> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 295](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333434) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9231-1) LSID 9231-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106178) QID Q106178 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schomburgk, \[Moritz\] Richard (1811-1891), German (Prussian Saxony) botanist, explorer and gardener; in the Royal Guard, Berlin, 1831-1834; gardener at Sanssouci, Potsdam 1835-1840; travelled (on behalf of the Prussian government) in British Guiana with his brother Robert 1840-1844; in Berlin 1844-1849; settled in South Australia 1849; ran a farm at the German colony of Buchsfelde near Gawler, 1849-1865; curator (director) of the Adelaide botanical garden 1865-1891. **Abbreviated name**: *Ri. Schomb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *M.R.Schomb.*\] #### Herbarium and types Guyana plants at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.); duplicates at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. – Australian plants at [[Collection AD|AD]] and [[Collection K|K]], duplicates at [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection LE|LE]] (impt. set), [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Letters* (e.g. to G. Bentham) at [[Collection K|K]]; to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 32: 240-243; BB p. 270; BL 1: 244, 317; BM 4: 1855-1856, 8: 1160; Bossert p. 354; CSP 5: 520, 8: 879, 18: 571; Desmond p. 546; De Toni 2: cv; DNB 17: 927-928; Frank 3 (Anh.): 92; Herder p. 59, 164, 226, 229, 411; HR; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364; Jackson p. 119, 194, 205, 375, 400, 401, 452; KR p. 626; Langman p. 683; Lasègue p. 219; LS 24157-24158; Morren ed. 2, p. 39, ed. 10, p. 149; PR 8323-8324, ed. 1: 9248; Rehder 5: 776; TL-1/699, 1176; Tucker 1: 634, 3: 273; Urban-Berl. p. 268, 281, 290, 313, 393; Zander ed. 10, p. 713, ed. 11, p. 813. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 6: 52. 1858 (cogn. Leopoldina John Harrison i); Bot. Gaz. 16: 217. 1891 (d.); Bot. Jahrb. 14 (Beibl. 31): 17. 1891 (d.); Bot. Not. 1892: 47 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 1: 222 (arrival coll. Guyana in B), 799-800. 1843 (ref. to account Roraima trip), 2: 672. 1844 (back from Guyana), 23: 368. 1865 (app. Adelaide); Bot. Zeit. 11: 167-168. 1853 (description of S.'s life on his farm in S. Australia; Flora 27: 718. 1844 (return from Brit. Guiana with colls.), 49: 13-14. 1866; Garden and Forest 4: 348. 1891 (obit. note, prob. by C.S. Sargent); J. Bot. 29: 224. 1891 (obit. note); Leopoldina 27: 107. 1891 (obit. not.); Monatschr. Kakteenk. 1(3): 46-47. 1891 (d.); Nat. Nov. 13: 206. 1891 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 41: 260. 1891 (d.), 16: 28. 1866 (app. Adelaide). - Burgess, H.T., Cycl. S. Australia 1: 315. 1907 (portr.; partly incorrect account of Ri. Schomburgk). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 448. 1880 (account of coll. Ri. and Ro. S. combined). - Carr, D.J. & S.G.M., eds., People and plants in Australia 289-291. 1981. - Ferguson, J.A., Bibl. Australia 7: 234-237. - Gager, C.S., Brookl. Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 155. 1938 (Adelaide dir.). - Gerstäcker, Fr., Die Grenzboten. Zeitschrift für Politik und Literatur 12(1): 173-174. 1853 (description of Buchsfelde at Schomburgk's time). - Jones, H.G., Taxon 22: 229-239. 1973 ("The genus *Schomburgkia*, a study in the history and bibliography of plant taxonomy", *Schomburgkia* Lindley; note by FAS: *Schomburgkia* Lindley should be attributed to Robert Schomburgk); brief note on Ri. Sch. - Kühnel, J., Thaddaeus Haenke 63. 1960. - Lamshed, M., Bot. Gard. Adelaide S. Austal. centenary vol. 1855-1955, Hist. 94-98. 1955. - Leibius, A., Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 25: 3-5. 1891 (obit.). - Lodewyckx, A., Die Deutschen in Australien 212-214. 1932 (Schr. deut. Ausland-Inst. Stuttgart, Bd. 32). - Maiden, J.H., Rep. Australas. Ass. Adv. Sci. 11: 176. 1909. - Middelmann, R.F., Austral. dict. biogr. 6: 91-92. 1976 (further biogr. refs.). - Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 82. 1946 \[1948\] (epon.). - Norton, J., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 25: 793-794. 1900 (superficial account of his work at Adelaide). - Prance, G., Acta amaz. 1(1): 57. 1971 (coll. Roraima). - Pulliene, R.H., Proc. R.Geogr. Soc. Australasia, S. Austral. Br. 35: 45-47. 