> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 192](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189663) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7565-1) LSID 7565-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2574012) QID Q2574012 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Petermann, Wilhelm Ludwig (1806-1855), German (Saxonian) botanist; habil. Leipzig 1835; suceeded Kunze as professor of botany in 1851. **Abbreviated name**: *Peterm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Peterm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (destroyed); duplicates at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destroyed); a few specimens in [[Collection MW|MW]] and [[Collection U|U]]. The herbarium was originally donated to the "Realschule" at Leipzig where it was combined with that of Otto Delitsch. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5: 18; Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 73; BM 4: 1554-1555; CSP 4: 844; Frank (Anh.): 75-76; Futák-Domin p. 465-466; GR p. 36, cat. p. 69; Herder p. 470; Hortus 3: 1201 (Peterm.); Jackson p. 116, 293, 300; Kew 4: 282; MW p. 384; PR 5432, 7073-7080 (ed. 1: 7907-7915); Rehder 5: 663; SO 26, add. 850ab, ac; Tucker 1: 551; Zander ed. 10, p. 701, ed. 11, p. 799 (b. 3 Nov 1806, d. 27 Jan 1855). #### Biofile - Anon. \[Seemann, B. or H.G. Reichenbach\]. Bonplandia 3: 103-104. 1855 (obit., b. 3 Nov 1806, d. 27 Jan 1855; "... gräcisirende Terminologie..."; "... nöthigten ihn wenig günstige äussere Verhältnisse mehr zu schreiben, als er sonst gethan hätte...";... "zahlreiche "neue" Arten"); Bot. Not. 1858: 13; Bot. Zeit. 9: 824. 1851 (app. Leipzig), 13: 144. 1855 (d.), 28: 616. 1870 (herb. to "Realschule" at Leipzig); Bull. Soc. bot. France 2: 68. 1855; Flora 34: 770. 1851 (app. Leipzig), 38: 95, 368. 1855 (d. 27 Jan 1855); Österr. bot. W. 1: 404. 1851 (appointed successor to Kunze at Leipzig). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 439. 1880 (herb. LZ). - Hendrych, R., Novit. Bot., Praha 1966: 29-37. 1967 (list of subgenera in *Deutschl. Fl.*). - Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61: 54. 1886 (some material at MW). - Reichenbach, H.G., Bot. Zeit. 13: 183-184. 1855 (obit.). - Seemann, B., Bonplandia 1: 240. 1853, 3: 103-104. 1855. - Stafleu, F.A., Regn. veg. 71: 327, 339. 1970 (Miquel on P.). #### Eponymy *Petermannia* Klotzsch (1854); *Note*: *Petermannia* H.G.L. Reichenbach (1841), *nom. rej.*) is very likely named for W.L. Petermann, but no etymology is given. *Petermannia* F. v. Mueller (1860, *nom. cons.*) honors A.H. Petermann (1822-1878), German geographer. #### Note Not to be confused with August H. Petermann (1822-1878), geographer and cartographer from 1854-1879 at the cartographical institute of Justus Perthes at Gotha; founder of \[Petermann's\] Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt. ### Publications ##### n.7749. De flore gramineo **Title** *De flore gramineo* adiectis graminum circa Lipsiam tarn sponte nascentium quam in agris cultorum descriptionibus genericis. Dissertatio botanica quam ordinum Lipsiensium amplissimi philosophorum consensu et illustris ictorum concessu pro licentia de cathedra academia docendi rite obtinenda... die xiv. m. jan. mdcccxxxv publice defendet auctor Gulielm. Ludov. Petermann Doct. philos.... Lipsia \[Leipzig\] (typis Staritzii, typogr. acad.) \[1835\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. gramin.* **Notes** *Thesis issue* (Habilitationsschrift): 14 Jan 1835 (t.p.). p. \[i\] \[*1*\]-80, *1 pl*. \["*12A*"\], 1 chart, \[81, theses\]. *Copies*: B, MO, NY(2). *Trade issue*: 18-24 Jan 1835 (Hinrichs), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-80, *1 pl*., 1 chart. *Copy*: KNAW. – "De flore gramineo... dissertatio auctore Dr. Guil. Ludov. Petermann..." Lipsiae (apud Ambros. Barth) 1835. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 5: 58-64. 14 Mai, 65-68. 14 Jun 1835. ##### n.7750. Handbuch der Gewächskunde **Title** *Handbuch der Gewächskunde* zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen so wie zum Selbststudium... Leipzig (Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth) 1836. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Gewächsk.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 7-13 Feb 1836 (p. x: 14 Jan 1836; Hinrichs 7-13 Feb 1836; Lit. Ber. Flora 7 Mai 1836), p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[xxvii\], \[1\]-690, \[691, symbols\]. *Copies*: B, NY. *Ref*.: Winkler, E., Repert. ges. deut. Lit. (E.G. Gersdorf) 8: 261-262. 