> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 265](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189736) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7701-1) LSID 7701-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71132) QID Q71132 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pilger, Robert Knuds Friedrich (1876-1953), German botanist; Dr. phil. Berlin (with Engler) 1898; collected in Brazil 1898-1900; assistant at Berlin-Dahlem 1900; Custos 1908; habil. Berlin 1908; titular professor 1913, vice-director 1921, director 1945-1950. **Abbreviated name**: *Pilg.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pilg.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (partly destroyed; Matto Grosso material extant); further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection POM|POM]], [[Collection RB|RB]], [[Collection VT|VT]]. – Letters and portrait at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 444-445; BFM no. 2430; BJI 1: 46, 2: 135-136; BL 1: 242, 313 ("Knuds"); BM 4: 1576, 8: 1011; Bossert p. 310; CSP 17: 891; Hirsch p. 232; Hortus 3: 1201 (Pilg.); IH 1 (ed. 1): 10, (ed. 6): 362, (ed. 7): 340, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 311; KR p. 574; Langman p. 583; Lenley p. 327; LS suppl. 21845; Moebius p. 138, 140, 142, 144, 146; MW p. 387, suppl. p. 280-281; NW p. 55; PH 209; SIA 226 (and HI 107); SK 4: cxix (portr.), cli; TL-2/1711, 1713, 4558, see Luetzelburg; Tucker 1: 557; Urban-Berl. p. 267, 383; Zander ed. 10, p. 701-702, ed. 11, p. 800; Zep.-Tim. p. 93 (b. 3 Jul 1876, d. 9 Jan 1953; "Knuds"). #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 105: 672. 1907 (lecturer Berlin), 107: 80. 1908 (asst. B), 107: 656. 1908 (habil. Berlin), no: 272. 1909 (Gustos, B); Bot. Jahrb. 40 (Beibl. 92): 47. 1908; Nat. Nov. 29: 600. 1907 (lecturer Berlin, Charlottenburg Techn. Hochschule), 30: 361 (habil. Univ. Berlin), 616 (first assist. B). 1908, 31: 127. 1909 Custos); Hedwigia 39: (41). 1900 (returned from S. Amer.), 47: (157). 1918 (lecturer), 48: (197). 1909 (Custos), 53: (235). 1913 (professor); Österr. bot. Z. 58: 47. - 1908 (lecturer), 59: 127. 1909 (Custos); Rodriguesia 16/17: 213. 1934. - Becker, K. & E. Schumacher, S.B., Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin ser. 2. 13(2): 145. 1973 (bibl. S.B.). - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 90. 1978. - Eckardt, T., Willdenowia 4: 174. 1966. - Hubbard, C.E., Kew Bull. 1953(1): 162 (obit.). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 14: 16. 1908, 15: 48. 1909 (Custos Berlin-Dahlem). - Melchior, H., Taxon 2: 19-21. 1953; Bot. Jahrb. 76(3): 385-409. 1954 (portr., bibl.); Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 68(a): 293-297. 1955 (portr.). - Merrill, E.D., B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 151. 1937. - Parodi, L.R., Rev. argent. Agron. 20(2): 107-114. 1953 (portr., bibl.). - Pfeiffer, H.H., Revista sudam. Bot. 10(6): 195. 1954 (obit.). - Pilger, R., Mitt. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 1(1): 14, 16, 19. 1953 (duplicates of Matto Grosso material extant). - Prance, G., Acta amaz. 1(1): 49. 1971. - Steenis, C.G.G. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 10: 354. 1953 (retirement). - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 124. 1979 (notes Agnes Chase). - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 75-76. 1906 (itin. Braz.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 31, 32, 130. 1935, 2: 142. 1936, 3: 121. 1937, 4: 110. 1938, 6: 301. 1941, 7: 287, 288. 1943. - Weberbauer, A., Pfl.-Welt Peruan. Anden 33. 1911 (Veg. Erde 12). #### Composite works - (1) Engler, A., *Pflanzenreich, Taxaceae*, 18(iv, 5): 1-124. 8 Dec 1903; *Plantaginaceae*, 102 (iv, 269): 1-466. 