1935 (portr., work at Adelaide). - Regel, E., Gartenflora 17: 126. 1868 (corr. from Adelaide). - Rodway, J., Timehri, J.R. agr. comm. Soc. Brit. Guiana ser. 2. 3(1): 1-29. 1889 (the "Schomburgks" in Guyana). - Sagot, P., Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. 10: 373, 374. 1880. - Schomburgk, Ri., Das Ausland 16: 1095-1096, 1099-1100, 1103-1104, 1107-1108, 1111-1112, 1115-1116, 1119-1120, 1123-1124. 1843 (account of trip, with his brother, from Pirara to Roraima). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 150. 1982. #### Composite works *Flora of South Australia, in* W. Harcus, South Australia, London 1876, p. 205-280, *10 pl*. – *Copy*: PH. ### Publications ##### n.11.016. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana **Title** *Reisen in Britisch-Guiana* in den Jahren 1840-1844. Im Auftrag S.r Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt von Richard Schomburgk. Nebst einer Fauna und Flora Guiana's nach Vorlagen von Johannes Müller, Ehrenberg, Erichson, Klotzsch, Troschel, Cabanis und Andern. Mit Abbildungen und einer Karte von Britisch-Guiana aufgenommen von Sir Robert Schomburgk... Leipzig (Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber) 1847-1848, 3 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Reis. Br.*-*Guiana*. **Notes** *Map*: designed by Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865). *1*: 24-27 Nov 1847 (p. viii: Mai 1847; Hinrichs rd 24-27 Nov; map, p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\]-x, \[1\]-469, \[470, imprint\], map, *8 pl*. (uncol.). *2*: 12-15 Jul 1848 (p. vi: Mar 1848; Hinrichs rd 12-15 Jul 1848), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-530, \[1-2, err.\], *8 pl*. (id.). *3*. 7-10 Mar 1849 (t.p. 1848; Hinrichs rd 7-10 Mar 1849), p. \[ii\]-viii, \[ix\], \[531\]-1260, \[1261, err.\], \[1262-colo.\], chart A. – Other t.p.: "*Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana*. nach Vorlagen von Johannes Müller... und Andern. Systematisch bearbeitet von Richard Schomburgk." Flora on p. \[787\]-1260 (by Ri. Schomb. and collaborators listed on p. 785); the new names by F. Klotzsch are mostly, if not all, nomina nuda. Diatoms by Ehrenberg on p. 537-544 + chart A. *Copies*: B, Ewan, G, HH, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA. *English transl*.: 1922-1923, *Richard Schomburgk's travels in British Guyana* 1840-1844. Translated and edited, with geographical and general indices, and route maps, by Walter E. Roth,... Published by Authority. "Daily Chronicle" Office, Main Street, Georgetown. 1922-1923, 2 vols. *Copies*: Ewan, HH, Wurdack. *1*: 1922, p. \[i\*-iv\*\], err: slip, \[i\]-xxxviii, \[xli-xliii\], \[i\], ii, \[iii, iv\], \[1\]-402, *8 pl*., maps 1-3. *2*: 1923, p. \[i-vi\], err. slip, \[vii-xi\], \[1\]-443, *8 pl*., maps 4-10. *Preliminary accounts*: 1843-1845, in Bot. Zeit. 1: 222, 799-800, 853-855. 1843; as "*Schomburgk's Reise*" in letters to C.S. Kunth in 2: 12-15, 23-26, 38-42, 53-57. 1844; as "*Botanische Reise-Skizze*" von Richard Schomburgk" in 3: 121-128, 137-144. 1845. *Review* by D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, Bot. Zeit. 7: 460-462, 471-475, 485-489, 504-506, 522-525, 545-547, 566-568, 586-590, 631-637, 652-54. 1849. *Extract*: 1852, Reisen der Brüder Schomburgk in British Guiana. Im Auszug für das grosse Publikum und die Jugend bearbeitet von W. Strieker. Frankfurt am Main 1852. Oct. (n.v.). ##### n.11.017. Catalogue of the plants **Title** *Catalogue of the plants* under cultivation *in the* Government *botanic garden Adelaide*, South Australia... Adelaide (printed by W.C. Cox,...) 1871. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. bot. gard. Adelaide*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1871, p. \[i\]-xiii, \[xiv\], \[1\]-200. *Copies*: AA, B-G, B-S, E, HH. *Other ed*.: 1878 (p. x: 20 Jan 1878), frontisp., \[i-ii\], err. slip, \[iii\]-xix, \[xxi, xxiii\], \[1\]-285, *16 pl*. (\[\**1*\], \[*A*\], *B-0*, \[*P*\]). *Copies*: B, B-G, BR, FAS, G, HH, M, MO, NY, PH, Fisher Libr. Sydney, USDA. ##### n.11.018. Papers read before the philosophical Society **Title** *Papers read before the philosophical Society* and the Chamber of Manufactures... Adelaide (W.C. Cox, Government Printer,...) 1873. