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### Author
Schlechter, \[Friedrich Richard\] Rudolf (1872-1925), German (Berlin/Prussian) botanist, botanical explorer and orchidologist; gardener at Berlin Botanical Garden until 1891; collected in S. Africa and Moçambique 1891-1895, 1896-1898; leader West-African Caoutchouk exp. 1899-1900, id. New Guinea, Indonesia, New Caledonia 1900-1903; Dr. phil. Berlin 1904 as student of Engler; to Cameroons 1904, Borneo and Sumatra 1906; Kaiser Wilhelmsland 1907-1909, until 1910 in Indonesia; from 1913 assistant (active service in World War I 1914-1918), from 1921-1925 curator at Berlin-Dahlem.
**Abbreviated name**: *Schlechter* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schltr.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (many types and some other (e.g. alcohol) material extant); a major set of his African collections is at [[Collection K|K]]; other duplicates, p.p. including New Guinea collections, at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection AMD|AMD]], [[Collection AMES|AMES]] (impt. set), [[Collection BAF|BAF]], [[Collection BAJ|BAJ]], [[Collection BG|BG]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BO|BO]], [[Collection BOL|BOL]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection COI|COI]], [[Collection CR|CR]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection EA|EA]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection GRO|GRO]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KMG|KMG]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LAU|LAU]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NH|NH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]] (4500 nos.), [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection SI|SI]], [[Collection SRGH|SRGH]], [[Collection STE|STE]], [[Collection STU|STU]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection VT|VT]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. – Early collections made with his younger brother Max Schlechter. For itineraries and titles of sets of duplicates distributed, see Loesener (1926). For Schlechter Orchid types at Berlin see Butzin (1978), for those at [[Collection NSW|NSW]] and Genève ([[Collection G|G]]) see Blaxell (1973, 1978), id. at [[Collection PH|PH]] (Ericaceae) see Mears (1976); for other Schlechter material extant at [[Collection B|B]] see P. Hiepko (1978). – "He is said to have collected up to 100 duplicates on occasions" (Sunn & Codd, 1981). – Letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 502, 518; Barnhart 3: 228; Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8060-8064, BJI 1: 51, 2: 155-156; BL 1: 119, 317; BM 4: 1838, 8: 1152; Bossert p. 353; CSP 18: 527; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 1 (ed. 2): 130, (ed. 3): 167, (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342; Kew 4: 628-629; KR p. 625; Langman p. 681; MW p. 437, suppl. p. 308; NI 1772-1774, 3: 60; NW p. 57; PH 241; Plesch p. 399-400; Rehder 5: 770; RS p. 140; SK 1: clii, 470-472, 4: cxxviii, cxxxix, cxlvii, cli, 5: cccxviii, 8: lxxxvi, 86; TL-2/3565, 4239-4240, 7684, 8726, see R. Mansfeld; Tucker 1: 630-631; Zander ed. 10, p. 712, ed. 11, p. 812; Zep-Tim p. 99-100 (b. 16 Oct 1872, d. 15 Nov 1925).
#### Biofile
- Ames, O., Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 2(2): 21. 1933 (tribute), 13(4): 105-106. 1944 (note on destr. of his herb. at B; much original material at AMES).
- Anon., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 79: 89-90. 1926 (obit. not.); Hedwigia 39: 112. 1900 (returned from Cameroons and Congo), 66: 55. 1926 (d.); J. Bot. Morot 9: 472. 1895 (new trip in S. Africa; plants distr. by K. Schumann); Nat. Nov. 23: 77. 1921 (app. "Kustos"); Österr. bot. Z. 75: 64. 1926 (d.); Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenb. 68: 279. 1926 (d.).
- Arditti, J., ed. et al., Orchid biol. 1: 21-23, 97, 131, 154. 1977.
- Barker, W.F., J.S. Afr. Bot. 49(1): 45-55. 1983 (on S.'s S. Afr. *Lachenalia*).
- Blaxell, D.F., Contr. N.S.W. Natl. Herb. 4(7): 457-469. 1973 (207 specimens from New Guinea, early 1900's, at N.S.W.; many types); Telopea 1(5): 359-363. 1978 (type specim. Schlechter's orchid names at G).
- Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 100-101. 1978 (S. Afr. bot. bibl.).
- Butzin, F., Willdenowia 8: 401-407. 1978 (list of types of Schlechter's Orchid species which are still extant at B).
- Cribb, P.J. et al., Orchidee 32(2): 77-80. 1981 (list S.'s publ. in *Orchis*).
