> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 863](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190334) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8534-1) LSID 8534-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63209) QID Q63209 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rohlfs, Gerhard \[Friedrich\] (1831-1896), German (Bremen) traveller and collector in North Africa; studied medicine in Heidelberg, Würzburg and Göttingen; physician in the French colonial army 1855-1860, later exploring Northern Africa. **Abbreviated name**: *Rohlfs* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rohlfs*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destroyed), [[Collection CORD|CORD]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection P|P]] (herb. Cosson). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 53: 440-449 (V. Hantzsch); Barnhart 3: 172 (14 Apr 1831, d. 2 Jun 1896); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7617; BM 4: 1722 (travelogues); Bossert p. 336; Herder p. 58; Rehder 1: 485; TL-2/see A.C.H Braun, P.F.A. Ascherson; Urban-Berl. p. 389. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 31: 704. 1873 (P. Ascherson will be botanist on R.'s Libyan trip); Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon ed. 13. 13: 758-759. 1886; Bull. Soc. bot. France 20; 183. 1873, 21 (bibl.): 95. 1874; Flora 50: 367. 1867 (travel rep.), 51: 428. 1868 (Rohlfs and H.W. Schimper), 56:: 431. 1873 (Ascherson to accompany R. to Libya); Polybiblion 77: 80-82. 1896 (biogr. data, bibl.). - Ascherson, P., *in* Durand, E. & G. Barratte, Fl. Libyc. prodr. xxiv-xxv. 1910 (itin.). - Cufodontis, G., C.R. AETFAT 4: 246. 1962 (1867-1868 in Ethiopia). - Embacher, F., Lexikon Reisen 249-251. 1881. - Guenther, K, Gerhard Rohlfs, Lebensbild eines Afrikaforschers, ed. 2, 1912 (main biogr., portr.), viii, 352 p., 44 pl., map. - Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 7: 9. 1968. - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 347. 1969. - Pampanini, R., Prodr. fl. Cirenaica xviii. 1920; Flora Cirenaica xviii. 1930. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1136-1137. 1898 (bibl.; brief list of travels; d. 3 Jun 1896), 4(2): 1264. 1904 (d. 2 Jun 1896, add. bibl.). - Reuss, M. & G.W. Hartig, South Atlantic Quart. 74(1): 74-85. 1975 (Bismarck's imperialism amd the Rohlfs mission to East Africa 1884-1885). - Schweinfurth, G., Illustr. deut. Monatschr. (Westermann) 82: 565-578. 1897 (obit., portr.). - Vallot, J., Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 199. 1882. - Wichmann, A., Peterm. Mitt. J. Perthes geogr. Anst. 42(2): 146-147. 1896 (obit., d. 2 Jun 1896). - Wolkenhauer, W., Deut. geogr. Blätt. 19(4): 165-182. 1896 (obit., bibl.), Globus 70: 31-33. 1896 (obit.). - Zittel, K., Jahresber. geogr. Ges. München 16: 310-313. 1896 (obit.); Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 299, 300, 560. 1899. #### Eponymy *Rohlfsia A*. Schenk (1880). ### Publications ##### n.9454. Quer durch Afrika **Title** *Quer durch Afrika*. Reise vom Mittelmeer nach dem Tschad-See und zum Golf von Guinea... Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus) 1874-1875. 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Quer d. Afrika*. **Notes** *1*: 1874 (p. vi: Jun 1874), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-352. 1 map. *2*: 1875, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-298, \[299, err.\], 1 map. *Copies*: GOET (inf. G. Wagenitz), USDA. – *Botanischer Anhang* (p. 276-298) with identifications by P. Ascherson, A. Braun, E. Cosson, A. Garcke, G. Schweinfurth. *Preliminary notice* on the botanical results: P. Ascherson, Bot. Zeit. 32: 609-619 \["916"\]. 18 Sep, 625-631. 25 Sep, 641-647. 2 Oct 1874. See also G. Rohlfs, Expedition zur Erforschung der Lybischen Wüste, Cassel 1875, xii, 340 p., also with contributions by P. Ascherson, W. Jordan, K. Zittel (P. Ascherson, Bot. Zeit. 34: 334-335. 1876). *Ref*.: Ascherson, P., Bot. Zeit. 33: 705-712. 22 Oct 1875 (rev. 1, 2). ##### n.9455. Drei Monate in der Libyschen Wüste **Title** *Drei Monate in der Libyschen Wüste*... Cassel (Verlag von Theodor Fischer) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Drei Monate libysch. Wüste*. **Notes** *Collaborators*: P. Ascherson, W. Jordan, K. Zittel, Ph. Remelé. *Publ*.: 1875, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[ix-xii\], \[1\]-340, 16 photos, *11 pl*., 18 woodcuts, map. *Copies*: BR, GOET (inf. G. Wagenitz), LD (inf. O. Almborn), USDA. – Chapters 9 (p. 229-263) and 10 (p. 264-289) by P. Ascherson. ##### n.9456. Kufra **Title** *Kufra*. Reise von Tripolis nach der Oase Kufra. Ausgeführt im Auftrage der Afrikanischen Gesellschaft in Deutschland von Gerhard Rohlfs. Nebst Beiträgen von P. Ascherson, J. Hann, F. Karsch, W. Peters, A. Stecker... Leipzig (F.A. Brockhaus) 1881. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kufra*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1881 (p. \[v\]: Aug 1881), frontisp., p. \[i\]-viii, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-559, \[1, h.t.\], 21 charts, 3 maps, *11 pl*. (7 h.t.). *Copies*: BR, FI. – Contains in Abth. 2, no. 7: P. Ascherson, *Die aus dem mittlern Nordafrika... bekannt gewordenen Pflanzen*.