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### Author
Sydow, Paul (1851-1925), German (Pommeranian) botanist (cryptogamist), bibliographer and schoolmaster at Berlin.
**Abbreviated name**: *P. Syd.* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.Syd.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
The part of P. Sydow's mycological collections incorporated in [[Collection H|H]]. Sydow's herbarium is now at [[Collection S|S]] (acquired in 1919), bryophytes at [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]] and [[Collection S|S]], lichens at [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. Other material at [[Collection PAD|PAD]]. Plants from Pommerania at [[Collection W|W]]. The "Laubmoosherbarium" of Sydow was offered for sale in combination with that of Wilms in Herbarium 52: 15. 1920. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB.
*Exsiccatae*: (*1*) *Uredineen*. fasc. 1-57, nos. 1-2850, 1888-1924. For full details, including a list of published references and reviews see Stevenson (1971, p. 415-426). *Collectors*: H. and P. Sydow, F. Bubak, P. Dietel, J. Eriksson, Ed. Fischer, P. Hennings, O. Jaap, A. Kmet, G. Lagesheim, P. Magnus, A. Mori, O. Pazschke, C.B. Plowright and others; for N. American collectors see Stevenson (1971). *Sets*: [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection BUC|BUC]], [[Collection CINC|CINC]], [[Collection COLO|COLO]], [[Collection DAOM|DAOM]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KSC|KSC]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OC|OC]], [[Collection OS|OS]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection PREM|PREM]], [[Collection PUR|PUR]], [[Collection RUTPP|RUTPP]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection RMS|SOLH]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]].
- (*2*) *Ustilagineen*, fasc. 1-13, nos. 1-500, 1894-1915. For extensive details (including a list of published references and reviews) see Stevenson (1971, p. 430-434). *Sets*: [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DAOM|DAOM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GRO|GRO]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection HCIO|HCIO]], [[Collection IARI|IARI]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection KSC|KSC]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection RUTPP|RUTPP]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection RMS|SOLH]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]].
- (*3*) *Phycomyceten et Protomyceten*, fasc. 1-9, nos. 1-350, 1898-1916. For full details (dates, list of published references and reviews) see Stevenson (1971, p. 435-437). *Sets*: [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection COLO|COLO]], [[Collection DAOM|DAOM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection RUTPP|RUTPP]], [[Collection RMS|SOLH]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection WSP|WSP]].
- (*4*) With E.F.A.W. Migula and L.J. Wahlstedt: *Characeae exsiccatae*, fasc. 1-6, nos. 1-150, 1892-1901. For details see IH 2: 537 (sets) and Sayre (1969).
- (*5*) *Mycotheca marchica*, Pilze der Mark in getrockneten Exemplaren (fasc. 1 with W. Zopf), cent. 1-49, nos. 1-4900, 1880-1899 ("marchica": Mark Brandenburg, Preussen). *1*: Feb 1880, Hedwigia Mai 1880; rev. A. de Bary, Bot. Zeit. 38: 190. 12 Mar 1880; Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1880.
*2*: 1881, Bot. Zeit. 3 Mar 1882; Hedwigia Dec 1881.
*3*: 1882, Bot. Centralbl. 10: 150 1882; Hedwigia Nov 1882; Nat. Nov. Mar(1) 1882. *4*: 1882, Nat. Nov. Sep 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 12: 139. 16-20 Oct 1882; Bot. Zeit. 40: 825. 24 Nov 1882.
*5*: 1883, Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1883.
*6*: 1883, Bot. Zeit. 42: 623. 26 Sep 1884; Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1884.
*7*: 1883, Bot. Zeit. 42: 844. 26 Dec 1884.
*8*: 1885, Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1885.
*9*: 1885, Bot. Zeit. 44: 79. 29 Jun 1886; Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1885.
*10*: 1886, Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1886.
*11*: 1886, Nat. Nov. Sep(1) 1886.
*12*: 1886, Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1886.
*13*: 1887, Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1887.
*14*: 1887, Nat. Nov. Jun(3) 1887.
*15*: 1887, Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1887.
*16*: 1887, Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1887.
*17*: 1887, Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1887.
*18*: 1887, Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1887.
*19*: 1888, Bot. Zeit. 46: 204. 30 Mar 1888; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1888.
*20*: 1888, Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1888; Bot. Zeit. 27 Jul 1888.
*21*: 1888, Bot. Zeit. 46: 481. 27 Jul 1888; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1888.
*22*: 1888, Nat. Nov. Sep(1, 2) 1888.
*23*: 1888.
*24*: 1888, Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1888.
*25*: 1889, Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1889.
*26*: 1889, Nat. Nov. Mai(2) 1889.
*27*: 1889, Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1889.