- Frodin, D.G., Sci. New Guinea 3(2): 73-82. 1975 (S. "his life and travels").
- Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Veld & Flora 65: 98-101. 1979; Bot. expl. S. Afr. 313-315. 1981 (S. Afr. collecting, portr., itin.).
- Hall, N., Botanists of the Eucalypts 114. 1978 (based on Rendle, 1926).
- Hiepko, P., Willdenowia 8: 389-400. 1978 (material extant at B).
- Hoehne, C., Jard. bot. São Paulo 182. 1941 (portr.).
- Jessop, J.R., J. S. Afr. Bot. 30(3): 129-146. 1964 (itin. Schl.'s coll. trips in S. Afr.).
- Jones, H.G., Taxon 22: 235. 1973 (portr.).
- Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 30/31: 56. 1926 (d.).
- Lauterbach, *in* K. Schumann & K. Lauterbach, Nachtr. Fl. deut. Schutzgeb. Südsee 16. 1905.
- Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., Webbia 19(2): 862. 1965 (dupl. coll. in many herbaria).
- Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 7: 19-20, 55. 1968 (coll. Cameroun, lists herbaria).
- Loesener, Th., Notizbl. Bot. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 912-948. 1926 (biogr. account, itineraries, bibl.; major account); Gartenwelt 30(4): 63-64. 1926 (obit., portr.).
- Lückel, E., Orchidee 32(1): 38. 1981 (on *Beiträge* in *Orchis*).
- McKec, L.S., Coll. int. Centre natl. Rech. Sci., Paris 144: 19-31. 1966 (Schl. and New Caledonia).
- Mears, J.A., Taxon 25: 329-330. 1976 (coll. and types of Ericaceae (coll. by Schl.) in PH).
- Merrill, E.D., Enum. Philipp. pl. 4: 225-226. 1926 (bibl. Philipp.); B.P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 144: 164. 1937 (Polyn. bot. bibl.); Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 267. 1947 (Pacific Isl. bibl.).
- Millar, A., Austral. Orch. Rev. 41(1): 16-19. 1976 ("in the steps of Schlechter" collecting orchids in New Guinea);
- Proc. World Orch. Conf. 1975: 212-216. 1976.
- Moldenke, H.N., Plant Life 2: 81. 1946/1948 (epon.).
- Nakai, T., Bot. Mag. Tokyo 40(474): 366-369. Jun 1926 (obit., Japan.).
- Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 54. 1930 (S. Afr. coll.).
- Reinikka, M.A., Hist. orchid 293-296. 1972 (biogr. sketch, portr.).
- Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 64: 24-25. 1926 (obit.; worked in BM e.g. in 1895; "he was always interesting, though he trod on one's toes and was no respecter of persons or things").
- Rupp, H.M.R., Contr. N.S.W. natl. Herb. 1: 304-311. 1950 (Schlechter coll. orchids in N.S.W.).
- Schinz, H., Bot. Centralbl. 52: 218. 1892 (coll. in S. Afr. at instigation of Schinz).
- Simmons, J.T., Orchadian. 7(3): 65. 1982 (Rogers on Schlechter).
- Urban, I., Gesch. k. Bot. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 60, 69, 80, 85, 86, 89, 95, 98, 99, 108, 115, 116, 143, 144, 172, 176, 179, 181, 184, 189, 190, 281, 313, 392, 393, 456. 1916 (extensive details on coll.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 218. 1935, 2: 180. 1936.
- White, A. & B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. 1: 205 \[index\]. 1933, ed. 2. 1: 21 \[index\]. 1937 (S.Afr. coll. Stapel.).
- Wilms, F., Bot. Jahrb. 24 (Beibl. 58): 23. 1892 (S. Afr. coll. rd. by B), Österr. bot. Z. 42: 427. 1892 (id.), J. Bot. Morot, 5: lxxvi. 1892.
#### Composite works
- (1) *Orchidaceae, in* J.R. Perkins, *Fragm. Fl. Philipp.* 1: 43-44. 1904.
- (2) *Asclepidaceae, in* id., 2. 1904.
- (3) *Microspermae, in* K.M. Schumann & K. Lauterbach, *Nachtr. Fl. deut. Schutzgeb. Siidsee*, 1905, see TL-2/4239.
- (4) Editor *Orchis* 1914-1919.
- (5) *Asclepiadaceae, in* I. Urban, *Symb. ant.* 1(2): 236-290. 10 Apr 1899, 5: 468-470. Mai 1908, 7(3): 338-341. 1 Oct 1912, and *Orchidaceae-Ekman, in* 7: 492-498. Aug 1913, 9(1): 59-68. 1 Jan 1923.