22 Jun 1937. - (2) With C. Mez, *Gramineae, in* Perkins, J., *Fragm. fl. Philipp.* fasc. 2: 137-140, 145-150. 1904. - (3) *Arthrostylidium, in* Urban, I., Symb. ant. 2: 336. 20 Oct 1900, 337-343. 1 Oct 1901; *Arundinella, Cenchrus, Aristida, Leptochloa, Phragmites, Eragrostis, in* id. 4: 80-106. 1903; *Gramineae, in* id. 5: 288-289. 1907, id. 6: 1-4. 1909; *Juniperus*, id. 7: 478-481. 15 Aug 1913. - (4) *Gramineae, in* Engler, A., *Pflanzenw. Afrik.* 2(1): 114-192. 1908. - (5) Editor, *Ergänzungsheft* 2, Nachtr. 3, zu Engler und Prantl, *Natürliche Pflanzenfam*. 1908, 379 p.; id., with K. Krause, 3, Nachtr. 4, 1915, 381 p. - (6) *Angiospermen, in Handwörterbuch Naturwissenschaften* 1: 365-425. 1912 (ed. 2. 2: 60-121. 1932, revised by E. Janchen). - (7) *Pflanzengeographie, in* Francé, *Das Leben der Pflanze* 6: 117-243. 1913. - (8) *Die Algen*. Dritte Abteilung. *Die Meeresalgen, in* Lindau, G., *Kryptogamenflora für Anfänger* 4(3), 1916, vi, 29, 125 p., *11 pl*., see under Lindau. – Pilger also acted as editor of the *Kryptogamenflora* after Lindau's death in 1923. - (9) EP, *Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 2, *Caryocaraceae*, 21: 90-93. 1925, *Bixaceae* 21: 313-315. 1925, *Cochlospermaceae*, 21: 316-320. 1925, *Cycadaceae*, 13: 44-81. 1926, *Ginkgoaceae*, 13: 98-108. 1926, *Coniferae* 13: 121-165, 199-402. 1926, *Mayacaceae*, 15a: 33-34. 1930; *Thurniaceae*, 15a: 58. 1930, *Rapateaceae*, 15a: 59-64. 1930; *Philydraceae*, 15a: 190-191. 1930; *Santalaceae*, 16b: 52-91, 339. 1936; *Gramineae, Panicoideae*, 14e: 1-208. 1941; *Gramineae* II, 14d: i-vi, 1-225. 1956. - (10) with H. Melchior, *Gymnospermae, in Syll. Pfl. Fam.* ed. 12, 1: 312-344. 1954. - (11) collaborator, G.W.J. Mildbraed, Wiss. Erg. deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., 2, *Botanik*, 1914, see TL-2/6008. #### Eponymy *Pilgeria* W. Schmidle (1901), *Pilgeriella* P.C. Hennings (1900), *Pilgerochloa* Eig (1929), *Pilgerodendron* Florin (1930); see ING 3: 1340-1341 and Zep.-Tim. p. 93. #### Posthumous publication *Das System der Gramineae* unter Ausschluss der Bambusoideae, Bot. Jahrb. 76(3): 281-384. Oct 1954, edited and completed by Eva Potztal. ### Publications ##### n.7936. Das System der Blütenpflanzen **Title** *Das System der Blütenpflanzen* mit Ausschluss der Gymnospermen... Leipzig (G. J. Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung) 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. Bl.–Pfl*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jul 1908 (Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1908; ÖbZ Aug-Sep 1908; Bot. Zeit. 1 Dec 1908, 1 Jan 1909; NYBG Apr 1909; Allg. bot. Z. 15 Sep 1908), p. \[1\]-140. *Copies*: B, G, NY. – Sammlung Göschen 393. *Ed. 2*: 1919 (Nat. Nov. Jan 1920) n.v. ##### n.7937. Die Stämme des Pflanzenreiches **Title** *Die Stämme des Pflanzenreiches*... Leipzig (G. J. Göschen'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung) 1910. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stämme Pflanzern.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Apr-Mai 1910 (Nat. Nov. Mai(1) 1910; ÖbZ Jun 1910; Bot. Zeit. 16 Jul 1910; Allg. bot. Z. 15 Jul 1910), p. \[1\]-146. *Copies*: B, BR, NY. – Sammlung Göschen 485. *Ed. 2*: 1921(?,t.p. but BR rd. 8 Jul 1922; Nat. Nov. Jun 1922; ÖbZ Mar-Sep 1922), p. \[1\]-119. *Copy*: BR. – Zweite, umgearbeitete Auflage. Berlin und Leipzig (Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger Walter de Gruyter & Co.) 1921. Oct. ##### n.7938. Die Gattung Plantago in Zentral– und Südamerika **Title** *Die Gattung Plantago in Zentral– und Südamerika* (Bot. Jahrb. 1928). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jul 1928, p. \[1\]-112, *pl. 1-5. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 62: \[1\]-112, *pl. 1-5.* 1928.