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### Author
Sanio, Carl Gustav (1832-1891), German (Eastern Prussian) botanist at Lyck; studied botany and medicine at Königsberg University; with Alexander Braun at Berlin 1855-1857; Dr. phil. Königsberg 1858; habil. id. 1858; lecturer 1859-1866; from 1866-1891 "Privatgelehrter" at Lyck; oustanding plant anatomist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Sanio* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sanio*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection KBG|KBG]] (destroyed; first herbarium bought by R. Caspary 1866), Danzig (destroyed; second herbarium, 1866-1891, acquired by the Westpreuss. Prov. Mus.); further material at [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]] (Bryoph.), [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection POZ|POZ]] (Bryoph.), [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. – Sanio's library was sold by Oswald Weigel, Leipzig (1891). – 29 *letters* to Brotherus are at Helsinki Univ. Libr.; 10 *letters* to F.F.G. Renauld at [[Collection PC|PC]]; *letters* to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]].
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 53: 709-711. 1907; AG 2(1): 191; Barnhart 3: 209 (b. 5 Dec 1832, d. 3 Feb 1891); Biol.-Dokum. 15: 7843; BM 4: 1801; Bossert p. 381; Clokie p. 237; CSP 5: 396, 8: 828, 11: 280, 12: 649, 18: 439-440; De Toni 1: cx; DSB 12: 99-100 (K. Mägdefrau); DTS 1: 253-254, 5: lii; Hegi 6(2): 774; Herder p. 434; IF p. 728; Kew 4: 591; KR p. 619; Moebius p. 204, 213, 215, 216, 218, 222; Morren ed. 10, p. 15; PR 8032-8033; Ratzeburg p. 449-450; Rehder 5: 757; SBC p. 131; Tucker 1: 621; Urban-Berl. 272, 281, 312, 391.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bonplandia 4: 132. 1856; Bot. Centralbl. 46: 399. 1891 (d.); Bot. Gaz. 16: 242. 1891 (library to be sold by Weigel); Bot. Jahrb. 14 (Beibl. 30): 7. 1891 (d.); Bot. Not. 1892: 47 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 16: 360. 1858 (habil. Königsberg), 49: 724. 1891 (library for sale), 50: 356. 1892 (herb. for sale), 53: 216. 1895 (coll. for sale from estate); Flora 42: 15. 1859 (habil. Königsberg); Leopoldina 27: 106. 1891 (obit, not.); Nat. Nov. 13: 93. 1891 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 41: 260. 1891; Rev. bryol. 2(2): 32. 1875 (exchange requested).
- Ascherson, P., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 34: xli-lxxxxix; 1893 (biogr.).
- Bailey, I.W. & E.B. Shephard, Bot. Gaz. 60: 66-71. 1915 (Sanio's laws for variation in size of conif. tracheids).
- Berdowski, W. & W. Wilczynska, Kat. Zbiorów Zieln. Inst. bot. Univ. Wroclaw 81. 1976 ("herbarium" at WRSL), 6. 1981 (id.).
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 446. 1880.
- Caspary, R., Festschr. 50-j. Preuss. bot. Ver. 263-265. 1912 (portr., bibl.).
- Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 145, 255, 277. 1973.
- Pringsheim, E.G., Julius Sachs 42. 1932.
- Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 334, 341, 369, 377. 1875; Hist. bot. 322, 353. 1892.
- Sanio, E., Bot. Centralbl. 47: 95. 1891 (offers collections for sale: crypt., phan., microsc. prep., insects).
- Schmucker, T. & G. Linnemann, Gesch. Anat. Holz., in H. Freund et al., Handb. Mikrosk. i.d. Technik 5(1): 1-78. 1951.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 517. 1977 (bryoph. at BR, H, POZ).
- Timell, T.E., IAWA Bull. ser. 2. 1(4): 147. 153. 1980 (on S. and the first descr. of compression wood).
- Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 142. 1982.
#### Composite works
Editor, Hedwigia 26(4-6). 1887.
#### Note
Sanio's fundamental contributions to wood anatomy are discussed by e.g. Sachs (1875), Mägdefrau (DSB and 1973), F. Schmucker and G. Linnemann (1951) and by T.E. Timell (1980) who provides bibliographical references. – Paul Sanio, about whom we have no further details, published *Anatomie des Holzes einheimischer Waldbäume*, Progr. Realschule auf der Burg, Königsberg i. Pr. 31: 1-5. 1878 and "31": \[1\]-8. 1880.
### Publications
##### n.10.238. Florula lyccensis
**Title**
*Florula lyccensis*. Exhibens plantas phanerogamas cryptogamas vasculares et characeas in circulo lyccensi libere crescentes adiectis adnotationibus in species et genera nonnullis nec non plantarum rariorum locis natalibus. Dissertatio inauguralis botanica, quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi philosophorum ordinis in alma litterarum universitate Albertina regiomontana ut summi in ordine philosophorum honores rite sibi concedantur die i.m. iunii a. mdccclviii. h. xi. l.c. publice defendet auctor Carolus Gustavus Sanio borussus... Halis Saxonum \[Halle a.S.\] (formis expressum Gebauerio-Schwetschkianis) \[1858\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. lycc*.