- (6) Collaborator, K. Lauterbach: *Beitr. Fl. Papuas.*, see TL-2/4240.
- (7) With Gottfried Keller (1873-1945) and Károly Reszö Sóo (1903-1980): *Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur.* 1928-1942, 5 vols., see TL-2/3565.
- (8) Contributed *Orchidaceae* and *Asclepiadaceae* to L.E.T. Loesener, *Pl. seler.*, see TL-2/4935.
- (9) *Orchidaceae* (R. Schlechter). Separatabzug aus Herzog's bolivianischen Pflanzen. Leiden (Firma P.W.M. Trap) 1916, cover-t.p., p. 57-80. *Copy*: B. – Meded. Rijksherb. Leiden 29, 1916.
- (10) *Asclepiadaceae* in J. Schmidt, Flora of Koh-Chang, part 10, 1916. For further contributions by Schlechter to work by others see Loesener (1926).
#### Thesis
*Pflanzengeographische Gliederung der Insel Neu-Kaledonien*. Inaugural-Dissertation der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Dec 1904, p. \[1\]-41; also in Bot. Jahrb. 36(1): 1-41. 28 Feb 1905.
#### Handwriting
Flora malesiana ser. I. 1: clii. 1950.
#### Note
R. Schlechter's brother Max (1874-1960) collected with him in South Africa 1896-1897, see Gunn & Codd (1981).
#### Eponymy
*Rudolfiella* Hoehne (1944); *Schlechteranthus* Schwantes (1929); × *Schlechterara* L.A. Garay et H.R. Sweet (1966); *Schlechterella* K. Schumann (1900); *Schlechteria* Bolus (1897); *Schlechterianthus* Quisumbing (1930); *Schlechterina* Harms (1902); *Schlechterosciadium* H. Wolff (1921).
#### Postage stamps
Papua and New Guinea 20 c. (1970) yv. 187.
### Publications
##### n.10.758. Beiträge zur Kenntniss südafrikanischer Asclepiadaceen
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Kenntniss südafrikanischer Asclepiadaceen*,... \[in Bot. Jahrb., Beibl. 45, 50, 51\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 22 Jun 1894, p. \[1\]-37. Bot. Jahrb. 18(4), Beibl. 45: 1-37.
*2*: 10 Mai 1895, p. \[1\]-44. Id. 20(4), Beibl. 50: \[1\]-44.
*3/4*: 28 Jun 1895, p. \[1\]-56. Id. 20(5), Beibl. 51: \[1\]-56.
##### n.10.759. Contributions to South African Asclepiadology
**Title**
*Contributions to South African Asclepiadology*... Decas i\[-iv\]. \[Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" for September, 1894\[-1895\]\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Dec. 1*: Sep 1894, p. \[1\]-7. *Copies*: B, MICH. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 32: 257-263. Sep 1894.
*Dec. 2*: Dec 1894, p. \[1\]-6. *Copies*: B, MICH. – Id. J. Bot. 32: 353-358. Dec 1894.
*Dec. 3*: Sep 1895, p. \[1\]-8. *Copies*: B, MICH. – Id. J. Bot. 33: 267-274. Sep 1895.
*Dec. 4*: Dec 1895, no reprint seen. Id. J. Bot. 33: 353-359. Dec 1895.
See also his *Revision of extra-tropical South-African Asclepiadaceae*, in J. Bot. 34: 311-315, 417-421, 449-459. 1896, 35: 290-295. 1897, 36: 475-487. 1898.
##### n.10.760. Beiträge zur Kenntniss neuer und kritischer Orchideen aus Südafrika
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Kenntniss neuer und kritischer Orchideen aus Südafrika*... \[Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchern Nr. 50... 1895\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 10 Mai 1895, p. \[1\]-44. Issued and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 20(4), Beibl. 50: 1-44. 10 Mai 1895 (but reprint cited Nat. Nov. 15-30 Mai 1895).
##### n.10.761. Asclepiadaceae elliotianae
**Title**
*Asclepiadaceae elliotianae*... \[Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" for Oct. & Nov., 1895\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: George Francis Scott-Elliot (1862-1934).
*Publ*.: Oct-Nov 1895 (in journal), p. \[1\]-14, *pl. 351. Copies*: B, MICH. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 33: 300-307. *pl. 351.* Oct 1895, 333-339. Nov 1895.
