> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 235](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189706) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12735-1) LSID 12735-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214994) QID Q214994 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Philippi, Rudolph \[Rudolf; later called Rodolfo Amando\] Amandus (1808-1904), German (Prussian) botanist, studied in Berlin, Dr. phil. 1830, teacher at the technical school at Kassel 1835-1838, 1840-1851; in Italy 1830-1832, 1838-1840; emigrated to Chile 1851; at first as farmer and teacher at Valdivia; professor of botany and zoology at Santiago from 1853-1874, until 1897 director of the Museo nacional (de Chile). **Abbreviated name**: *Phil.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Phil.*\] #### Herbarium and types Collections before 1846: [[Collection GOET|GOET]]; Chilean material and types: [[Collection SGO|SGO]]; further material in many herbaria. *Plantae chilenses*, irregular exsiccatae, distributed by Hohenacker (see e.g. Bonplandia 2: 268. 1854, 6: 342. 1858). The largest set of Chilean material went to [[Collection B|B]] (now mainly destroyed), other significant sets are at [[Collection BAF|BAF]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection SI|SI]], and [[Collection W|W]]; lichens e.g. at [[Collection M|M]]. – Correspondence with D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]]; letters and portrait at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 319; Backer p. 659; BJI 1: 45; BL 1: 246, 247, 248, 312; BM 4: 1565, 8: 1006; Bossert p. 309; CSP 4: 882-887, 8: 614-616, 11: 8-9, 17: 849-850; Frank 3 (Anh.): 77; Herder p. 56, 293; Hortus 3: 1201 (Phil.); IF p. 723-724; IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 339; Jackson p. 48, 119, 120, 371, 374, 403; Kew 4: 294-295; Lasègue p. 405, 503; Lenley p. 326; LS 20627, 37915-37918; Morren ed. 2, p. 35, ed. 10, p. 141; NAF ser. 2. 2: 167; NI 2: 622; PR 7124; PH 98, 567; Quenstedt p. 336 (b. 14 Sep 1808, d. 23 Jul 1904); Rehder 5: 669-670; RS p. 133; Saccardo 1: 127, 2: 84; TL-1/449, 977; TL-2/2178; Tucker 1: 554-555, 782; Urban-Berl. p. 280, 310, 382; Zander ed. 10, p. 701, ed. 11, p. 800. #### Biofile - Anon., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 22: 343. 1904 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 73: 192. 1898 (Philippi, 90 yrs old, resigns directorship mus. Santiago); Bot. Jahrb. 37 (Beibl. 84): 3. 1906; Biogr. Jahrb. 10: 83\*-84\*. 1907; Bot. Not. 1905: 56 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 1: 222. 1843 (pl. from Chile to B), 12: 367. 1854 (letter on Atacama trip), 23: 36. 1865 (trip to Juan Fernandez); Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 42: 88-89. 1904 (obit.); Nat. Nov. 11: 26. 1889 (80th birthday), 19: 601. 1897 (retirement), 22: 224. 1900 (70 years dr. phil.), 26: 513. 1904 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 39: 158. 1889 (plants rd.), 48: 119. 1898 (retirement), 54: 311. 1904 (d.); Torreya 4: 128. 1904. - Arana, D.B., El doctor don Rodolfo Amando Philippi, Santiago de Chile 1904, vii, 248 p. - Ascherson, P., Fl. Prov. Brandenburg 1: 10. 1864. - Bässler, M., Wiss. Z. Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, math. nat. 19: 299. 1970 (pl. at BHU). - Baur, E., Jahrb. Gesch. Oberdeut. Reichst. 16: 241. 1970 (P. material distr. by Hohenacker). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 33: 314. 1888; 34: 150. 1888. - Burkart, A., Darwiniana 2: 140. 