**Notes**
*Thesis issue*: 1 Jun 1858, p. \[i-ii\], 1-43. *Copy*: E (inf. J. Edmondson), LC. – Curriculum vitae on p. \[41\]-43.
*Journal issue* (completed): Linnaea 29: 169-206. Jun 1858 (p. 205-206: addenda).
*Erster* \[*und zweiter*\] *Nachtrag*: Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenburg 23: 30-54. 1881 (Bot. Centralbl. 20-24 Feb 1882). *See also* ib. 23: 17-29. 1881 (Gefässkrypt. und Characeen der Flora von Lyck) with Nachtrag, ib. 25: 60-88. 1883 (t.p. vol. 1884) and two papers on the *Zahlenverhältnisse der Flora Preussens* ib. 23: 55-93. 1881 and 32: 55-128. 1891 (these papers raised a controversy with J. Abromeit and P. Ascherson.
##### n.10.239. Gegenbemerkung zu den Bemerkungen des Herrn
**Title**
*Gegenbemerkung zu den Bemerkungen des Herrn* Prof. Dr. Leopold *Dippel* in Flora 1874 p. 264 (Separat-Abdruck aus "Flora" 1874 Nr. 35). Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Dec 1876, p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Flora 57: 549-557. 11 Dec 1874. – A reply to criticism of his ideas on the development of the wood of Pinus silvestris by L. Dippel in Flora 57: 266-271. 11 Jun 1874. Dippel replied in Flora 58: 161-171. 11 Apr 1875; Sanio concluded the discussion in Flora 58: 314-320. 11 Jul 1875.
##### n.10.240. Commentatio de Harpidiis europaeis inductiva
**Title**
*Commentatio de Harpidiis europaeis inductiva* \[Botanisches Centralblatt 1880, Gratisbeilage Nr. II\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1880 (issued with Bot. Centralbl. 1, Jan-Jun 1880; p. 24: 2 Mai 1880), p. \[1\]-24; Bot. Centralbl. 1 (Gratisbeilage 2), Jun 1880. *Copies*: C, GOET, H.
*Additamentum in Hypni adunci cognitionem*: Bot. Centralbl. 5(3): 93-94. 17-21 Jun 1881 (reprinted p. \[1\]-2, copy: H).
*Additamentum secundum in Harpidium cognitionem*: ib. 13(13): 425-440. 27-31 Mar 1883 (reprinted p. \[1\]-16, copies: B, H).
##### n.10.241. Additamentum in Caricum Cognitionem
**Title**
*Additamentum in Caricum Cognitionem* \[Separat-Abdruck aus Band VI Nr. 26 des "Botanischen Centralblattes 1881"\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 27 Jun-1 Jul 1881, p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Centralbl. 6(26): 429-444. 27 Jun-1 Jul 1881.
##### n.10.242. Beschreibung der Harpidien
**Title**
*Beschreibung der Harpidien*, welche vornehmlich von Dr. Arnell während der schwedischen Expedition nach Siberien im Jahre 1876 gesammelt wurden... Stockholm (Kongl. Boktryckeriet. P.A. Norstedt & Söner.) 1885. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Beschr. Harpid.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: shortly after 1 Jun 1885 (date p. 60; Bot. Zeit. 29 Jan 1886; Nat. Nov. Aug(3) 1886), p. \[1\]-60. *Copies*: E, G, U; IDC 7670 (129-130). – Issued as Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 10(1), 1885.
*Ref*.: Arnell, H.W., Rev. bryol. 11(3): 44-45. 1884 (discusses earlier publications by Sanio on *Hypnum* subg. *Harpidium*). – See also Rev. bryol. 13(2): 29-30. 1886.
##### n.10.243. Bryologische Fragmente
**Title**
*Bryologische Fragmente* I-III (Separat-Abdruck aus "Hedwigia" 1887...). Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: Mai-Jun 1887 (in journal), p. \[1\]-11 *Copy*: H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Hedwigia 26: 99-109. Mai-Jun 1887.
*2*: Jul-Oct 1887 (id.), p. \[1\]-41. *Copy*: H. – Id. 26: 129-169. Jul-Oct 1887.
*3*: Nov-Dec (id.), p. \[1\]-21. *Copy*: H. – Id. 26: 169-224. Nov-Dec 1887.
##### n.10.244. Die Harpidien des nördlichen Finnlands
**Title**
*Die Harpidien des nördlichen Finnlands* sammt Kola... Helsingfors (Buchdruckerei der Actien-Gesellschaft J. Simelii Erben) 1890. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Harpid. nördl. Finnl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1890 (t.p. preprint), p. \[1\]-59, \[60\]. *Copies*: H; IDC 8553 (45-56). – Preprinted from Acta Soc. Fauna Fenn. 8(1): 1-59, \[60\]. 1890 (1893).