> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 122](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068364) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3774-1) LSID 3774-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6111432) QID Q6111432 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hedwig, Romanus Adolf (1772-1806), German botanist; from 1801 professor of botany in Leipzig; son of Johannes Hedwig. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Hedw.* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.Hedw.*\] #### Herbarium and types R. A. Hedwig's herbarium was sold by auction after his death. Some of the material may have been incorporated in his father's herbarium (see above). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 148; Backer p. 652; BM 2: 810; CSP 3: 247; Dawson p. 405; De Toni 1: lxii; Hortus 3: 1194 ("R. Hedw."); Kew 2: 624; Jackson p. 113; LS 11688-11689; PR 3886-3890 (ed. 1: 4263-4271); Rehder 5: 376; SBC p. 122 ("Hedw. f."); Stevenson p. 1244 ("Hedw. f."). - Dawson, W. R., Smith papers 53. 1934. - Jourdan, Dict. Sci. méd. 5: 125-126. 1822 (bibl.). - MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 16. 1963. #### Composite works Contributed "*Observations de plantes calyptrates*,..." to Weber und Mohr, *Beiträge zur Naturkunde*, vol. 1, Kiel 1805 (publ. 7 Dec 1805-4 Aug 1806 fide SY p. 24). #### Note For the unpublished "*Descriptio et adumbratio microscopico-analytica fungorum* aliarumque plantarum cryptogamicarum ad eorum familiam pertinentium", now in mss. at G, see A. P. de Candolle, Mémoires et souvenirs 143 (1862) and Arthur, Torreya 4(2): 21-23. 1904. This manuscript is the basis of references to "Hedw. f." and "Hedw. f. Fung, ined." given for several names of Uredinales first published in Candolle, Fl. Franç. (1805). ### Publications ##### n.2533. Tremella nostoch **Title** *Tremella nostoch*. Commentatio quam auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in alma literarum universitate lipsiensi ad summos in arte medica honores capessendos d. iv mensis septembr. a. mdcciic. publice defendet auctor Romanus Adolph Hedwig... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (ex officina Bueschelia) s.d. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Tremella nostoch*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Sep 1798, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-71, \[72, expl.\], *1 pl. Copies*: G, NY. *Ref*.: Hedwig, *in* Roemer, Arch. Bot. 2: 256-257. 1801. ##### n.2534. Aphorismen über die Gewächskunde **Title** *Aphorismen über die Gewächskunde*. Zum Gebrauch meiner Vorlesungen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Lehrsätze meines Vaters entworfen von Romanus Adolph Hedwig... Leipzig (in der Schäferischen Buchhandlung) 1800. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Aphor. Gewächsk.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1800 (p. viii: Feb 1800), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-102. *Copies*: G, L, M. – *Note*: see also above, no. 2530, for J. Hedwig's *Aphorismen*. ##### n.2535. Epistola ad D. Ioh. Hedwigivm natalitia celebrantem **Title** *Epistola ad D. Ioh. Hedwigivm natalitia celebrantem* scripta à  M. Rom. Adolph. Hedwig, d. 8. Octob. 1793. Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (ex officina Breitkopfia). \[1793\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Epistola*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Oct 1793, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: NY. – See also Usteri, Neue Ann. Bot. 1: 125-126. 1794. ##### n.2536. Observationum botanicarum fasciculus primus **Title** *Observationum botanicarum fasciculus primus*. Quo ad audiendam orationem d. xvii febr. a. c. mdcccii. h.l.q.c. in academia lipsiensi professionis botanices extraordinariae adeundae causa recitandam observanter invitat D. Romanus Adolph Hedwig... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (ex officina Hirschfeldia) \[1802\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. bot.* **Notes** *Thesis issue*: 17 Feb 1802, p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: USDA. *Trade edition, completed*: 2 Mai 1802, p. \[1\]-20, *pl. 1-11* (unsigned hand-col. copper engr.). *Copies*: G, MICH, MO, Stevenson; IDC 5941. – "*Observationum*... primus. Scripsit D. Romanus Hedwig... cum tabulis xi pictis." Lipsiae (in bibliopolo Schaefferiano) 1802. Qu. ##### n.2537. Genera plantarum **Title** *Genera plantarum* secundum characteres differentiales ad Mirbelli editionem revisa et aucta edenda curavit D. Romanus Adolph Hedwig... Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (apud I. H. Reclam) 1806. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1806 (p. vi: ante id. Mai 1806), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-378. *Copies*: G, USDA; IDC 106.