiter Versuchsplantage Kamerun), 271 (id.) 1893; Hedwigia 42: (161). 1903 (prof. title; resigned Victoria position). - Engler, A., Notizbl. k. bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 3: 1-3. 1900) on Victoria and Buea, Cameroon, as botanical stations). - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 177. 1938 (dir. Victoria bot. gard. 1892-1902). - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 120. 1970. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 53 (pl. K). - Leeuwenberg, A. J.M., Webbia 19(2): 862. 1965 (dupl. at BM). - Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 7: 15, 53. 1968. - Preuss, P.R., Notizbl. k. bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 1: 264-265. 1897 (on *Kickxia africana* in Cameroun). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 5: 10. 1904 (on Exped. C.-Südamerika). - Volkens, G., Notizbl. k. bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 2: 159-160. 1898 (on Victoria Cameroun botanic garden). #### Eponymy *Preussiella* Gilg (1897); *Preussiodora* Keay (1958). ### Publications ##### n.8317. Expedition nach Central **Title** Kolonial-wirtschaftliches Komitee. *Expedition nach Central* – *und Südamerika*... Berlin (Verlag des Kolonial-wirtschaftlichen Komitees...) 1901. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Exped. C.-Südamer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1901 (p. v: Jul 1901; Bot. Z. 16 Oct 1901; Bot. Jahrb. 1 Nov 1901; Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1911), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-452, *8* unnumbered pl. (gen.), *pl. 1-12* (bot.), chart. *Copies*: B, BR, MO, NY, Wurdack.*Ref*.: Busse, W., Bot. Zeit. 59(2): 347-348. 16 Nov 1901. ##### n.8318. Die Kokospalme und ihre Kultur **Title** *Die Kokospalme und ihre Kultur*... Berlin (Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen)...) \[1911\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kokospalme*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911 (pref. Oct 1911), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-221, *17 pl. Copy*: L.