*28*: 1889, Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1889.
*29*: 1890, Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1890.
*30*: 1890, Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1890.
*31*: 1891, Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1890.
*32*: 1891, Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1891.
*33*: 1891, Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1891.
*34*: 1891, Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1891.
*35*: 1892, Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1892.
*36*: 1892, Nat. Nov. Sep(4) 1892.
*37*: 1892, Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1892.
*38*: Dec 1892, Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1892.
*39*: Oct 1893, Hedwigia Jan-Feb 1894; Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1893.
*40*: Oct 1893, Hedwigia Jan 1894; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1893.
*41*: Apr 1894, Hedwigia 20 Jun 1894; Nat. Nov. Mai 1894.
*42*: 1894, Hedwigia 20 Dec 1894; Nat. Nov. Sep(1) 1894.
*43*: Feb 1895, Hedwigia Feb 1895; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1895.
*44*: Sep-Oct 1895, Nat. Nov. Dec(1, 2) 1895.
*45*: Jan 1896, Hedwigia 35: (60)-(62). Mar-Apr 1896; Nt. Nov. Jan(2) 1896. *46*: Jun 1896, Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1896.
*47*: Dec 1897, Hedwigia 36: (33)-(34). Jan-Feb 1897; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1897. *48*: Jun-Jul 1898, Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1898.
*49*: Jun 1899, Hedwigia 38: (246)-(247). 10 Aug 1899; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1899. *Sets*: [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection BUC|BUC]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]].
- (6) P. Sydow contributed to T. Vestergren, ed., *Micromycetes rariores selecti*.
- (7) Id. to W. Migula et al. *Characeae exsiccatae*, see IH 2: 537.
#### Bibliography and biography
Ainsworth p. 9, 280, 289, 308, 324, 347; Barnhart 3: 353 (b. 1 Nov 1851, d. 26 Feb 1925); BL 2: 175; BM 5: 2065, 8: 1280; Bossert p. 391; CSP 18: 1045; De Toni 1: cxxi, 2: cxiii; DTS 1: 295, 3: lii; GR, cat. p. 72; Hawksworth p. 186, 198; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 344, 2: (files); Kelly p. 224; KR p. 688; LS 840a, 26189-26238, 39816-39818, suppl. 27192-27256; MW p. 479; SBC p. 133; TL-2/see R. Ciferri, H. Diedicke, E. Migula, F.W. Neger; Urban-Berl. p. 272, 282, 291, 402; Zander ed. 10, p. 722, ed. 11, p. 824.
#### Biofile
- Ainsworth, G.C., Dict. fungi ed. 6: 570. 1971.
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen.cat. print. books 233: 693. 1964; Hedwigia 65: (195) 1925 (d.); J. Mycol. 11: frontisp. portr. 1955.
- Doidge, E., Bothalia 5: 1021-1023. 1950 (publ. on S. Afr. fungi).
- Lack, H.W. & C.-O. von Sydow, Willdenowia 14: 441. 1984.
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 716. 1985.
- Pfister, D.H., Mycotaxon 23: 83, 92, 115-116, 117. 1985.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 518. 1977 (bryoph. at S and H).
- Schmid, B. & C. Thesing, Biologen-Kalender 323. 1914 (bibl.).
- Stevenson, J., Beih. Nova Hedw. 36: 415-437. 1971 (exsicc).
#### Composite works
- (1) Contributed to P.A. Saccardo et al., *Syll. fung*. (see TL-2/9898) vols. 12(1, 2), 13, 14 and 16, 1896-1902.
- (2) Co-author with G. Lindau of *Thesaurus litteraturae mycologicae et lichenologicae* 1908-1917, 5 vols., see TL-2/4556.
- (3) With H. Sydow, *Contribution à l'étude des champignons parasites de Colombie* in O. Fuhrmann & E. Mayor, *Voy. Expl. sci. Colombie* p. \[432\]-441. 1914 (G reprint rd 6 Mar 1914), possibly preprint. See TL-2/5750.
#### Handwriting
Beih. Nova Hedw. 36: 415, 430, 1971. – The labels of the first 24 fascicles of the *Uredineen* (exsicc.) and of fascicles 1-3 of the *Ustilaginales* (id.) were handwritten. See also Candollea 33: 423-424. 1978.
#### Eponymy
*Sydowia* Bresadola (1895); *Sydowiellina* Batista et Lima ex Batista (1959, also honors H. Sydow (*q.v.*)).