##### n.10.762. Two new genera of Asclepiadaceae
**Title**
*Two new genera of Asclepiadaceae*... \[Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" for November, 1895\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1895, p. \[1\]-2, *pl. 352. Copies*: B, MICH. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 33: 321-322. *pl. 352.* Nov 1895. – *Symphytonema* and *Glossostelma* Schlechter, gen. nov.
##### n.10.763. Asclepiadaceae Kuntzeanae
**Title**
*Asclepiadaceae Kuntzeanae*... (Separat-Abdruck aus der "Oesterr. botan. Zeitschrift", Jahrg. 1895, Nr. 12).
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1895, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Österr. bot. Z. 45: 449-454. Dec 1895.
##### n.10.764. Die Drège' schen Asclepiadaceen im Ernst Meyer' schen Herbar
**Title**
*Die Drège' schen Asclepiadaceen im Ernst Meyer' schen Herbar*... \[Beibl. 54. Bot. Jahrb.\]. 1896. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 12 Mai 1896, p. \[1\]-19. – Issued in and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 21(5), Beibl. 54: \[1\]-19. 1896.
##### n.10.765. Asclepiadaceae
**Title**
Appendix ii du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier. Tome iv. N° 6. Juin 1896. *Asclepiadaceae*... \[1896\]. Oct.
**Notes**
Publ.: Jun 1896, p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4(6): 445-451. 1896.
##### n.10.766. Revision of extra-tropical South-African Asclepiadaceae
**Title**
*Revision of extra-tropical South-African Asclepiadaceae*.... (Reprinted from the Journal of Botany. 1896-98. London: West, Newman & Co.) \[1896-1898\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1896-Dec 1898 (in journal; reprint: 1898). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 34: 311-315. Jul, 417-421. Oct, 449-456. Oct, 457-458. Nov 1896, 35: 290-295. Aug 1897, 36: 475-487. Dec 1898.
##### n.10.767. Decades plantarum novarum austro-africanarum
**Title**
*Decades plantarum novarum austro-africanarum*. Decas i-ix, 1896-1898.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: A series of papers published in the Journal of Botany 34(1896)-36(1898) as follows:
*1*: *in* 34: 391-395. Sep 1896.
*2*: *in* 34: 500-504. Dec 1896, reprint p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: B.
*3:* *in* 35: 218-222. Jun 1897, reprint p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: B.
*4*: *in* 35: 279-283. Jul 1897, reprint p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: B.
*5*: *in* 35: 340-345. Sep 1897, reprint p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: B.
*6*: *in* 35: 428-433. Nov 1897, reprint p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: B.
*7*: *in* 36: 23-28. Jan 1898, reprint p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: B.
*8*: *in* 36: 314-318. Aug 1898, reprint p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: B.
*9*: *in* 36: 373-378. Oct 1898, reprint p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: B.
##### n.10.768. Monographie der Disperideae
**Title**
*Monographie der Disperideae*... Genève (Imprimerie Romet,...) 1898. Oct.
**Notes**
\[*1*\]: Oct 1898, p. \[1\]-22. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(10): \[800\]-821. Oct 1898.
\[*2*\]: Nov 1898, p. \[23\]-36. – Id. 6(11): \[846\]-859. Nov 1898.
\[*3*\]: Dec 1898, p. \[37\]-87. – Id. 6(12): \[905\]-955. Dec 1898.
*Copy*: B.
##### n.10.769. Revision der Gattung Holothrix
**Title**
*Revision der Gattung Holothrix*... Separat-Abdruck a.d. "Oesterr. botan. Zeitschrift", Jahrg. 1898, Nr. 11 u. 12, Jahrg. 1899, Nr. I. \[1898-1899\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1898-Jan 1899 (in journal), p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Österr. bot. Z. 48: 413-416. Nov, 441-448. Dec 1898, 49: 17-21. Jan 1899.
##### n.10.770. Acriopsis
**Title**
*Acriopsis* Reinw. und ihre Stellung zu den Podochilinae... Separatabdruck aus der "Oesterreischischen botanischen Zeitschrift", Jahrg. 1900, Nr. 7 und 8. \[1900\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul-Aug 1900 (in journal), p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Österr. bot. Z. 50: 245-250. Jul, 286-290. Aug 1900.
##### n.10.771. Monographie der Podochilinae
**Title**
*Monographie der Podochilinae*... \[Extrait des Mémoires de l'Herbier Boissier. 1900\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Nov 1900, p. \[1\]-78. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Herb. Boissier 21: 1-78. 15 Nov 1900.