1928 (coll. SI). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 439. 1880 (coll.). - D.R., Bot. Centralbl. 37: 29-31. 1889 (80th birthday), see also Bull. Torrey bot. Club 16: 78. 1889. - Drathen, R., Revista Univ., Chile 37(1): 5-6. 1952 (brief tribute). - Embacher, F., Lex. Reisen 231. 1882. - Fennell, Abh. Ber. Ver. Naturk. Cassel 53: 170-176. 1913 (obit.). - Follmann, G., Philippia 1(1): 3-8. 1970 (tribute; list of biogr. refs. and bibl.). - Fürstenberg, P., Dr. Rudolph Amandus Philippi. Sein Leben und seine Werke. Santiago de Chile 1906, 39 p. (portr., bibl.). Reprinted from Verh. deut. wiss. Ver. Santiago 5, 1906. - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 296. 1977 (further biogr. ref.). - Gotschlich, B., Biografia del Dr. Rodulfo Amando Philippi (1808-1904). Santiago, Chile, 1904, vi, 185 p. (bibl. of 450 nos., portr., itin.). - Hantzsch, V., Biogr. Jahrb. 9: 186-191. 1906 (biogr., b. 14 Sep 1808 at Charlottenburg, d. 23 Jul 1904 at Santiago de Chile). - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 118. 1970. - Herzog, Th., Pfl.-Welt Boliv. Anden 19. 1923 (Veg. Erde 15). - Hicken, C.M., Anal. Soc. ci. Argent. 58: 145-151. 1904 (obit., portr., brief bibl.). - Hohenacker, R.F., Bonplandia 2: 268. 1854, 10: 32. 1862 (offers *Pl. chil.* for sale); Bot. Zeit. 11: 678-679. 1853, 12: 743-744. 1854 (id.). - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 52. (*pl*. K). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorw. 417, 465, 468. 1864. - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 4: 52. 1898 (retired from directorship of Mus. nacional at 90). - Kurtz, H., Philippia 4: 97-107. 1979 (outline exped. Atacama desert 1853-1854). - Leveillé, A.A.H., Bull. Acad. int. Géogr. bot. 11: 82-88. 1902 (bibl., portr.). - Looser, G., Revista Argent. Agron. 7(2): 144-150. 1940 (dates publ. *Pl. nuev. chil.*). - Losch, P., Abh. Ber. Ver. Naturk. Cassel 49: 143-161. 1905 (obit.; Philippi left Kassel for political reasons on 17 Dec 1850 and resigned early 1851, stayed with C.L. Koch in Braunschweig before emigrating, to Chile on 20 Jul 1851, arr. 4 Dec 1851; letters). - Merrill, E.D., Bull. B.P. Bishop Museum 144: 150. 1937; Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 241. 1947 (bibl.). - Muñoz Pizarro, C., Las especias de plantas descritas por R.A. Philippi, 1960 (see below *General study*). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 173. 1904 (564 pl. at BM). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchili. 316. 1919. - Ochsenius, C., Nachrichtsbl. deut. Malakol. Ges. 21: 1-4. 1889; Leopoldina 42: 16-20, 39-40, 53-56, 59-66. 1906 (biogr., b. 14 Sep 1808) - Papavero, Essays hist. neotr. dipterol. 1: 160. 1971, 2: 275-280. 1975. - Parodi, L.R., Bot. Soc. Arg. Bot. 9: 13. 1961. - Perez Moreau, R.A., Bibl. geobot. patagon. 29-30, 44-45, 68-69, 86, 88, 94, 95, 96, 100, 103, 104, 106. 1965. - Philippi, R.A., Bot. Zeit. 19: 377-384, 385-390. 1861; Spanish translation by G. Looser, La Farmacía Chiléna 1935 (3-5), 24 p. (Bot. excursion to Aconcagua); Export, Organ des Centralvereins für Handelsgeogr. 20: 402-45. 1898 (autobiogr., portr.); Bull. Acad. Géogr. bot. 13: 321-323. 1904 (autobiogr. notes). - Philippi, F. et R.A., Anal. Univ. Santiago 27(3): 289-352. 1865 (Excursion botánica en Valdivia, travelogue by F. Ph., descr. of new plant taxa by R.A. Ph.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 433. 1863, 3: 1034. 1898, 5(2): 969. 1926. - Porter, C.E., Anal. Soc. ci. Argent. 70: 284-286. 