> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 930](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190401) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12797-1) LSID 12797-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2615816) QID Q2615816 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rottbøll, Christen Friis (1727-1797), Danish botanist; Dr. med. Kjøbenhavn 1755; professor of medicine ("designatus") ib. 1756; studied botany with Linnaeus 1756-1757; travelled in Holland and France; director of the Copenhagen botanical garden 1770-1797; ord. professor of medicine 1776-1797. **Abbreviated name**: *Rottb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rottb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection C|C]]; some further material in [[Collection LINN|LINN]] ("styled "Friis" Jackson, 1922), [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection NY|NY]] and [[Collection PH|PH]]. – The Rottiøll herbarium at [[Collection C|C]] is available on microfiche IDC 2202. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 5435 Backer p. 500; Barnhart 3: 183 (b. 3 Apr 1727 d 15 Jun 1797); BM 4: 1740; Bossert p. 340; Dawson p. 713; Dryander 3: 4, b, 33, 83, 123, 167, 178, 189, 213, 216, 252; Herder p. 147, 163, 226, 227, 411; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 2: (files); Jackson p. 21, 111, 145, 375, 444; Kew 4: 525-526; Lasegue p. 345, 473; MW p. 419; NI 1: 201, 227, 2: no. 1685; PR 4798, 7811-7815, ed. 1: 5340, 8764-8770; Rehder 5: 741; RS p. 138; SO 2430, 2438; Tucker 1: 609; Zander ed. 10, p. 709, ed. 11, p. 809. #### Biofile - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 444. 1880 (herb. at C). - Christensen, C., Dansk. Bot. Hist. 1: 69, 78-79, 84, 134, 150-152. 1924 (portr., biogr.), 2: 53-55. 1924 (bibl.; biogr. data). - Fries, Th.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(6): 224. 1912. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 190. 1938 (dir. bot. gard. Copenhagen 1778-1797). - Hornemann, J., Nat. Tidskr. 1: 566-567. 1837. - Hulth, J.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(1): 418, 419. 1916, with A.H. Uggia, 2(2): 197, 198. 1943. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 134 (suppl.): 19. 1922 (material LINN). - Rydberg, P.A., Augustana Coll. Libr. Publ. 5: 15. 1907. - Stafleu, F.A., *in* G.S. Daniels & F.A. Stafleu, Taxon 23: 44. 1974 (portr.). - Warming, E., Bot. Tidsskr., 12: 68-69. 1880 (bibl.). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 104-105. 1903. #### Eponymy *Rotbolla* Zumaglini (1849, *orth. var.* of *Rottboellia* Linnaeus f. (1780)); *Rotbollia* T. Nuttall (1818, *orth. var.* of *Rottboellia* Linnaeus f. (1780)); *Rottboelia* Scopoli (1777); *Rottboelia* Dumortier (1829, *orth. var.* of Rottboellia Linnaeus f. (1780)); *Rottboella* Linnaeus f. (1782, *orth. var.* of *Rottboellia* Linnaeus f. (1780)); *Rottboellia* Linnaeus f. (1780, *nom. cons.*); *Rottbolla* Lamarck (1792, *orth. var.* of *Rottboellia* Linnaeus f. (1780)); *Rottbollia* A.L. Jussieu (1789, *orth. var.* of *Rottboellia* Linnaeus f. (1780)). ### Publications ##### n.9664. Botanikens udstrakte Nytte **Title** *Botanikens udstrakte Nytte*... Kiøbenhavn (Findes tilkiøbs i den Mummiske Boghandling,...) 1771. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. udstr. Nytte*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1771, p. \[1\]-63, *1 pl*. (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. ##### n.9665. Descriptiones plantarum rariorum **Title** *Descriptiones plantarum rariorum* iconibus illustrandas, cum earum, quae primo proximeque prodituro fasciculo continebuntur, elencho, programmate, quo lectiones in horto botanico ao. 1772. Auspicatur, indicit Christianus Friis Rottb^ll,... Havniae \[Kjøbenhavn\] (litteris N. Mölleri,...) 1772. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. pl. rar.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1772 (GGA 3 Apr 1773), p. \[1\]-32. *Copies*: HH, NY; IDC 5694. – The designations *Schoenoides, Scirpoides*, and *Cyperoides* are token words, not to be considered as generic names, see I CBN Art. 20.4 and 43. Note I. – This octavo publication was preliminary to the *Descr. icon. rar. pl.* of 1773 in which Rottbøll published the formally correct names for the above token designations. *Chondropetalum* is a new generic name. *Ref*.: Dandy, J.E., Regn. veg. 51: 18. 1967. ##### n.9666. Descriptionum et iconum rariores **Title** *Descriptionum et iconum rariores* et pro maxima parte novas *plantas* illustrantium liber primus. Conscriptus a Christiano Friis Rottböll,... Hafniae \[Kjøbenhavn\] (sumptibus Societatis typographicae...) 1773. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. icon. rar.pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Jul 1773 (NZgS 23 Aug 1773), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-71, \[72, err.\], *pl. 1-21* (uncol. copp. G. Haas, M. Haas and N. Abilgaard). *Copies*: M, MO, NY, PH, USDA; IDC 2259. *Editio nova*: 1786, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-71, \[72, err.\], *pl. 1-21* (id.). *Copies*: FI, G(2), MO, NY, Teyler, U. – "Descriptiones et icones rariorum et pro maxima parte novarum plantarum... editio nova..." Havniae \[Kjøbenhavn\] (Impensis Gyldendalii,...) 1786. Fol. – Title-page only changed; actually a re-issue. ##### n.9667. Descriptiones rariorum plantarum **Title** *Descriptiones rariorum plantarum*, nec non materiae medicae atque oeconomicae *e terra surinamensi* fragmentum placido ampliss. professorum examini, pro loco in consistono rite tenendo disputaturus, subjicit Christianus Friis Rottøgll,... Spartam defendentis ornante... ad d. \[\] maji a. \[1776\], Havniae (Typis N.C. Höpffneri,...) \[1776\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. rar. pl. surin.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1776, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-34. *Copy*: HH. – Also published in Acta litt. Univ. Hafn. 1778: \[267\]-304, *pl*. 7-5. Plants collected by Rolander. *Ed. 2*: 1798, p. \[1\]-22, *pl. 1-5* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: E, FI, G, NY, U;' IDC 2260. – "*Descriptiones plantarum quarundam surinamensium*, cum fragmento materiae medicae et oeconomicae surinamensis... Editio secunda. Emendatior.... Hafniae et Lipsiae (apud Johannem Henricum Schubothe) 1798. Fol.