> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 789](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190260) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8384-1) LSID 8384-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2529631) QID Q2529631 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Riedel, Ludwig (1790-1861), German (Prussian) plant collector and traveller; served in the Prussian army 1813-1815; collected in S. France 1816-1817; from 1820-1836 in Brazil as collector for St. Petersburg; from 1821-1822 in Bahia, 1822-1824 in Rio de Janeiro, 1824-1825 in Minas Geraes; 1825-1829 S. Paulo, Matto Grosso, Alto Amazonas, Para, 1830-1831 back in St. Petersburgh; 1830-1833 Rio de Janeiro; 1833-1835 S. Paulo, Goyaz, Minas Geraes; from 1835 in Rio de Janeiro; from 1836-1838 director of the Rio de Janeiro "Passeio publico" of the national herbarium; director of the botanical section of the Museu nacional 1842-1861. **Abbreviated name**: *Riedel* \[standard form in IPNI: *Riedel*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LE|LE]] (part of orig. coll.); [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection R|R]], [[Collection RB|RB]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SI|SI]], [[Collection STU|STU]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. – Plants collected by Riedel in France, sent to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, are at [[Collection HAL|HAL]] (Werner 1955). #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 495; Barnhart 3: 156; Clokie p. 233; CSP 5: 199, 18: 200; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363 (LE, OXF), (ed. 7): 341, 2: (files U); Lasègue p. 331, 338, 346, 478, 505; Moebius p. 411; PR (alph.), ed. 1: 10075; Rehder 1: 342; SK 1: 438; TL-2/see G.H. von Langsdorff; Urban-Berl. p. 388. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 5: 112. 1822 (to Brazil, to collect with v. Langsdorff), 13: 680. 1830 (arrived in St. Petersb. from Brazil; 1000 living plants). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 443. 1880. - Florence, H., Rev. trimens. Inst. hist. geogr. ethn. Brasil. 39(2): 157-182. 1876 (mainly on Langsdorff's travels in Brazil 1825-1829). - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 16: 423. 1980. - Ihering, H. von, Rev. Mus. Paulista 5: 30-32. 1902. - Komissarov, B.N., The first Russian expedition in Brazil \[in Russian\], Leningrad 1977 (portr.). - Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 61(1): 62. 1886 (coll. MW). - Nekrassova, V.I., & Proussak, A.V., Bot. Zhurn. 42: 804-813. 1957. - Papavero, N., Essays hist. neotrop. Dipterol. 1: 54, 55, 56, 90. 1972. - Prance, G., Acta amaz. 1(1): 53. 1971. - Sampaio, A. J., Arch. nac. Rio de Janeiro 22: 39, 40, 41, 44, 47. 1919. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 387. 1975. - Schmid, G., Chamisso als Naturforscher 12. 1942. - Shetler, S.G., Komarov Bot. Inst. 33, 46, 196, 197. 1967. - Stieber, M.T., Huntia 3(2): 124. 1979 (notes on R. in Agnes Chase mss.). - Trautvetter, R.E., Acta Horti petrop. 2: 239-241. 1873. - Urban, I. Bot. Jahrb. 18 (Beibl. 44): 6-21. 1894 (on Riedel and G.H. von Langsdorff); Fl. bras. 1(1): 89-91. 1906 (itin. Brasili., vita). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 135. 1982. - Warming, E., K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Skr. ser. 6. 6(3): 266-272. 1892 (Lagoa Santa; note on Lund and Riedel's trip of 1833-1835). - Werner, K., Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenb. 4: 776. 1955 (plants from France in HAL). #### Eponymy *Riedelia* Chamisso (1832, *nom. rej.*); *Riedelia* C.F. Meisner (1863); *Riedeliella* Harms (1903); *Note*: *Riedelia* D. Oliver (1883, *nom. cons.*); was named for a Mr. Riedel. *Riedelia* F. Thiergart et U. Frantz (1963) honors Dipl. Ing. W. Riedel. *Riedelia* A.P. Jousé et V. S. Sheshukova-Poretzkaya (1971) honors Dr. W. Riedel.