1910. - Reiche, K., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 22: (68)-(83). 1904 (extensive and authoritative biogr., bibl., b. 14 Sep 1808, d. 23 Jul 1904); Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Chile 17-21, 38-39, 372. 1907 (Veg. Erde 8). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 380. 1975 (coll.). - Schofield, E.K., Brittonia 30: 404. 1978 (coll. at NY). - Stafleu, F.A., Miquel-Schlechtendal Corr., Regn. veg. 71: 309, 329. 1970 (error: Philippi's plants were distributed by Hohenacker, but Philippi was never employed as traveller for the Esslinger Reiseverein). - Steinberg, C.H., Webbia 32(1): 33. 1977 (material at FI). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 124. 1979 (notes A. Chase on Ph.). - Turrill, W.B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1920: 62. - Verdoorn, F., Pl. pl. sci. Latin America xxvi. 1945. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 83. 1937, 5: 115. 1939, 7: 348. 1943. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 100. 1903, 3(3): 84. 1905. - Zittel, K.A. von, Hist. geol. palaeont. 243, 401, 530. 1901. #### General study of Ph's taxa C. Muñoz Pizarro, Las especies de plantas descritas por R.A. Philippi en el siglo xix. Estudio critico en la identificación de sus tipos nomenclaturales. 1960, Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile, 189 p. #### Composite works Founder and editor of the *Anales del Museo nacional*, Chile, *vols. 1-16*, 1892-1904. #### Handwriting Wiss. Z. Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, math.-nat. 19: 298. 1970; D.B. Arana, El doctor don Rodolfo Amando Philippi, 1904, frontisp. #### Eponymy (genera) *Philippia* Klotzsch (1834); *Philippiamra* O. Kuntze (1891); *Philippicereus* Backeberg (1942); *Philippiella* Spegazzini (1897); *Philippimalva* O. Kuntze (1891). *Note*: *Philippiella* P.C. Silva (1959) and *Portphillippia* P.C. Silva (1970) are named for Port Phillip, Australia; *Philippinaea* Schlechter et Ames (1920) is named for the Philippine Islands; *Philippiregis* Ciferri et Tomaselli (1953) [^1] honors R. Philippo (1763-1817); *Philippodendrum* Poiteau (1837) and *Philippodendron* Endlicher (1840, *orth. var.*) honor Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France (1830-1848) and called the "Citizen King"; (journal): *Philippia*, Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum zu Kassel, Germany. Vol. 1-x. 1970-x. #### Travel reports Ph. published several travel reports in the Botanische Zeitung: (1) *Botanische Reise nach der Provinz Valdivia*, 16: 257-262. 27 Aug, 265-290. 3 Sep, 273-279. 10 Sep 1858; extract in Gartenflora 8: 21-26. 1859. - (2) *Excursion nach dem Ranco-See in der Provinz Valdivia*, 18: 305-311. 14 Sep, 313-318. 21 Sep 1860. Extract in Gartenflora 10: 295-298. 1861. - (3) *Botanische Excursion in die Provinz Aconcagua*, 19: 377-383. 20 Dec, 385-390. 27 Dec 1861. *Spanish translation* by Gualterio Looser, Revista Chil. Hist. Geogr. 74: 700-710. 1933, reprinted Santiago (Imprenta Universitaria...) 1934, p. \[i, t.p. on recto of p. 700\], \[700\]-710. *Copies*: G, U. #### Postage stamps Chile, $ 3.50, publ. 28 Dec 1978. ### Publications ##### n.7850. Reise durch die Wueste Atacama **Title** *Reise durch die Wueste Atacama* auf Befehl der chilenischen Regierung im Sommer 1853-1854 unternommen und beschrieben von Doctor Rudolph Amandus Philippi... Halle (Eduard Anton) 1860. