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### Author
Rafn, Carl Gottlob (1769-1808), Danish botanist; studied medicine, botany and veterinary sciences at Copenhagen; school teacher and administrator, ultimately in charge of the royal alcohol factory.
**Abbreviated name**: *Rafn* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rafn*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection C|C]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 6(2): 216; Barnhart 3: 123 (b. 31 Jul 1769, d. 17 Mai 1808); BM 4: 1640; Christiansen p. 11, 12; CSP 5: 76; Herder p. 118, 194; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 333; Kew 4: 392; KR p. 582; LS 21673; PR 7403-7404, ed. 1: 8331-8332; Rehder 1: 352, 5: 143, 701; Tucker 1: 580; Zander ed. 11, p. 803.
#### Biofile
- Christensen, C., Dansk. Bot. Hist. 1: 82, 88, 90, 106-108, 110, 177-189, 194, 1924, 2: 118-121. 1924 (biogr., portr).
- Fischer-Benzon, R.J.D. von, *in* P. Prahl, Krit. Fl. Schlw.-Holst. 2: 48. 1890.
- Fries, E., Bot. Not. 1841: 161-166.
- Hansen, A., Bot. Tidsskr. 69: 212. 1974.
- Hornemann, J.W., Naturh. Tidsskr. 1: 578. 1837.
- Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 346.
- Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 397. 1884.
- Nyrop, C. et al., Dansk biogr. lex. 13: 354-358. 1899.
- Paulli, R. and C. Christensen, Dansk biogr. leks. 19: 54-57. 1940 (biogr.).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-Lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 559. 1863.
- Warming, E., Bot. Tidsskr. 12: 84-86. 1880 (bibl.).
#### Eponymy
*Rafnia* Thunberg (1800).
### Publications
##### n.8593. Danmarks og Holsteens flora
**Title**
*Danmarks og Holsteens flora* systematisk, physisk og oekonomisk bearbeydet, et priisskrivt... København \["Kiöbenhavn"\] 1796-1800, 2 vols. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Danm. Holst. FL*.
**Notes**
*1*: Jan-Jun 1796, (p. x: 24 Jul 1796), engr. t.p., \[i\*\], \[i\]-x, \[1\]-722, \[723-724, err.\].
*2*: Jun 1800 (p. x: 1 Mai 1800; publ. Jun 1800 fide, Maanedskriftet Minerva 25 Jul 1800), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-840, \[841-842, err.\]
*Copies*: G, HH, LD, MO, NY. – For secondary references and polemics see Christensen 2: 119. 1924. – J. McNeill and H.C. Prentice (1981) have shown that vol. 2 came out in Jun 1800, is thus later than the competing Gaertner, Meyer and Scherbius, *Oekon. Fl. Wetterau* (TL-2/1926), vol. 2, which was available on the Jubilate-Messe 1800 (Jubilate 1800: 4 Mai according to ALZ 1800(94): 790.
*Ref*.: McNeill, J. H.C. Prentice, Taxon 30(1): 29. 1981.