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### Author
Raunkiaer, Christen Christiansen (1860-1938), Danish botanist; Mag. Sci. Kjøbenhavn 1885; assistant at the Botanical Garden ib. 1893-1911; lecturer at the University 1909; professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden ib. 1912-1923, succeeding E. Warming; versatile botanist and ecologist("plant life forms", Taraxacum).
**Abbreviated name**: *Raunk.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Raunk.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection C|C]]; other material at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Note
Original name Christen Christiansen, the name Raunkiaer was taken from the farm on which he was born.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 131 (b. 29 Mar 1860, d. 11 Mar 1938); BFM no. 1445, 2609, 2741-2743; BJI 2: 142; BL 1: 47, 2: 49, 54, 56, 706; BM 4: 1651, 8: 1050-1051; Bossert p. 325; Christiansen p. 319 \[index\] 1936; (Hollander hist. p. 67; CSP 11: 114, 18: 65; GR p. 685; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 412; KR p. 583; Langman p. 613; Lenley p. 340; LS 3264, 21783-21786, 38199, 41622; NI 1586na; Rehder 1: 357, 2: 792; Stevenson p. 1255.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 117: 640. 1911 (app. Copenhagen); Mycol. Centralbl. 1: 33. 1912 (app. prof., dir. Copenhagen); Österr. bot. Z. 62: 39. 1912 (succeeds Warming at Copenhagen).
- Christensen, C., Dansk. bot. litt. 1880-1911, p. 105-107. 1913 (bibl., portr.), id. 1912-1939, p. 8-12. 1940 (bibl., portr.). Dansk. bot. hist. 1: 836-845, 882. 1926; Dansk biogr. leks. 19: 265-270. 1940.
- Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 190. 1938.
- Gilbert-Carter, H., Proc. Linn. Soc. 151: 248-251. 1941 (obit.).
- Gram, K., Bot. Tidsskr. 44: 255-259. 1938 (obit., portr.).
- Hansen, A., Dansk bot. Ark. 21: 70. 1963.
- Iltis, H., Life of Mendel 166. 1966.
- Lind, J., Danish fungi herb. E. Rostrup 37. 1913.
- Paulsen, O., Naturens Verden 22: 241-247. 1938 (obit., portr.); Overs. k. danske vidensk. Selsk. wirksomh. Jun 1937-Mai 1938: 67-89. 1938 (obit., portr.).
- Petersen, O.G., Dansk biogr. lex. 13: 528-530. 1899.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 115. 1935, 2: 112, 193, 196, 239. 1936, 4: 117, 266-268, 271. 1938 (obit.), 5: 134. 1939.
#### Composite works
*Sapotaceae*, in E. Warming, *Symb*. 31: 1-10. 8 Mai 1890.
### Publications
##### n.8653a. Myxomycetes Daniae
**Title**
*Myxomycetes Daniae* eller Danmarks Slimsvampe tilligemed et Forsøg tel en Myxomyceternes Systematik... Kjøbenhavn (i Kommision hos J. Frimodt...) 1888. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Myxomyc. Dan.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1888 (t.p. date preprint; Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1888), p. \[1\]-88, *pl. 2-5. Copies*:
FH, FI, NY. – Preprinted from Bot. Tidsskr. 17: 20-96, *pl*. 2-5. Nov 188, 97-105. 30 Nov 1889.
*Summary* (English): 1889, 89-93. *Copy*: FI. – Reprinted from Bot. Tidsskr. 17(3): 106-110. Nov 1889 (Nat. Nov. Mar(1) 1890).
*Ref*.: Rosenvinge, L.A.K., Bot. Centralbl. 38: 676-678. 1889 (rev.).
##### n.8654. Dansk Exkursions-Flora
**Title**
*Dansk Exkursions-Flora* eller Nøgle til Bestemmelsen af de danske Blomsterplanter og Karsporeplanter... Kjøbenhavn (Gyldendalske Bokhandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son)...) 1890. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Dansk Exkurs.- Fl.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Jan-Jul 1890 (Bot. Centralbl. 3 Sep 1890; Bot. Zeit. 29 Aug 1890; Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1890), p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-287, \[288, err.\]. *Copy*: NY.
*Ed. 2*: Jan-Jun 1906 (Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1906, Bot. Centralbl. 28 Aug 1906), p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-286. *Copies*: City Library Aarhus, H. – Anden Udgave. Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania (Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag...) 1906. Oct. – "There are few additions compared with ed. I. However, the "life-forms" concept which Raunkiaer had just introduced, is mentioned occasionally. A system of abbreviations for them is given on p. 274". (O. Almborn in litt.).
*Ed. 3*: Jul-Sep 1914 (Nat. Nov. Oct 1914; Bot. Centralbl. 15 Dec 1904; ÖbZ 15 Mai 1915), p. \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-330. *Copy*: LD. – Tredie udgave ved C.H. Ostenfeld \[Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld, 1873-1931\] og C. Raunkiaer, København og Kristiania (id) 1914. Oct. – Contains a more detailed survey of life forms.
*Ed. 4*: Oct-Dec 1922 (p. vi: Oct 1922), p. \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-354. *Copy*: LD. – Fjerde udgave ved C.H. Ostenfeld og C. Raunkiaer. Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania (id.) 1922.