### Publications
##### n.13.590. Die Moose Deutschlands
**Title**
*Die Moose Deutschlands*. Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Bestimmung der in Deutschland vorkommenden Laubmoose... Berlin (Verlag von Adolf Stubenrauch) 1881. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Moose Deutscht.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1881 (p. \[iii\]: Mar 1881; Bot. Centralbl. 4-7 Jul 1881; Bot. Zeit. 26 Aug 1881; J. Bot. Aug 1881; ÖbZ 1 Nov 1881; Hedwigia Sep 1881; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1881), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-185. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, MO, NY, U, U-V.
*Reissue*: 1883, with 1881 t.p. but with cover-t.p. 1883, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-186. *Copy*: BR.
##### n.13.591. Die Lebermoose Deutschlands
**Title**
*Die Lebermoose Deutschlands*, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz... Berlin (Verlag von Adolf Stubenrauch) 1882. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Leberm. Deutschl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1881 (t.p. 1882; p. iv: Nov 1881; Bot. Centralbl. 2-6 Jan 1882; Bot. Zeit. 27 Jan 1882; ÖbZ 1 Mar 1882; Hedwigia Jan 1882; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1882), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-95. *Copies*: BR, FH, G(2), M, MO, NY, U-V.
##### n.13.592. Die bisher bekannten europäischen Characeen
**Title**
*Die bisher bekannten europäischen Characeen*... Berlin (Verlag von Adolf Stubenrauch) 1882. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Eur. Charac.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1882 (p. vii: Jul 1882; Bot. Centralbl. 23-27 Oct 1882; J. Bot. Dec 1882; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1882), p. \[i\]-xxviii, \[1\]-104. *Copies*: BR, FH, G, M, NY; IDC 6408. – See also his *Tabelle zur leichteren Bestimmung der deutschen Characeen, in* P. Sydow & C. Mylius, Botaniker-Kalender 71-76. 1886.
##### n.13.593. Anleitung zum Sammeln der Kryptogamen
**Title**
*Anleitung zum Sammeln der Kryptogamen*... Stuttgart (Julius Hoffmann) 1885. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Anleit. Samm. Krypt.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1885 (p. iv: Jun 1885; Bot. Zeit. 30 Oct 1885, Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1885), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-144. *Copies*: B, FH, MO, NY, Stevenson. – The Stevenson copy has a sticker over the imprint "Verlag f. Naturkunde (Sprösser & Nägele).
*Ref*.: Prantl, K.A.E., Bot. Zeit. 44: 542. 6 Aug 1885.
##### n.13.594. Botaniker-Kalender
**Title**
*Botaniker-Kalender* 1886... Berlin (Verlag von Julius Springer...) 1886 \[i.e. 1885\]
**Abbreviated title**: *Bot*.-*Kalend.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: C. Mylius.
*Ed. 1*: in two parts. *copies*: B-S, G, H, NY, U-Bioh.
*I. Theil* (Kalendarium,...): Oct 1885 (p. iv: Aug 1885; Bot. Monatschr. Aug 1885: "Im Herbst erscheint"; J. Bot. Jan 1886; Bot. Zeit. 28 Dec 1885; Nat. Nov. Oct()1) 1885; Ver. Prov. Brandenb. rd by 31 Oct 1885), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii\], calendar (unpaginated), \[1\]-96.
*II. Theil* (Botanisches Jahrbuch): Oct 1885 (p. iv: Sep 1886; Bot. Centralbl. 8-12 Mar 1886 (rev.); Bot. Zeit. 25 Dec 1885 (rev. of both parts); J. Bot. Jan 1886; Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1885), p. \[i-ii\], , \[1\]-118.
*Ed. 2*: "1887", 2 parts in one, Oct 1886 (for 1887; t.p. 1887; p. \[ii\]: Sep 1886; Bot. Centralbl. 1-5 Nov 1886; Bot. Monatschr. Nov-Dec 1886; Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1886), p. \[i\]-x, calendar, \[1\]-200. *Copies*: G, HH, NY.
*Later ed*.: 1899, see below, *Deutscher Botaniker-Kalender*.
##### n.13.595. Die Flechten Deutschlands
**Title**
*Die Flechten Deutschlands*. Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Bestimmung der deutschen Flechten... Berlin (Verlag von Julius Springer) 1887. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Flecht. Deutschl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1887 (p. iv: Mai 1887; Bot. Zeit. 27 Jul 1887; Bot. Centralbl. 18-19 Jul 1887; Flora 11-21 Sep 1887), p. \[i\]-xxviii, \[1\]-331, \[332\], \[i\]-xxxxiv \[sic for xliv\]. *Copies*: B, BR, FH, M, NY, PH, Stevenson, USDA.
*Ref*.: Wettstein, R. von, Österr. bot. Z. 38: 30-31. 1 Jan 1888 (rev.); Bot. Centralbl. 34: 102-103. 23 Apr-4 Mai 1888 (rev.).
