> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 735](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190206) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8305-1) LSID 8305-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491077) QID Q491077 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Retzius, Anders Jahan (1742-1821), Swedish botanist; studied at Lund; pharmacist's examination Stockholm 1761; Dr. phil. Lund 1766; lecturer chemistry at Lund 1764, id. natural history 1767; "adjunkt" and demonstrator id. 1771; professor's title 1777; regular professor from 1781-1812; later residing in Stockholm; one of the founders of the Royal Physiographical Society at Lund; "a giant of learning" (Krok). **Abbreviated name**: *Retz.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Retz.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LD|LD]] (donated 1811; including e.g. herb. E. Acharius); other material at [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SBT|SBT]]. – A large collection of letters to A. J. Retzius and A. Retzius was donated to the library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, 1883 (Öfv. K. Vet.– Akad. Förh. 40(6): 1). #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 259, 261, 346; Barnhart 3: 146; BL 2: 514, 707; BM 4: 1683-1684, 8: 1068; Bossert p. 329; Christiansen p. 319; CSP 5: 169-171; Dawson p. 702; De Toni 1: cvi; Dryander 3: 82, 129, 170, 232, 233, 296, 304, 312, 521, 645; Frank 3 (Anh.): 84; GR p. 480, *pl*. \[*38*\]; GR cat. p. 70; Hawksworth p. 185; Herder p. 73, 147, 170, 195; Hortus 3: 1202; IF p. 726; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (in press); Jackson p. 22, 331; Kew 4: 452; KR p. 586-588 (b. 3 Oct 1742, d. 6 Oct 1821; bibl.); Lasègue p. 558; LS 22123-22127; ME 2: 184; MW p. 413; NI 1622, see also 1: 199, 229; PR 7546-7559, ed. 1: 8495-8513; Rehder 5: 719; RS p. 137; SBC p. 130; SK 4: xciii-xciv, clx, ccix (vol. 3 err. 1784); SO see index p. 45; TL-1/ 1066-1069; TL-2/2469-2471 and see indexes; TR 1153; Tucker 1: 592-593; Zander ed. 10, p. 706, ed. 11, p. 806. #### Biofile - Almborn, O., Bot. Not. 133: 453-454. 1980; (Pr. 1981; portr.) - Anon., K. Vet. Akad. Handb. ser. 2. 10: 462-467. 1822; Repert. Pharm. 17(2): 335-336. 1824 (n.v.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 443. 1880. - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 78. 1934. - Eiselt, J.N., Gesch. Syst.-Lit. Insectenk. 46. 1836 (entomol., classes). - Eriksson, G., Bot. hist. Sverige 270, 275, 277, 321. 1969. - Ewan, J., *in* F. Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept. facs. repr. 1979, introd. p. 24. - Fischer-Benzon, R.J.D. von, *in* P. Prahl Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst. 2: 50. 1890. - Fries, Th.M., Bref och Skrifv. Linné 1(2): 266, 316, 350. 1908, 1(5): 170, 177, 186, 194. 1911, & J.M. Hulth 1(7): 98, 114, 115. 1917. - Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 37. 1950. - Fürst, C.M., Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Handl. ser. 2. 17(10): 1-16. 1907 (portr.; statue at Univ. Lund). - Gertz, O., Kungl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Förh. 12(20): 1-23. 1942 (bibl.). - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 314. 1977. - Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. pl. 1: cxli. 1891 (on *Obs. bot.*). - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 16. 1979. - Lindman, S., Sv. män och kvinn. 6: 242-243. 1949 (biogr., portr.). - Löwegren, Y., Naturaliekabinett Sverige 405 \[index\]. 1952; Acta Univ. lund. 1(9): 29-38. 1968 (portr., zool. coll.). - Meyer, F.K. & H. Manitz, *in* Reichthümer und Räritäten, Jenaer Reden und Schriften 1974, p. 91 (Retzius material at JE in herb. C.E. Weigel). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 91. 1906. - Percheron, A., Bibl. entom. 2: 9. 1837. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 610-611 and Erg., 3: 111. - Rydberg, P.A., Augustana Coll. Libr. Publ. 5: 15. 1907. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 516. 1977. - Scheutz, N.J.W., Bot. Not. 1863: 71. - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 12: 75-76. 1963 (fasc. 5, 6, *Obs. bot.*), *in* G.S. Daniels & F.A. Stafleu, Taxon 22: 220. 1973 (portr.). - Törje, A., Acta univ. lund. 1(6): 29-35. 1968 (portr.). - Weibull, M. & E. Tegnér, Lunds univ. hist. 1668-1868. 2: 307-310. 1868 (biogr., bibl.). - Wikström, J.E., Consp. 214-221. 1831. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 67. 1903, 3(3): 49, lxvi, *pl. 32.