> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 822](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190293) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8471-1) LSID 8471-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369737) QID Q369737 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rochel, Anton (1770-1847), Austrian botanist and surgeon; surgical assistant in the Austrian army 1788-1798; Magister chirurgiae Wien 1792, id. obstetritiae 1798; practicing physician in Moravia, Hungary (Neutra, Rownye) 1798-1820; curator of the Pest botanical garden 1820-1840; travelled to Leningrad and Dresden 1840-1841; settled at Graz in retirement 1841-1847. **Abbreviated name**: *Rochel* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rochel*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DR|DR]] (destr.); some material at [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GJO|GJO]], [[Collection H|H]] (200), [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection W|W]] (205, rd. 1846), [[Collection WU|WU]] (in herb. Lang). – According to Kanitz (1865) and Ullepitsch (1884), Rochel sold his herbarium to King Johann of Saxony in 1841 against an annuity for life. It went to Dresden where it was destroyed in World War II. A new herbarium, assembled during his stay in Graz, is at [[Collection GJO|GJO]]. – For details on manuscripts see Kanitz (no. 106). #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 362 (herb. at DR fide O. Drude); Backer p. 497; Barnhart 3: 166 (b. 18 Jun 1770, d. 12 Mar 1847); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7572; BM 4: 1715; CSP 5: 246, 18: 247; Futak-Domin p. 506; Hegi 5(2): 1298; Herder p. 58, 167, 192; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 1 (ed. 7): 341; Jackson p. 264; Kanitz p. 139-145 (no. 106) (biogr. bibl.); Kew 4: 496; Lasègue p. 332, 337; NI 1655; Plesch p. 384; PR 7683-7686, ed. 1: 8646-8649; Rehder 1: 445; Sotheby 651; Tucker 1: 603; Zander ed. 10, p. 707, ed. 11, p. 807. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 5: 236. 1832 ("für Botanik geboren"), 334-336. 1822 (Naturh. Misc. vol. 1 "wirklich erschienen"), 14: 30, 31. 1831, 15: 404. 1832 (pl. W), 30: 655-656. 1847. - G.P., Bot. Zeit. 5: 653-654. 1847 (obit.). - Kanitz, A., Bonplandia 10: 363. 1862. - Mecenovic, K., Steyerm. Landesmus. Joanneum, Graz 1976(2) (note on plant collections Rochel recently discovered in GJO; on causes of rarity of R's printed works). - Meyer, F.K. & H. Manitz, *in* Reichtümer und Raritäten, Jenaer Reden und Schriften 91. 1974. - Pax, F., Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Karpathen 1: 11, 30, 33. 1898, 2: 280. 1908. - Simonkai, L., Enum. fl. transsilv. xxviii. 1886. - Ullepitsch, J., Österr. bot. Z. 34: 363-368. 1884 (biogr., b. 18 Jun 1770, d. 12 Mar 1847). #### Note Rochel published his *Naturhistorische Miscellen* (1821), *Plantae Banatus rariores* (1828) and *Botanische Reise in das Banat* (1838) at his own expense and sold relatively few copies. When retiring from his position at Pest he burned the stocks, which accounts for their rarity (see Ullepitsch 1884). On the other hand Kanitz (no. 106) notes that copies of this work were still to be obtained from the Verein für Naturkunde, at Presburg (Bratislava). #### Eponymy *Rochelia* J.J. Roemer et J.A. Schultes (1819, *nom. rej.*); *Rochelia* H.G.L. Reichenbach (1824, *nom. cons.*). ### Publications ##### n.9317. Pflanzen-Umrisse **Title** *Pflanzen-Umrisse* aus dem südöstlichen Karpath des Banats von Anton Rochel... Erste Lieferung mit zweyundachtzig Abbildungen in natürlicher Grösse samt den nöthigen Zergliederungen auf neununddreyssig Tafeln, nach dem Leben gezeichnet, und mit Beschreibungen begleitet... Wien 1820. **Abbreviated title**: *Pfl.-Umrisse*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820. *Copy*: G. – Like Pritzel we have seen only the engraved title page Lieferung 1 with 26 "Umrisse" printed around the text as cited above. A note in Flora (5: 160. 1822) states that the *Pflanzen-Umrisse*, because of the lack of subscriptions, will come out in "Hefte". The editor of Flora had seen a few plates; these may have been the originals of which he speaks in Flora 3: 685. 1820. It is not clear how many plates, if any (except the front page of Lieferung I, were ever published. The first announcement for subscription ("Pränumerations, Anzeige") was published by Rochel in Flora 3: 601-504. 1820. Kanitz (no. 106) states that this work was never published. ##### n.9318. Naturhistorische Miscellen **Title** *Naturhistorische Miscellen* über den nordwestlichen Karpath in Ober-Ungarn... Pesth (Gedruckt bey Johann Thorn. von Trattner, auf Kosten des Verfassers). Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Naturh. Misc.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1821, p. \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-135, \[136, err.\], map, \[1, Nachschr., 10 Nov 1821\]. *Copies*: GOET (Inf. G. Wagenitz), HH. ##### n.9319. Plantae Banatus rariores **Title** *Plantae Banatus rariores*, iconibus et descriptionibus illustratae. Praemisso tractatu phytogeographico et subnexis additamentis in terminologiam botanicam... Pestini \[Pest; Budapest\] (typis Ludovici Landerer de Füskút,...) 1828. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Banat. rar.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1828 (p. iv: 1 Jan 1828; Flora Jul-Dec 1828), p. \[i\*-iv\*\], \[i\]-iv, 1-84, \[85-96, index, prosp.\], *pl. 1-40* (uncol., auct.), 2 charts. *Copies*: G, GJO, H, HH, M, MO, NY, REG, USDA. *Ref*.: Hoppe, D.H., Flora 12: 609-617, 625-634. 1829 (rev.). ##### n.9320. Botanische Reise in das Banat **Title** *Botanische Reise in das Banat* im Jahre 1835, nebst Gelegenheits-Bemerkungen und einem Verzeichniss aller bis zur Stunde daselbst vorgefundenen wildwachsenden phanerogamen Pflanzen, sammt topographischen Beiträgen über den südöstlichen Theil des Donau-Stromes im Österreichischen Kaiserthum... Pesth (bei Gustav Heckenast), Leipzig (bei Otto Wigand) 1838. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Reise Banat*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1838 (Flora 7 Mar 1839, rd. only 9 Sep 1839), p. \[i-x\], \[1\]-90, *1 pl*. (frontisp.). *Copies*: GOET (inf. G. Wagenitz), HH, M, NY. – On p. 32-90 Verzeichniss derjenigen phanerogamen Pflanzen..." *Ref*.: \[Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von\], Linnaea 12 (Litt): 116-117. Mar 1838-1839.