##### n.13.596. Index
**Title**
*Index* universalis et locupletissimus *nominum plantarum hospitum* specierumque omnium fungorum has incolentium, quae e Sylloge fungorum Saccardiana et e litteratura mycologica usque ad finem anni 1897 in lucem edita excerpsit P. Sydow... Berolini (fratres Borntraeger...) 1898. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Index nom. pl. hospit.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1898 (p. vi: Aug 1898), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-1340. *Copy*: PH.
##### n.13.597. Deutscher Botaniker-Kalender
**Title**
*Deutscher Botaniker-Kalender* für 1899... Berlin (Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger...) \[1898\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Deut. Bot*.-*Kalend.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1898 (p. \[iii\]: Oct 1898; Bot. Zeit. 16 Dec 1898; J. Bot. Dec 1898; Hedwigia 28 Feb 1899; Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1898), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-198. *Copies*: FAS, HH, U-Bioh. – Contains on p. 113-115 *Nomenclaturregeln für die Beamte des Königl. Botanischen Gartens und Museums Berlin*.
##### n.13.598. Fungi aliquot novi
**Title**
*Fungi aliquot novi* a F. Stuckert in Argentina lecti... Mémoires de l'Herbier Boissier N°. 4. 1900. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Jan 1900, p. \[1\]-2, followed by *Fung novi japonici*, p. 3-22. *Copy*: U. – Published and to be cited as Mém. Herb. Boiss. 4, 1900.
##### n.13.599. Monographia Uredinearum
**Title**
*Monographia Uredinearum* seu specierum omnium ad hunc usque diem descriptio et adumbratio systematica... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (Fratres Borntraeger) \[1902-\] 1904-1924, 4 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Ured.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Hans Sydow (1879-1946).
*1* (Genus *Puccinia*), in 4 Hefte, consolidated volume with preface p. \[i\]-xxxv publ. 15 Nov 1904; for dates see p. \[iii\], p. \[i\]-xxxv, \[1\]-972, *pl. 1-45*.
*Heft 1*: 20 Jun 1902, p. 1-192 (but cover: 30 Jun 1902).
*Heft 2*: 15 Nov 1902, p. 193-384.
*Heft 3*: 15 Mai 1903, p. 385-592.
*Heft 4*: 1 Nov 1903, p. 593-768.
*Heft* 5: 15 Oct 1904, p. 769-972 (date on cover).
*2* (Genus *Uromyces*), in 2 Hefte (dates on p. \[xx\], p. \[i\]-xix, \[xx\], \[1\]-396, *pl. 1-14*.
*Heft 1*: 20 Sep 1909, p. 1-144.
*Heft 2*: 21 Dec 1910, p. 145-396.
*3* (*Pucciniaceae... Coleosporiaceae*), in 3 Hefte (dates on p. \[ii\]), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-726, *pl. 1-32*.
*Heft 1*: 15 Dec 1912, p. 1-192.
*Heft 2*: 31 Jul 1914, p. 193-416.
*Heft 3*: 30 Nov 1915, p. 417-726.
*4* (*Uredineae imperfectae*), in 4 Hefte (dates on p. iv), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-671.
*Heft 1*: 20 Feb 1923, p. 1-160.
*Heft 2*: 15 Jul 1923, p. 161-352.
*Heft 3*: 31 Jul 1924, p. 353-512.
*Heft 4*: 15 Oct 1924, p. 513-671.
*Copies*: B, BR, FH, G, M, MICH, NY, PH, Stevenson, USDA; IDC 503. We refrain from citing the numerous references to the parts in the contemporary literature. They do not contradict the dates given in the prefaces. The original covers of the parts (copies: FH, NY) contain the same dates (except no. 1).
*Facsimile reprint*: 1971, Lehre (J. Cramer), 4 vols., Bibliotheca mycologica 33(1-4), as original but with extra t.p. in each volume. *Copies*: FAS, G. – See Taxon 21: 197. 1972. – ISBN 3-7682-0730-7.
##### n.13.600. Taschenbuch der wichtigeren essbaren und giftigen Pilze Deutschlands
**Title**
*Taschenbuch der wichtigeren essbaren und giftigen Pilze Deutschlands*, Österreichs und der Schweiz, nebst allgemeinen für den Pilzfreund nützlichen Bemerkungen... Heidelberg (Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung) \[1905\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Taschenb. Pilz. Deutschl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul-Sep 1905 (p. vi: Jun 1905; Bot. Zeit. Oct(1, 2) 1905, 1 Nov 1906), p. \[ii\*\], \[ii\]-xi, \[1\]-53, *pl. 1-64* (with 65 p. text). *Copy*: H. – Sammlung naturwissenschaftlicher Taschenbücher I.