##### n.10.772. Westafrikanische Kautschuk-Expedition
**Title**
Kolonial-Wirtschaftliches Komitee. *Westafrikanische Kautschuk-Expedition*... 1899/1900... Berlin (Verlag des Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Komitees,...) 1900. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1900 (p. vi: Dec 1900), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-326, *13 pl. Copies*: G, HH, MO, NSUB. – Beilage zum "Deutschen Kolonialblatt", xii. Jahrgang. Contains a list of plants collected on the expedition with descriptions.
*Preliminary reports* by Schlechter: Bericht 1-6, Kolon.-Wirtsch. Komitee: Kautschuk Exped. Westafrika 1: 1-7. 1899, 2: 1-4. 1899, 3: 1-14. 1900, 4: 1-7. 1900, 5: 1-9, \[10\]. 1900, 6: 1-10. *Copies*: B.
*South Sea* (*New Guinea*) *exploration*: Reiseberichte der Guttapercha und Kautschuk-Expedition, *in* Der Tropenpflanzer 5: 211-220, 318-329, 372-382, 457-471, 539-541. 1901, 6: 22-30, 213-234, 394-402. 1902, 7: 308-320. 1903. – Also reprinted as "Kolonial-Wirtschaftliches Komitee. Guttapercha und Kautschuk-Expedition nach den Südsee-Kolonien, Bericht i-viii (copies of nos. 1, 4, 8 at B).
*Ref*.: Neger, F.W., Bot. Centralbl. 87: 417-418. 11 Sep 1901 (rev.).
##### n.10.773. Pflanzengeografische Gliederung der Insel Neu-Caledonien
**Title**
*Pflanzengeografische Gliederung der Insel Neu-Caledonien*. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde genehmigt von der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin... Tag der Promotion: 3. Dezember 1904. \[Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1904\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pfl*.-*geogr. Glied. Neu-Caled.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 3 Dec 1904, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-41, \[42, vita\]. *Copies*: B, HH, M, NSUB, NY. – Preprinted from Bot. Jahrb. 36(1): 1-41. 28 Feb 1905 (not in 35(1) as stated on p. \[ii\]). Followed by *Beitr. Kenntn. Fl. Neu-Kaled.*, Bot. Jahrb. 39: 1-274. 13 Feb and 8 Jun 1906.
##### n.10.774. Neue Orchidaceen der Flora des Monsun-Gebietes
**Title**
*Neue Orchidaceen der Flora des Monsun-Gebietes*... Extrait du Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, 2me série. – Tome vi (1906). N° 4. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Mar, 31 Mai 1906 (in journal), p. \[1\]-36. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 6: 295-310. 31 Mar, 453-472. 31 Mai 1906.
##### n.10.775. Orchidaceae novae et criticae
**Title**
*Orchidaceae novae et criticae*... Decas 1-79 \[in Repert. Spec. nov.\] 1906-1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: A series of 79 decades of new or critical Orchids, published in F. Fedde, Repert. Spec. nov. as follows:
|Decas |Fedde vol. |pages |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |2 |82-86 |20 Mar 1906
|2 |2 |129-134 |14 Apr 1906
|3 |2 |166-171 |15 Mai 1906
|4 |3 |15-20 |31 Jul 1906
|5 |3 |45-51 |25 Aug 1906
|6 |3 |77-82 |20 Sep 1906
|7 |3 |106-111 |15 Oct 1906
|8 |3 |246-251 |15 Jan 1907
|9 |3 |276-280 |31 Jan 1907
|10 |3 |316-321 |15 Feb 1907
|11 |8 |453-458 |10 Sep 1910
|12/13 |8 |500-512 |15 Oct 1910
|14/15 |8 |561-572 |15 Nov 1910
|16/17 |9 |21-32 |10 Dec 1910
|18 |9 |161-166 |10 Feb 1911
|19 |9 |212-218 |5 Mar 1911
|20 |9 |281-287 |1 Apr 1911
|21 |9 |289-294 |10 Mai 1911
|22 |9 |337-342 |10 Jun 1911
|23/24 |9 |428-439 |15 Aug 1911
|25 |10 |248-254 |31 Dec 1911
|26 |10 |291-296 |31 Jan 1912
|27/28 |10 |352-363 |20 Feb 1912
|29/30 |10 |385-397 |15 Mar 1912
|31/33 |10 |445-461 |10 Apr 1912
|34 |10 |480-486 |5 Mai 1912
|35 |11 |41-47 |1 Jul 1912
|36 |11 |140-146 |20 Oct 1912
|37 |12 |104-109 |25 Apr 1913
|38 |12 |202-206 |30 Mai 1913
|39 |12 |212-216 |25 Jun 1913
|40/42 |12 |481-495 |1 Nov 1913
|43/46 |14 |114-133 |15 Oct 1915
|47/48 |14 |385-395 |31 Dec 1916
|49/50 |15 |49-59 |31 Dec 1916
|51/54 |15 |193-217 |31 Oct 1918