*Ed*. 5: Mar-Jun 1934 (p. vi: Feb 1934; Nat. Nov. Jul 1934), p. \[i\]-xxxvii, \[1\]-363, err. slip. *Copy*: USDA. – Under Medvirkning af K. Wiinstedt og Knud Jessen \[1884-1971\] ... København (id.) 1934. Oct.
*Ed. 6*: 1942, p. \[i\]-xxxi, \[1\]-370, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, G, M. – Dansk Ekskursions-Flora sjette udgave ved K. Wiinstedt. København (id.) 1942. Oct. \[Knut Jørgen Frederik Wiinstedt 18 78-1964\].
*Ed*. 7: 1950, p. \[i\]-xxxi, 1-380. *Copy*: USDA. – Syvende udgave ved K. Wiinstedt. København (id.) 1950. Oct.
##### n.8655. De Danske Blomsterplanters Naturhistorie
**Title**
*De Danske Blomsterplanters Naturhistorie*. Første Bind: Enkimbladede... Kjøbenhavn (i Kommission hos Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag...) 1895-1899. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Dan. Blomsterpl. naturh.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1899 (ÖbZ Mai-Jun 1899; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1899; Flora rev. 14 Oct 1899), p. \[i\]-lxix, \[1\]-724. *Copies*: FI, G, HH, US, USDA. – 1089 figures in text drawn by Ingeborg Raunkiaer and the author.
*Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 37: 333. Jul 1899.
- Jost, Bot. Zeit. 57(2): 305-306. 16 Oct 1899.
##### n.8656. Types biologiques pour la géographie botanique
**Title**
Académie royale des sciences et des lettres de Danemark extrait du bulletin de l'année 1905. No. 5. *Types biologiques pour la géographie botanique* par C. Raunkiaer \[1905\] Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1905, cover t.p., p. \[347\]-437. *Copy*: LD (inf. O. Almborn). – Reprinted and to be cited from Overs. k. danske vidensk. Selsk. Forh. 1905(5): 347-437. – Precursor of *Planterig. livsf.* 1907.
*Ref*.: Jost, Bot. Zeit. 64: 134-136. 1 Mai 1906 (rev.).
##### n.8657. Planterigets livsformer
**Title**
*Planterigets livsformer* og deres betydning for geografien... Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania \[Oslo\] (i kommission hos Gyldendalske Boghandel. Nordisk Forlag...) 1907. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Planterig. livsf*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1907, frontisp. p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-132. *Copies*: GB (inf. B. Peterson), H (inf. P. Isoviita), LD (inf. O. Almborn). – *Preliminary publ*.: Types biologiques... 1905, see above.
##### n.8658. Livsformernes Statistik
**Title**
*Livsformernes Statistik* som grundlag for biologisk plantegeografi... København (Bianco Lunas Bogtrykkeri) 1908. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1908 (p. 83: 12 Nov 1908), p. \[i\], \[42\]-83. *Copy*: HH. – Reprinted from Bot. Tidsskr. 29(1): 42-43. 1908.
##### n.8659. Livsformen hos planter paa ny jord
**Title**
*Livsformen hos planter paa ny jord*... København (Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri) 1909. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Livsform. pl. ny jord.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1909 (Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1909), p. \[1\]-70. *Copies*: BR, G, NY, USDA. – Issued as K. Dan. Vid. Selsk. ser. 7. 8(1). 1909.
*English transl*.: 1934, *in Life forms pl*. 1934, p. 148-200.
##### n.8660. Mosses and lichens collected in the former Danish West Indies
**Title**
*Mosses and lichens collected in the former Danish West Indies*... Dansk botanisk Arkiv 2(9). 1918. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Frederick Christian Emil Børgesen (1866-1956).
*Publ*.: 1918, p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Dansk bot. Ark. 2(9). 1918.
##### n.8661. Über Homodromie und Antidromie
**Title**
*Über Homodromie und Antidromie* insbesondere bei Gramineen... København (Hovedkommisionaer: Andr. Fred. Høst. & Son,...) 1919. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Homodromie & Antidromie*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1919 (Nat. Nov. Apr 1919), p. \[1\]-32. *Copy*: FI. – Issued as K. Vidensk. Selsk. Biol. Medd. 1(12). 1919.
##### n.8662. Myxomycetes from
**Title**
*Myxomycetes from* the West Indian Islands *St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. Jan*... Dansk botanisk Arkiv 5(16). 1928. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1928, p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Dansk bot. Ark. 5(16). 1928.
##### n.8663. The life forms of plants
**Title**
*The life forms of plants* and statistical plant geography being the collected papers of C. Raunkiaer... Oxford (at the Clarendon Press) 1934. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Life forms pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1934 (p. xvi: Mar 1934; Nature 20 Oct 1934; Nat. Nov. Oct 1934), p.\[i-ii\], portr., \[iii\]-xvi, \[1\]-632. *Copies*: BR, FI, G, HH, MO, NY, USDA. – For plates and figures (one series of numbers) see p. viii-x.
*Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 72: 351-353. Dec 1934.
- Turrill, W.B., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1934: 310. 25 Oct 1934 (rev.).
##### n.8664. Plant life forms
**Title**
*Plant life forms*... Oxford (at the Clarendon Press) 1937. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. life forms*.
**Notes**
*Translaation*: Humphrey Gilbert Carter (1884-1969).
*Publ*.: Jun-Aug 1937 (p. vi: Jun 1937; Nat. Libr. Scotl. rd. 24 Sep 1937), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-104. *Copies*: Natl. Libr. Scotland; MO, PH.
*Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 76: 59. 1938.