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### Author
Rach, Louis Theodor (1821-1859), German-born botanist and gardener; studied at the horticultural school of Schöneberg 1836-1840; at Berlin-Dahlem 1847-1850, 1852-1856; curator at the St. Petersburg botanical garden, in charge of the carpological and dendrological collections, 1856-1859.
**Abbreviated name**: *Rach* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rach*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Some material (was) at [[Collection B|B]]. – *Continued on p. 529*.
*Note*: For *Lydia Rabinowitsch* and the first part of the entry on *Louis Theodor Rach* see page 473.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 122 (b. 16 Jan 1821, d. 28 Apr 1859); BM 4: 1636; CSP 5: 71; Herder p. 162, 318; Hortus 3: 1202; MW p. 398, 408; Rehder 2: 657, 5: 699; Urban-Berl. p. 386; Zander ed. 10, p. 704, ed. 11, p. 803; Zep-Tim p. 95.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bonplandia 3: 288. 15 Oct 1855 (rev. of his Ericaceen Thunberg), 4: 240, 282. 1856 (app. St. Petersb.); Bot. Zeit. 14: 624. 1856 (app. St. Petersburg), 17: 328. 1859 (d. 28 Apr 1859); Bull. Soc. bot. France 6: 440. 1859 (obit.); Österr. bot. W. 6: 278. 1856 (app. St. Petersb.).
- Ascherson, P., Fl. Prov. Brandenburg 1: 10. 1864.
- Cohn, F., Bot. Zeit. 18: 141. 1860.
- Lipsky, V.I., Imp. St. Petersb. bot. sada 3: 406-407. 1915 (biogr. sketch; bibl.).
- Rach, L., Die Ericaceen der Thunberg'schen Sammlung. Linnaea 26: 767-793. Sep 1855 (repr. rev. Bonplandia 15 Oct 1855).
- Regel, E., Gartennora 8: 192. 1859 (obit. notice).
#### Composite works
With E.A. Regel and F. v. Herder, *Verzeichniss der von Herrn Paullowsky und Herrn von Stubendorf in den Jahren 1857/58 zwischen Jakutzk und Ajan gesammelten Pflanzen*. 1859; see under E.A. Regel.
#### Eponymy
*Rachia* Klotzsch 1854.