|55/57 |15 |324-340 |31 Dec 1918
|58 |16 |42-47 |31 Aug 1919
|59/63 |16 |103-131 |15 Nov 1919
|64 |16 |214-219 |31 Dec 1919
|65 |16 |353-358 |31 Apr 1920
|66/67 |16 |437-450 |31 Jul 1920
|68 |17 |12-18 |1 Jan 1921
|69 |17 |138-144 |30 Jun 1921
|70 |17 |267-272 |31 Oct 1921
|71/73 |17 |366-382 |31 Dec 1921
|74 |18 |321-326 |31 Dec 1922
|75/761 |19 |372-383 |30 Apr 1924
|77 |19 |378-384 |31 Dec 1924
|78/79 |21 |330-343 |30 Sep 1925
*Index dec. 1-50*: *Orchidaceae novae et criticae*, Band i, Titel nebst Artenverzeichniss der in Feddes Repertorium 2-14 (1906-1918) erschienenen ersten 50 Decaden. Berlin (Selbstverlag des Verfassers) 1919.
*Reprints* (1): *Orchidaceae novae et criticae* auctore R. Schlechter. Separatabdrücke aus Feddes Repertorium ii-xvi (1906-1918). Band i. Berlin (im Selbstverlag des Verfassers) 1919. Oct., p. \[i\]-viii (iii-viii: Artenverzeichniss), followed by reprints of decades 1-57 with continuous pagination in handwriting, in all 328 p. *Copies*: AMES, B.
*Reprints* (2): The author's reprints issued at the time of publication in the journal have original pagination and an identifying headline on the first page or a cover-t.p. An almost complete set is at B (in addition to the above set); id. HH.
##### n.10.776. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orchidaceen-Flora von Sumatra
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orchidaceen-Flora von Sumatra*... \[Beibl. 104, Bot. Jahrb.\] 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 21 Feb 1911, p. \[1\]-61. – Issued in and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 45(3), Beibl. 104: \[1\]-61. 1911.
##### n.10.777. Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea
**Title**
*Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertorium,...) 1911-1914. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch. Deut.*-*Neu-Guinea*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1911-Apr 1914 (14 Hefte, signatures dated), p. \[ii\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[i\]-lxvii, \[1\]-1079. *Copies*: BR, MO, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (16-31). – Issued as Repert. Sp. nov.
Beih. 1.
|pages |dates | |pages |dates | |pages |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|i-lxvi |31 Mar 1914 | |321-400 |1 Apr 1912 | |721-800 |1 Feb 1913
|1-80 |1 Jul 1911 | |401-480 |1 Jun 1912 | |801-880 |1 Mai 1913
|81-160 |1 Oct 1911 | |481-560 |1 Aug 1912 | |881-960 |1 Jul 1913
|161-240 |1 Dec 1911 | |561-640 |1 Oct 1912 | |961-1039 |1 Sep 1913
|241-320 |1 Feb 1912 | |641-720 |1 Dec 1912 | |1041-1079 |1 Apr 1914
*Facsimile ed*.: 1974, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-lxvii, \[1\]-1079. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. Aug 1974, ISBN 3-87429-070-0. – Taxon 24: 386. 1975.
*Figuren-Atlas*: see below 1923, TL-2/10.788.
*English translation*: D.F. Blaxell ed., *The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea* (incorporating the figure atlas to the above). Translation from the German text von Die Orchidaceen... by R. Schlechter... The Australian Orchid Foundation, Melbourne 1982, ISBN 0-9595-384.3.7, p. \[i-xix\], 1-1180, 2 maps. *Copies*: FAS, NY (see Taxon 33: 154-156. 1983).
##### n.10.778. Die Guttapercha
**Title**
*Die Guttapercha*- *und Kautschuk-Expedition* des Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Komitees wirtschaftlicher Ausschuss der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft nach *Kaiser Wilhelmsland* 1907-1909... Berlin (Kolonial-Wirtschaftliches Komitee,...) 1911. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Guttapercha Kautschuk Exped. K. Wilhelmsl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1911 (p. vi: Mai 1911; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1911), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-171, \[172, colo.\]. *pl. 1-7*, 3 maps. *Copies*: B, BR, HH, NY.