1836 (rev.). ##### n.7751. Flora lipsiensis excursoria **Title** *Flora lipsiensis excursoria*, exhibens plantas phanerogamas circa Lipsiam tarn sponte nascentes, quam in agris cultas, simul cum arboribus et fructibus pomerii lipsiensis,... Lipsiae \[Leizig\] (sumptibus Ioannis Ambrosii Barth) 1838. Duod. (in sixes) **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. lips. excurs.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1838 (p. iv: 14 Jan 1838; Flora 28 Apr 1838, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\], \[1\]-707, map. *Copies*: G, NY, USDA. ##### n.7752. Das Pflanzenreich **Title** *Das Pflanzenreich* in vollständigen Beschreibungen aller wichtigsten Gewächse dargestellt, nach dem natürlichem Systeme geordnet und durch naturgetreue Abbildungen erläutert... Leipzig (Verlag von Eduard Eisenach) 1845. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Pflanzenreich*. **Notes** *Text*: Aug 1838-1845, in 50 parts, p. \[i\], \[1\]-1010, \[1-2, err.\]. *Atlas*: 1838-1845, in 50 parts, p. \[i\], *pl. 1-282* (lithographs signed I.S.P.; two issues: col. and uncol.).*Copies*: B (uncol.), MO (col.), Wheldon and Wesley (Cat. 131, no. 97, 1974) cites a copy with an 1838 t.p. with different subtitle. *Other issue*: 1845, as part *Pflanzenreich* in "*Die Naturgeschichte* in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben". Leipzig (id.) 1845. *Copy*: B. – Pagination as in regular issue; t.p. constitutes only difference. *Ed. 2* (*first re-issue*): 1847, p. \[i\], \[1\]-1010, \[1-2, err.\], atlas p. \[i-iii\]*pl. 1-282. Copy*: BR. – Leipzig (Verlag von Eduard Eisenach) 1847. Qu. *Ed. 2* (*re-issue*): 1857, p. \[i\], \[1\]-1010, \[1-2, err.\], *pl. 1-282* (id.). *Copies*: NY (uncol.), US. – Leipzig (Verlag von Julius Werner) 1857. Qu. ##### n.7753. In Codicem botanicum linnaeanum index alphabeticus **Title** *In Codicem botanicum linnaeanum index alphabeticus* generum, specierum ac synonymorum omnium completissimus composuit atque edidit Dr. Guil. Ludov. Petermann ... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (sumptum fecit Otto Wigand) 1840. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cod. linn. index*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1840, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-202. *Copies*: MO, US, USDA. *Index* to H.E. Richter, Caroli Linnaei opera... *Codex botanicus Linnaeanus*... 1835, ed. 2. 1840. ##### n.7754. Flora des Bienitz **Title** *Flora des Bienitz* und seiner Umgebungen... Leipzig (Friedrich Fleischer) 1841. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Bienitz*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1841, p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-171, 1 map. *Copy*: FI. ##### n.7755. Taschenbuch der Botanik **Title** *Taschenbuch der Botanik*... Leipzig (Friedrich Volckmar) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Taschenb. Bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1842, (Bot. Not. Sep 1842; Flora rd. before 28 Dec 1842), p. \[i\], \[1\]-484, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-12* (uncol.). *Copies*: B, NY. ##### n.7756. Analytischer Pflanzenschlüssel **Title** *Analytischer Pflanzenschlüssel* für botanische Excursionen in der Umgegend von Leipzig... Leipzig (Carl Heinrich Reclam sen.) 1816. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1846 ("soeben" Flora 14 Jul 1846; Bot. Zeit. 4 Sep 1846), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-clxvi, \[1\], \[1\]-592. *Copies*: B, BR, NY. *Neue Ausgabe*: Mar-Apr 1879 (Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1879; Bot. Zeit. 25 Apr 1879), n.v. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. v., Bot. Zeit. 4: 615-616. 4 Sep 1846. ##### n.7757. Deutschlands Flora **Title** *Deutschlands Flora* mit Abbildungen sämmtlicher Gattungen auf 100 Tafeln... Leipzig (Georg Wigand's Verlag) 1849. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Deutschi. Fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1846-1849 (in twelve parts), p. \[i\], \[1\]-668, \[1, err.\], \[1, order pl.\], *atlas*: \[i\], *pl. 1-100* (uncol. liths.). *Copies*: BR, FI, G, MO, NY, PH (parts 1-5, 1846-1847, p. 1-248, *pl. 1-40*). – Junk (Rara 1: 16) mentions also copies with hand-coloured liths. – The PH copy has some parts of each figure coloured. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. v., Bot. Zeit. 4: 762-763. 30 Oct 1846 (Lief. 1).