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Atacama*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860 (Bonplandia 15 Dec 1860; Bot. Zeit. 11 Jan 1861; ÖbZ 1 Jul 1861), p. \[i\]-ix, \[x\], \[1\]-192, *Florula atacamensis*: \[1\]-62, map, *pl. 1-12* (general), *1-2* (petref.), *1-7* (zool.), *1-6* (bot., monochr. liths. auct.). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, Teyler; IDC 7124. – The *Florula* was also published separately: see below. – The references on p. \[57\]-59 of the *Florula* are to p. 181-230 which stand for 7-56. Apparently the pagination was meant to start with 175 (= 1? Florula). *Spanish*: 1860, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-236, map, *pl. 1-12, 1-2, 1-7, 1-6* (see above). *Copies*: MICH, PH. – *Viage al desierto de Atacama* hecho el orden del gobierno de Chile en el Verano 1853-1854..." Halle en Sajonia (Libreria de Eduardo Anton) 1860. Qu. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 44: 135-137. 7 Mar 1861 (rev.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 19: 14-16. 11 Jan 1861. (rev.). ##### n.7851. Florula atacamensis **Title** *Florula atacamensis* seu enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum atacamense observavit Dr. R. Philippi... cum tab. vi. Halis Saxonum \[Halle\] (Sumptibus Eduardi Anton) 1860. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. atacam.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, p. \[i\], \[1\]-62, *pl. 1-6* (uncol. lith. auct.). *Copies*: G, NY. ##### n.7852. Descripción de las nuevas plantas **Title** *Descripción de las nuevas plantas* incorporadas últimamente en el herbario chileno... Santiago (Imprenta nacional,...) 1872. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. nuev. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872, p. \[1\]-88. *Copies*: B, G. *Ref*.: G.K., Bot. Zeit. 31: 654. 10 Oct 1873. ##### n.7853. Sobre las especies chilenas del jenero Polyachyrus **Title** Botánica. *Sobre las especies chilenas del jenero Polyachyrus*... Santiago de Chile (Imprenta nacional,...) 1886. Oct. **Notes** Publ.: 1886, p. \[1\]-15, *1 pl. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Anal. Univ. Chile 69, 1886. ##### n.7854. Die tertiären und quartären Versteinerungen Chiles **Title** *Die tertiären und quartären Versteinerungen Chiles*... Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus) 1887. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Tert. quart. Verstein. Chil.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1887, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-266, *pl. 1-58* (uncol.). *Copy*: US. ##### n.7855. Verzeichniss der von **Title** *Verzeichniss der von* D. Francisco *Vidal Gormaz* an den Küsten des nördlichen Chiles *gesammelten Gefässpflanzen*... Santiago (In Commision bei R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin) 1890. **Notes** *Collector*: Francisco Vidal Gormaz (*pl*. 1860-1880). *Publ*.: 1890, p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: BR. – Reprinted and to be cited from Verh. deut. wiss. Ver. Santiago 2(2): 106-108. 1890. ##### n.7856. Verzeichniss der von Friedrich Philippi auf der Hochebene der Provinzen Antofagasta und Tarapacá gesammelten Pflanzen **Title** *Verzeichniss der von Friedrich Philippi auf der Hochebene der Provinzen Antofagasta und Tarapacá gesammelten Pflanzen* aufgestellt von Dr. R.A. Philippi. Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus) 1891. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Verz. Antofagasta Pfl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1891 (Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1891; Bot. Zeit. 29 Dec 1891; Bot. Centralbl. 