*Note*: For the reports on an earlier expedition of this kind to the "Süd-Kolonien" see above under *Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 1900.*
*Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 48 (Lit.): 29-30. 27 Aug 1912 (rev.).
##### n.10.779. Orchidacées de Madagascar
**Title**
*Orchidacées de Madagascar* Orchidacae \[sic\] Perrierianae madagascarienses... Marseille (Musée Colonial...), Paris (Augustin Challamel,...) 1913. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch. Madagascar*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1913 (Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1914), p. \[1\]-59, *pl. 1-24. Copy*: BR. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mus. col. Marseille ser. 3. 1: \[148\]-202. *pl. 1-24.* 1913.
*Coll. secunda*: Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 294-341. 1 Dec 1916.
##### n.10.780. Die Orchideen
**Title**
*Die Orchideen* ihre Beschreibung, Kultur und Züchtung Handbuch für Orchideenliebhaber, Kultivateure und Botaniker herausgegeben von Dr. Rudolf Schlechter... Berlin (Verlagsbuchhandlung Paul Parey...) 1914 \[-1915\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orchideen*.
**Notes**
*Collaborators*: O. Beyrodt, H. Janke, G. Lindau, A. Malmquist.
*Publ*.: 1914-1915, in 10 parts, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-836, *pl. 1-12* (col. photos). *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, MO, NY, PH, USDA.
|Lief. |Bogen |pages |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1-6 |1-96 |25 Apr 1914
|2 |7-11 |97-176 |8 Jun 1914
|3 |12-16 |177-256 |3 Jul 1914
|4 |17-21 |257-336 |22 Jul 1914
|5 |22-25 |337-400 |12 Sep 1914
|6 |26-31 |401-496 |10 Oct 1914
|7-8 |32-43 |497-688 |28 Nov 1914
|9 |44-47 |689-752 |20 Feb 1915
|10 |48-53 |753-836, i-viii |15 Mar 1915
*Title*: The above title is that on the covers of parts 1-10; the final title-page, dated 1915 has: "*Die Orchideen*... Handbuch für Orchideenliebhaber, Züchter und Botaniker ..."
*Reviews vol. 1*: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 52 (Lit.): 11-12. 24 Nov 1914 (rev. Lief. 1-2), 62-63. 3 Aug 1915 (rev.); Irmscher, E., Bot. Centralbl. 129: 263-264. 1915; Lindau, G., Hedwigia 57: (42)-(43). 10 Sep 1915 (rev.).
*Ed. 2*: Oct-Nov 1927 (p. ix: Mar 1927; Nat. Nov. Dec 1927), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-959, \[960, err.\], *pl. 1-16* (col.). *Copies*: G, HH, NY, USDA. – Zweite neubearbeitete Auflage herausgegeben von Emil Miethe (1873-1932).
*Ed. 3*: 1970-X, in 18 parts, ISBN 3-489-78322-0, in 2 vols. "3., völlig neubearbeitete Auflage..." Editors: F.G. Brieger, R. Maatsch, K. Senghas. *Copies*: BR, FAS, G, NY, PH. – For details see notices in Taxon.
##### n.10.781. Orchideologiae sino-japoniceae prodromus
**Title**
*Orchideologiae sino-japoniceae prodromus*. Eine kritische Besprechung der Orchideen Ost-Asiens... Dahlem bei Berlin. Verlag des Repertoriums,... 1919. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orchideol. sino-jap. prodr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Jun 1919, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-319. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (36-41). – Issued as Beiheft 4, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg. 1919.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1974, announced but not yet(?) published.
##### n.10.782. Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten
**Title**
*Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten*... i. *Venezuela*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1919. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch. Fl. Kordill.*-*St., Venezuela*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Oct 1919, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-100. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (46-63). – Issued as Beiheft 6, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg., 1919.
*Facsimile ed*.: Aug 1974, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-100. *Copies*: FAS, NY. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D., ISBN 3-87429-072-7.
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 56 (Lit.): 16. 1920 (rev.).
##### n.10.783. Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten
**Title**
*Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten*... ii. *Colombia*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1920. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch*.-*fl. Kordill.*-*St., Colombia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Jan 1920, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-301. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (46-63). – Issued as Beiheft 7, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg.
*Facsimile ed*.: Aug 1974, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-301. *Copies*: FAS, NY. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Kocnigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1974, ISBN 3-87429-073-5.
