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### Author
Rothpletz, \[Friedrich\] August (1853-1918), German (Pfalz-born of a Swiss father) palaeontologist; studied at Heidelberg und Zürich; geologist at the Geological Survey of Saxony 1875-1880; travelling in Europe 1880-1882; Dr. phil. Leipzig 1882; in München with K. von Zittel 1882; habil. München 1884; professor of geology and palaeontology at the University of München and director of the Bayerische geologisch-paläontologische Staatssammlung as successor to K. von Zittel 1904-1918.
**Abbreviated name**: *Rothpletz* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rothpletz*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection M|M]]; Tenerifle plants also at [[Collection GOET|GOET]]. Palaeontological material in the Paläontologische Staatssammlung, München.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 322; Barnhart 3: 183 (b. 25 Apr 1853, d. 27 Jan 1918); BM 4: 1739; CSP 11: 227-228, 12: 634, 18: 319; De Toni 1: cxix, 2: cii, 3: xlviii; DTS 1: 248-249; Ewan ed. 2: 188; Herder p. 433; Jackson p. 189; KR p. 603; Quenstedt p. 368-369.
#### Biofile
- Ampferer, O., Verh. k.k. geol. Reichsanst. 1918(3): 59-62. (obit.).
- Anon., Nature 101: 109-110. 1918 (obit.).
- Broili, F., Jahrb. bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1918: 59-65 (obit.); Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Geol. Paläontol. 1919: i-xx (obit., portr., bibl.); Mitt. Geogr. Ges. München 13: 359-363. 1919 (obit., portr.).
- Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 16: 425. 1980 (coll. rd. from R's estate 1928).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 5: 1072. 1926, 6: 2230. 1938; 7a (suppl.): 563-564. 1971.
- Pompeckj, J.F., Z. deut. geol. Ges., Monatsber. 70: 15-35. 1918 (obit.).
- Salomon, W., Deut, biogr. Jahrb. 2 (1917-1920): 317-319. 1928.
- Sirks, M. J., Indisch natuurond. 243, 252. 1915.
- VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. diat. 6: 3586. 1978.
- Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 138. 1982.
- Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 862 \[index\]. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 314, 323, 493. 1901.
#### Eponymy
*Rothpletzella* A. Wood (1948).
### Publications
##### n.9654. Die Flora und Fauna der Culmformation
**Title**
*Die Flora und Fauna der Culmformation* bei Hainichen in Sachsen... III. Gratis-Beilage, Botanisches Centralblatt \[Cassel (Verlag von Theodor Fischer) 1880, Bot. Centralbl. I. Quartal 1880\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Fauna Culmform.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1880 (as supplement to Bot. Centralbl. vol. 1, 1880), p. \[i\], \[1\]-40, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. liths). *Copies*: BR, GOET.
##### n.9655. Ueber Algen und Hydrozoen im Silur
**Title**
*Ueber Algen und Hydrozoen im Silur* von Gotland und Oesel... Uppsala & Stockholm (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B.). 1908. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Alg. Hydroz. Silur*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1908 (p. 25: printed 5 Sep 1908), p. \[1\]-25, *pl. 1-6. Copies*: FH, NY, US, USDA; IDC 452. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 43(5), 1908.
*Ref*.: Salfeld, H., Bot. Zeit. 67(2): 73, 261-262. 1909 (criticises Steinmann's review).
- Steinmann, Z. indukt. Abst. Vererb.-Lehre 1(4): 405-407. 1909.
##### n.9656. Über die Kalkalgen
**Title**
*Über die Kalkalgen*, Spongiostromen und einige andere Fossilien aus dem Obersilur Gottlands... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P.A. Norstedt & Söner) 1913. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Kalkalgen*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1913, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-57, *pl. 1-10. Copy*: USGS. – Issued as Sv. geol. Undersökn. Afh. quarto ser. C a., no. 10.