9 Jan 1892; ÖbZ Nov 1891), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-94, \[94bis\], \[95\]-96, *pl. 1-2* (uncol.). *Copies*: B, BM, NY, USDA; IDC 5637. – Also published as Annales del Museo nacional de Chile, sect. 2. Bot. vol. 8, 1891, with the title *Catalogus praevius plantarum in itinere ad Tarapaca a Friderico Philippi lectarum. Copies*: BR, NY, US. *Ref*.: Gunckel, T.H., Revista Univ. Chile 24(1): 13. 1939. - Taubert, P.H.W., Bot. Jahrb. 15 (Lit.): 112-113. 1892; Bot. Centralbl. 51: 170-172. 1892. - Kolb, M. et al., eds., *in*Neubert, Deut. Garten-Mag. 45: 184-190. 1892 (rev.). ##### n.7857. Plantas nuevas Chilenas **Title** *Plantas nuevas Chilenas*... Santiago de Chile (Imprenta Cervantes...) 1892-1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: a series of papers published in the Anales de la Universidad, Santiago, vols. 81-94, 1892-1896. Reprinted with original pagination and special covers. To be cited from journal. See Looser (1940). The tome nos. correspond with those of C. Gay, *Hist. fis. pol. Chile, Bot.* |Annales |Pagination |dates |tome pl. nuev.| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |81 |\[65\]-86 |Mai 1892 |1| | |177-195 |Jun 1892| | |329-347 |Jul 1892| | |489-498 |Aug 1892| | |\[761\]-775 |Sep 1892| |82 |\[5\]-24 |Nov 1892| | |\[305\]-325 |Jan 1893| | |\[725\]-740 |Feb 1893| | |\[895\]-915 |Mar 1893| | |\[1095\]-1106 |Apr 1893| |84 |\[1\]-32 |Mai 1893 |2| | |\[265\]-289 |Jun 1893| | |\[433\]-444 |Jul 1893| | |\[619\]-634 |Aug 1893| | |\[743\]-762 |Sep 1893| | |\[975\]-983, 1 pl. |Oct 1893| |85 |\[5\]-18 |Nov 1893| | |\[167\]-195 |Dec 1893| | |\[299\]-324 |Jan 1894| | |\[491\]-514 |Feb 1894 |3| | |\[699\]-749 |Mar 1894| | |\[813\]-844 |Apr 1894| |87 |\[5\]-24 |Mai 1894| | |\[81\]-112 |Jun 1894| | |\[299\]-330 |Jul 1894| | |\[399\]-436 |Aug 1894 |4| | |\[585\]-624 |Sep 1894| | |\[677\]-713 |Oct 1894| |88 |\[5\]-38 |Nov 1894| | |\[245\]-292 |Dec 1894| |90 |\[5\]-44 |Jan 1895| | |\[187\]-230 |Feb 1895| | |\[337\]-358 |Mar 1895| | |\[511\]-566 |Apr 1895| | |\[607\]-625 |Mai 1895 |5| | |\[759\]-772 |Jun 1895| |91 |\[5\]-47 |Jul 1895| | |\[105\]-160 |Aug 1895| | |\[243\]-275 |Sep 1895| | |\[415\]-432 |Oct 1895| | |\[487\]-526 |Nov 1895| | |\[607\]-635 |Dec 1895 |6| |93 |\[5\]-24, pl. 1-5 |Jan 1896| | |\[143\]-166, pl. 6 |Feb 1896| | |\[261\]-278 |Mar 1896| | |\[343\]-352 |Apr 1896| | |\[475\]-506 |Mai 1896| | |\[711\]-735 |Jun 1896| |94 |\[5\]-34 |Jun 1896| | |\[155\]-179 |Aug 1896| | |\[341\]-362 |Sep 1896| *Copies*: B, BR, G, MO, USDA. ##### n.7858. Botanische Excursion in das Araukanerland **Title** *Botanische Excursion in das Araukanerland*... Kassel (Druck von L. Döll) 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1896 (err. p. \[2\]: Jul 1896; Nat. Nov. Sep(1) 1896), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-31, \[1-2, err.\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Abh. Ber. Ver. Naturk. Kassel 41: 1-31. 1896. [^1]: "*Philippiregis* Cif. & Tomas. 1953 (Lichenes) \[is dedicated to\] Philippo Re (1763–1817), Italian botanist, agronomist, professor of agriculture in Bologna, professor of agriculture and botany at Modena (Ciferri & Tomaselli, 1953: 57). *Note*. – The first name is Philippo (in today Italian writing Filippo), the family name is Re." Burkhardt, L. (2016). About some eponyms in Taxonomic literature (TL-2). _Taxon_, _65_(1), 137–145. [https://doi.org/10.12705/651.9](https://doi.org/10.12705/651.9)