* 1905 (portr.). #### Eponymy *Retzia* Thunberg (1776). ### Publications ##### n.9084. Nomenclator botanicus **Title** *Nomenclator botanicus* enumerans plantas omnes in systematis naturae edit. xii. specier. plantarum edit. ii et mantissis binis a illustr. D. Car. von Linné... descriptas, Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (apud Ioann. Frider. Junium) 1772. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Nomencl. bot.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1772 (NZgS 6 Sep 1773), p. \[1/2\]-279/280, \[1-17, index, 1, err.\]. *Copies*: HH, LD, M, MO(2), NY. – See TL-2/4817, 4829. *Ed. nova*: 1782, p. \[1/2\]-279/288, \[1-17, index\]. *Copies*: HH, M. ##### n.9085. Fasciculus observationum botanicarum **Title** D.D. *Fasciculus observationum botanicarum*. Quam, venia amplissimi philosophorum ordinis, praeses Anders Jahan Retzius... & respondens Magnus Gustaf Sahlstedt... publico botanophilorum examini submittunt ad diem xxiii martii mdcclxxiv, L.H.S. Lundini \[Lund\] \[(Typis Berlingianis) \[1774\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fasc. obs. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Mar 1774 (t.p.), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-28. *Copies*: LD, USDA; IDC 5668. – Text occurs again in Obs. bot. 1, 1779. ##### n.9086. Observationes botanicae **Title** Andreae Johannis Retzii... *Observationes botanicae* sex fasciculis comprehensae. Quibus accedunt Joannis Gerhardi Koenig... Descriptiones monandrarum et epidendrorum in India orientali factae. Lipsiae \[Leipzig\]. (apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium) \[1779\]-1791. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. bot.* **Notes** *T.p.*: \[i\] and portr., Jul-Nov 1791. *1*: Sep-Oct 1779, p. \[1\]-38, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. copp.). – "Fasciculus observationum botanicarum primus", Lipsiae \[rd.\]. 1779. See also above Fasc. obs. bot. 1774. *2*: 1781, p. \[1\]-28, *pl. 1-5* (id.). "Fasciculus... secundus" id. 1781. *3*: 1783, p. \[1\]-12, 25-76. *pl. 1-3* (id.). "Fasciculus... tertius... Joh. Gerh. Koenig *Descriptiones monandrarum* \[Johann Gerhard König, 1728-1785, q.v.; Koenig text on p. 45-76\]. Id. 1783. – Pages 13-24 were never published. *4*: 1786/1787, p. \[1\]-30, *pl. 1-3* (id.). – "Fasciculus... quartus" id. 1786. *5*: Sep 1788 (t.p. 1789), p. \[i-vi\], 1-32. *pl. 1-3* (id.). – "Fasciculus... quintus" id. 1789. *6*: Jul-Nov 1791, p. \[11\]-67 \[p. 1-10 were never published\]. *pl. 1-3.* – "Fasciculus... sextus... et J.G. Koenig *Descriptiones Epidendrorum* \[on p. 41-66\] id. 1791. *Copies*: BR, FI, G, H, LD, M, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 2231. Type material Koenig taxa at C (except for the types of Epidendron, inf. Anne Fox Maule). For Koenig see also C.E.C. Fischer, Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1932. 49-76. 1933 (study of Lund Koenig material). *Facsimile ed*.: Announced but not yet published by Asher & Co. 1974. *Supplementa*: Phytogr. Blätter 1: 35-48. 1803. *Plates*: copper engravings of drawings by Retzius. Apart from the copy at LD (inf. O. Almborn), we have seen only uncolored copies; KR mentions the existence of coloured copies. ##### n.9087. Florae Scandinaviae prodromus **Title** *Florae Scandinaviae prodromus*; enumerans plantas Sveciae, Lapponiae, Finlandiae & Pomeraniae, ac Daniae, Norvegiae, Holsatiae, Islandiae Groenlandiaeque: auctore Andrea Jahanne Retzio... Holmiae \[Stockholm\] (Typis Petri Hesselberg) 1779. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Scand. prodr.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Mai-Dec 1779 (p. \[xiv\]: 1 Mai 1779; GGA 31 Dec 1779), p. \[i-xvi\], \[1\]-257, \[258-264, ind.\], \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: G, H, HH, LD, USDA; IDC 5669. *Ed. altera*: Jan-Jul 1795 (GGA 20 Aug 1795), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-382, \[1-2, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, FH, FI, G, H, HH, L, LD, MICH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. – Editio altera. Lipsiae \[Leipzig\] (apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius) 1795. Oct. *Suppl*. \[*1*\]: 3 Jun 1805, p. \[i\], \[1\]-20. *Copy*: LD (inf. O. Almborn). – Dissertano sistens supplementum et emendationes in editionem secundam Prodromi Florae Scandinaviae, quam... sub praesidio D.M. And. J. Retzii,... pro laurea publico examini subjicit Joh. Chr. Askelöf,... iii Junii mdcccv. Lundae \[Lund\] (Literis Berlingianis). *Suppl. 