> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 585](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068827) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4886-1) LSID 4886-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310335) QID Q7310335 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Knuth, Reinhard \[Gustav Paul\] (1874-1957), German botanist; pupil of Engler; Dr. phil. Berlin 1902; high school teacher at Breslau 1900-1905; at Berlin 1905-1937; research associate at the Botanischem Museum, Berlin-Dahlem. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Knuth* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.Knuth*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (26.000); destroyed 1/2 March 1943 together with his library and manuscripts among which the finished monograph of the Elaeocarpaceae for the *Pflanzenreich*. *Ref*.: Melchior, H., Taxon 6: 185-186. 1957. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 305; BJI 2: 91-92; BL 1: 260, 304; Bossert p. 215; Hortus 3: 1197 ("Knuth, R."); IF suppl. 3: 212; Kew 3: 285; Langman p. 413; MW p. 237; TL-2/1: 1711, 1713; Tucker 1: 393; Zander ed. 10, p. 629. - Merrill, E. D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 176. 1947. #### Composite works - (1) Engler, *Pflanzenreich* (TL-2/1713): (a) *Dioscoreaceae*, Heft 87, *publ*. 5 Aug 1924. (b) *Geraniaceae*, Heft 53, *publ*. 25 Mar 1912. (c) *Oxalidaceae*, Heft 95, *publ*. 11 Mar 1930. (d) *Primulaceae*, Heft 22 (with F. pax), *publ*. 14 Nov 1905. (e) *Lecythidaceae, Barringtoniaceae, Asteranthaceae*, Heft 105, *publ*. 22 Aug 1939. - (2) EP, *Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien*, ed. 2(TL-2/1711): (f) *Dioscoreaceae*, 15a: 438-462. Apr 1930. (g) *Oxalidaceae*, 19a: \[11\]-42. Jan-Aug 1931. (h) *Geraniaceae*, 19a: 43-66. Jan-Aug 1931. ### Publications ##### n.3783. Initiae florae venezuelensis **Title** *Initiae florae venezuelensis*. Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums) \[1926-\] 1928. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Init. fl. venez.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In five parts (p. 1-160, 15 Dec 1926; 161-320, 10 Mai 1927; 321-480, 1 Oct 1927; 481-640, 15 Nov 1927; 641-768, \[i\], \[iii\], 15 Oct 1928), p. \[i\], \[iii\], \[1\]-768, 1 map. *Copies*: U, US. – Repert. Spec. nov. Regni veg. Beihefte Band 43. *Ref*.: Suessenguth, K., Rev. Sudamer. bot. 1: 81-86. 1934 (addenda). - Suessenguth, K., & Beyerle, Bot. Arch. 39: 373-381. 1939 (id.).