> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 375](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189846) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/25047-1) LSID 25047-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6073468) QID Q6073468 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Prahl, Peter (1843-1911), German (Schleswig) botanist; born in Danish northern Schleswig; studied medicine at the military hospital of the Friedrich Wilhelms Institut at Berlin; from 1867-1868 assistant physician at the Berlin Charité; military physician at Flensburg 1868-1870, in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, at Hadersleben 1871-1876 at Flensburg 1876-1879, at Kiel 1879-1888, at Stettin in 1890, at Wandbeck 1890-1892, 1892-1899 at Rostock; on sick leave and later retired living at Lübeck 1899-1911; ardent amateur botanist since his student days. **Abbreviated name**: *Prahl* \[standard form in IPNI: *Prahl*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection HBG|HBG]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]]. – Portrait at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography BFM no. 76; BL 2: 52, 704; BM 4: 1608; Christiansen, see index; CSP 12: 586, 17: 998; DTS 1: 393; GR p. 121; TL-2/3379, see Krause, E.H.L.; Morren ed. 10, p. 14; Tucker 1: 779; Urban-Berl. p. 310, 384. #### Biofile - Anon., Hedwigia 53: (95). 1912 (d.).; Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 53: (71). 1912 (d). - Ascherson, P., Heimat (Holstein) 22: 196-199. 1912 (obit., portr., b. 24 Mar 1843, d. 23 Oct 1911); Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 53: (48)-(55). 1912 (portr., bibl., b. 24 Mar 1843, d. 23 Oct 1911), see also ib. 29: 132-166. 1888 (on Prahl's criticism of Knuth's *Fl. Schlesw.-Holst.*). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 17: 170. 1911 (death). - Pax, F., Bot. Jahrb. 8 (Lit.): 175. 1887 (Prahl herb. material at KIEL; used by Knuth?). - Prahl, P., Fl. Schlesw.-Holst. 2: 47. 1890. - Schellenberg, G., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38(2): 390. 1921 (on P. coll. at Kiel). #### Note Preliminary publications for the *Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst.*: Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 14: 101-149. 1872, 18: 1-25. 1876. – Prahl's main bryological publication was his *Laubmoosflora von Schleswig-Holstein*, in Schr. nat. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 10: 147-223. 1895. ### Publications ##### n.8256. Kritische Flora der Provinz Schleswig-Holstein **Title** *Kritische Flora der Provinz Schleswig-Holstein*, des angrenzenden Gebiets der Hansestädte Hamburg und Lübeck und des Fürstenthums Lübeck... Kiel (Universitäts-Buchhandlung Paul Toeche) 1888-1890, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst.* **Notes** *Collaborators*: Rudolf J.D. von Fischer Benzon (1839-1911); Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause (1859-1942). *Ed. 1*: two parts. The first part went through five editions; the second part came out only in first edition. *Copies*: B, G, NY. *1. Teil.* Schul– und Exkursionsflora, Jun 1888 (p. ix: Mar 1888; G copy sent to Sadebeck by Prahl from publ. house Jun 1888; Bot. Zeit. 27 Jul 1888; J. Bot. Aug 1888; Bot. Centralbl. 9-13 Jul 1888; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1888), p. \[i\]-lxviii, \[1\]-227. *2. Teil.* Kritische Aufzählung... 1889-1890. *Heft 1*: Jun 1889 (Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1889; Österr. bot. Z. 1 Sep 1889; Bot. Zeit. 26 Jul 1889; Bot. Centralbl. 24 Jul 1889), p. \[1\]-128. *Heft 2*: 1-15 Mai 1890 (p. ix: Jan 1890; Bot. Centralbl. 11 Jun 1890; Nat. Nov. Mai(2) 1890; Bot. Zeit. 27 Jun 1890; ÖbZ 1 Sep 1890), p. 129-345, preface material p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-63, \[64\]. Krause did Ranunc.-Saxifr., Labiat.-Chenop.; Fischer-Benzon: Umbell.-Rubiac., Polygon.-Salic., plus historical introduction on p. \[1\]-64. *Ed. 2* (of *1. Teil* only): Aug 1900 (p. iii: Mai 1900; Bot. Centralbl. 5 Sep 1900; Bot. Zeit. 1 Oct 1900; Nat. Nov. Oct (1) 1900), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-68, \[1\]-260. *Copies*: G. Zweite vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage... Kiel (id.) 1900. Oct. *Ed. 3* (id.): 1903, n.v., apparently a simple reprint of ed. 2. *Ed. 4*: *1* Mai-15 Jun 1907 (p. iv: Mai 1907; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1907), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-336. *Copy*: BR. "4. neubearbeitete und verbesserte Auflage... 4. und 5. Tausend." Kiel (id.) 1907. Oct. *Ed*. 5: 1913 (p. vi: Jun 1913; Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1914), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-357. *Copy*: B. – 5. vermehrte Auflage des I. Teils... 6. und 7. Tausend. Bearbeitet von P. Junge \[Paul Junge 1881-1919, see TL-2/2: 470\]. *Laubmoosflora* (additional to ed. 1, vol. 2): P. Prahl, Schrift. Nat. Ver. Schleswig Holstein 10: 147-223. 1895. *Ref*.: Buchenau, F.G.P., Bot. Zeit. 46: 653-655. 1888, 47: 691-692. 1889, 48: 480-482. 1890. - Krause, E.H.L., Bot. Centralbl. 85: 399-400. 1900 (rev.). - Roth, E., Bot. Centralbl. 38: 489-490. 1889, 45: 311-312. 1891 (rev.).