2*: 17 Jun 1809, p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: LD (inf. O. Almborn). – Dissertatio sistens supplementum secundum et emendationes in editionem secundam Prodromi Florae Scandinaviae, quam... sub praesidio D.M. And. J. Retzii,... pro laurea publico examini subjicit Gudmund Sandmark,... die xvii Junii mdcccix. Lundae \[Lund\] (Litteris Berlingianis). ##### n.9088. Observationes in methodum tournefortianam **Title** Dissertatio botanica sistens *Observationes in methodum tournefortianam* a Cl. Guiart fil. reformatam. Quam, consentiente ampliss. ord. philos. sub praesidio D.M. And. J. Retzii, pro laurea modeste exhibet Carolus Ad. Agardh, Gothoburgensis. In Lyceo carolino die xxix Maji mdcccv. Lundae (Literis Berlingianis) \[1805\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Obs. meth. tourn.* **Notes** *Respondens*: Carl Adolph Agardh (1785-1859). *Publ*.: 29 Mai 1805 (t.p.), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-14. *Copies*: LD, NY(2). – KR p. 588 (no. 32, err. as of 1825) rightly attributes this thesis to Retzius. ##### n.9089. Flora oeconomica Sveciae **Title** Försök til en *Flora oeconomica Sveciae* eller Swenska wäxters nytta och skada i hushållningen... Första \[Andra\] Delen. Lund (Tryckt hos Professorn, Dokt. Joh. Lundblad, på författarens bekostnad) 1806. Oct. 2 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. oecon. svec*. **Notes** *1*: 1806, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-414. *2*: 1806, p. \[i-ii\], \[415\]-792, \[793-794, err.\]. *Copies*: E, H, LD, NY, USDA. – Retzius obtained a prize of 30 duc. from the Swed. Acad. of medicine for this work. *Appendix*: see *Bih. Fl. oecon. Svec.* (1812), below. ##### n.9090. de plantis cibariis romanorum **Title** Dissertatio botanica *de plantis cibariis romanorum*, quam consentiente amplisssima facultate philos. in Academia carolina, sub praesidio D.M. And. Jah. Retzii,... pro laurea publicae eruditorum censurae subjicit \[part 1:\] Joh. Wilh. Zetterstedt, Ostro-Gothus. Die \[ \] Aprilis mdcccviii. Lundae \[Lund\] (Litteris Berlingianis) \[1808\]. Qu. 4 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. cibar. roman.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in four parts, each part defended by a different student. *Copies*: G(2), LD, NY, USDA. \[*1*\]: Apr 1808, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-16. Defendens: Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785-1874). \[*2*\]: Apr 1808, p. \[i\], 17-32. Defendens: Johan Magn. Allgulin, Smolandus. \[*3*\]: Apr 1808, p. \[i-ii\], 33-50. Defendens: C. Sylvan, Scanus. \[*4*\]: 28 Apr 1808 ("28" mss. in copy USDA), p. \[i-ii\], 51-71. Defendens: Gustaf Berggrén, Calmariensis. ##### n.9091. Flora virgiliana **Title** *Flora virgiliana* eller försök at utreda de wäxter som anföras uti P. Virgilii Maronis Eclogae, Georgica och Aeneides jämte bihang om romarnes matwäxter... Lund (tryckt hos Prof. D. Joh. Lundblad, och på dess bekostnad) 1809. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. virgil.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1809, p. \[1\]-207. *Copies*: LD, NY, USDA. – The appendix ("Bihang") is a Swedish version of the four dissertations *De plantis cibariis romanorum*, see above. ##### n.9092. Observationum botanicarum pugillus **Title** *Observationum botanicarum pugillus*. Quern speciminis loco cum venia amplissimae facultatis philosophicae sub praesidio D.M. And. J. Retzii,... publico botanophilorum examini modeste submittit Magnus Christian Retzius, Lundensis, L.H.S. die \[14\] Novembr. mdcccx. Lundae \[Lund\] (Litteris Berlingianis) 1810. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Obs. bot. pug.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Nov 1810, p. \[1\]-23, \[24, theses\]. *Copies*: HH, LD, USDA; IDC 5483. ##### n.9093. Observationum in Criticam botanicam **Title** *Observationum in Criticam botanicam* C. à Linné, specimum primum \[secundum\]. Quod consent. ampliss. philosoph. ordine praeside D.M. And. J. Retzio,... pro laurea exhibet Nicol. Christ. Psilander \[2. Jonas Lundqvist\],... die iv \[xv\] maji mdcccxi. Lundae \[Lund\] (Litteris Berlingianis) 1811. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Obs. Crit. bot.* **Notes** *1*: 4 Mai 1811, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-16. *2*: 15 Mai 1811, p. \[i\], 17-27. *Copies*: HH, LD, NY. ##### n.9094. Bihang till Flora oeconomica Sveciae **Title** *Bihang till Flora oeconomica Sveciae*, med Philosophiska facultetens samtycke under inseende af M. Anders Jah. Retzius, för lagerkransen försvaradt af Lars Johan Darin, Götheborgsbo. Den 20 Junii 1812. Lund (Tryckt uti Berlingska Boktryckeriet) \[1812\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bih. Fl. oecon. Svec*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Jun 1812, p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: LD, USDA. – Appendix to *Fl. oecon. Svec.* (1806), see above.