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pap. Philos. Soc*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1873 (p. \[iii\]: Feb 1873, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-120. *Copies*: HH, MO. – Various botanical papers; for some of the original publications see Ferguson (1969) 15483-15493. ##### n.11.019. Report on the progress and condition of the botanic garden **Title** South Australia. *Report on the progress and condition of the botanic garden* and government plantations, 1873. R. Schomburgk, Dr. phil., director,... Adelaide (W.C. Cox, Government Printer,...) 1874. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. bot. garden*. **Notes** *1873*: 1874 (p. 10: Feb 1874), p. \[1\]-12, map, plan. *Copy*: BR. *1875*: 1876 (p. 11: 24 Mar 1876), p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: BR. *1877*: 1878, p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: BR. *1878*: 1879, p. \[1\]-23) *1 pl. Copy*: BR. – Adelaide (E. Spiller, acting Government Printer). *1879*: 1880 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1880), p. \[1\]-17, *2pl. Copy*: PH. – Adelaide (E. Spiller, Government Printer,...). *1880*: 1881 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1881), p. \[1\]-21, *1 pl. Copies*: BR, PH. *1881*: 1882 (p. \[3\]: 1 Apr 1882), p. \[1\]-24, *1 pl. Copies*: BR, PH. *1882*: 1883 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1883), p. \[1\]-23, \[24\], *7 pl. Copies*: BR, PH. *1883*: 1884 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1884), p. \[1\]-25, *4 pl. Copies*: BR, PH. *1884*: 1885 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1885), p. \[1\]-27. *Copies*: BR, PH. *1885*: 1886 (p. \[3\]: Mar 1886), p. \[1\]-23, *1 pl. Copies*: BR, PH. *1886*: 1887 (p. \[3\]: Mai 1887), p. \[1\]-25. *Copies*: BR, NY, PH. *1887*: 1888 (p. \[3\]: Mai 1888), p. \[1\]-20. *Copy*: PH. – Adelaide (H.F. Leader, Government Printer,...). *1888*: 1889 (p. \[3\]: 2 Mai 1889), p. \[1\]-26, *pl. 1-8. Copies*: BR, PH. *1889*: 1890 (p. \[3\]: 10 Mai 1890, printing ordered 22 Jul 1890), p. \[1\]-20. *Copies*: BR, NY, PH. ##### n.11.020. The flora of South Australia **Title** *The flora of South Australia*... Adelaide (W.C. Cox, Government Printer, North Terrace) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. S. Austral.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875 (Bot. Zeit. 3 Mar 1876; Soc. bot. France rd 25 Feb 1876; Bot. Zeit. 3 Mar 1876), p. \[1\]-64. *Copies*: B-S, BR, DBN, FI, HH, G, M, MO, NY. – "From the Handbook of South Australia". See also his "Flora of South Australia in W. Harcus, South Australia 205-280. 1876. *Ref*.: Kloot, P.M., J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2(2): 210-211. 1980. ##### n.11.021. Botanical reminiscenses in British Guiana **Title** *Botanical reminiscenses in British Guiana*... Adelaide (W.C. Cox, Government Printer, North Terrace) 1876. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. remin. Br. Guiana*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1876 (p. \[iii\], Jun 1876; USDA copy rd 1 Mar 1877; J. Bot. Oct 1876; Soc. bot. Fr. 10 Nov 1876; Bot. Zeit. 18 Aug 1876), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-90. *Copies*: BR, Ewan, FI, G, HH, M, PH, US, USDA. – See also his *Souvenirs d'une exploration en Guyane*, in *Belg. hortic.* 33: 187-194. 1883. ##### n.11.022. On the naturalised weeds **Title** *On the naturalised weeds* and other plants *in South Australia*... Adelaide (E. Spiller, ...) 1879. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Natural. weeds S. Australia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 16 Oct 1879 (Kloot, 1980), p. \[1\]-13. *Copies*: B-S, BR, FI, G, HH, M, NY, PH, U. *Expanded version*: 1889. "The naturalised noxious weeds and other plants in South Australia". Appendix C to the "Annual Report of the Director of the Adelaide botanic Gardens for 1888". *Annotated reprint*: 1980, P.M. Kloot, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2(2): 195-220. 1980 (updated taxonomy and nomenclature, evaluation). *Ref*.: Kurtz, F., Bot. Zeit. 38: 678. 1 Oct 1880 (rev.). ##### n.11.023. On the Urari **Title** *On the Urari*: the deadly arrow-poison of the Macusis, an Indian tribe in British Guiana,... Adelaide (E. Spiller,...) 1879. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Urari*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1879, p. \[1\]-18. *Copies*: B, FI, HH, M. – See also Robert Schomburgk, Ann. nat. Hist. 7: 401-427. 1841 ("On the Urari"), and Ri. Schomburgk, Trans. Philos. Soc. Adelaide 2. 1866 (n.v.); as well as in his Pap. Philos. Soc. 1873, p. 29-42.