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### 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.