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 56 (Lit.): 33. 1921 (rev.).
##### n.10.784. Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten
**Title**
*Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten*... iii. *Ecuador*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertorium,...) 1921. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch*.-*fl. Kordill.*-*St., Ecuador*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Mai 1921, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-172. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (46-63). – Issued as Beiheft 8, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1977, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-172. *Copies*: FAS, NY. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1974, ISBN 3-87429-121-9.
##### n.10.785. Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten
**Title**
*Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten*... iv. *Peru*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertorium,...) 1921. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch*.-*Fl. Kordill.*-*St., Peru*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1 Sep 1921, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-182. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (46-63). – Issued as Beiheft 9, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg. 1921.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1977, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-182. *Copies*: FAS, NY. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1977, ISBN 3-87429-122-7.
##### n.10.786. Orchidaceae powellianae pana- menses
**Title**
Beiträge zur Orchideenkunde von Zentralamerika. i. *Orchidaceae powellianae panamenses*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1922. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch. powell. panam.*
**Notes**
*Collector*: Charles W. Powell (1854-1927), American orchid collector who had a garden on Ancor Hill, Balboa, Panama.
*Publ*.: 30 Dec 1922, p. \[1\]-95. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (91-93). – Issued as Beiheft 17, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg. 1922.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1980, as orig., in combination with ii. *Addit. orchideol. costaric.* with a combined t.p. Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1980, ISBN 3-87429-181-2. *Copies*: FAS, NY.
##### n.10.787. Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten
**Title**
*Die Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten*... v. *Bolivia*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertorium,...) 1922. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch*.-*Fl. Kordill.*-*St., Bolivia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Mai 1922, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-80. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (46-63). – Issued as Beiheft 10, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg. 1922.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1977, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-80. *Copies*: FAS, NY. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1977, ISBN 3-87429-123-5.
##### n.10.788. Figuren-Atlas zu den Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea
**Title**
*Figuren-Atlas zu den Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Selbstverlag,...) 1923-1928. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fig*.-*Atlas Orch. Deut.*-*Neu-Guinea*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: in parts. 1923-1928, p. \[i-v\], *pl. 1-372. Copies*: BR, G, U, USDA; IDC 746 (110-120). – Issued as Beih. 21, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg.
*1*: *pl. 1-24.* 31 Mar 1923.
*2*: *pl. 25-96.* 1925.
*3*: *pl. 97-372.* Dec 1928, edited by Rudolf Mansfeld (1901-1960).
*Facsimile*: 1972, Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D.
*Note*: Figures also reproduced in *The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea*, see above under Orch. Deut.-Neu-Guinea 1911-1914.
##### n.10.789. Additamenta ad or- chideologiam costaricensem
**Title**
Beiträge zur Orchideenkunde von Zentralamerika. ii. *Additamenta ad orchideologiam costaricensem*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1923. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Addit. orchideol. costaric.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 25 Nov 1923, p. \[1\]-307. *Copies*: BR, G, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (94-104). – Issued as Beiheft 17, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg., 1923.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1980, as orig., in combination with i. *Orch. powell. panam.* with a combined t.p. Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1980. ISBN 3-87429-181-2.
##### n.10.790. Beiträge zur Orchideenkunde von Colombia
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Orchideenkunde von Colombia* Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1924. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Orch.*-*Kunde Colombia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Jan 1924, p. \[1\]-183. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (132-134). – Issued as Beih. 27, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg., 1924.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1980, p. \[1\]-183. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1980. ISBN 3-87429-182-0.
##### n.10.791. Die Orchideenflora von Rio Grande do Sul
**Title**
*Die Orchideenflora von Rio Grande do Sul*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums) 1925. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch*.-*Fl. Rio Grande do Sul*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 20 Mar 1925, p. \[i\], \[1\]-108. *Copies*: BR, MO, US, USDA; IDC 746 (207-208). – Issued as Beihefte 35, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg., 1925.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1980, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-108. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1980, ISBN 3-87429-185-5.
##### n.10.792. Orchidaceae Perrierianae
**Title**
*Orchidaceae Perrierianae*. Ein Beitrag zur Orchideenkunde der Insel Madagaskar. ... Dahlem bei Berlin (Verlag des Repertoriums,...) 1925. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orch. perrierian.*
**Notes**
*Collector*: Joseph Marie Henri Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873-1958).
*Publ*.: 20 Mar 1925, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-391. *Copies*: BR, NY, U; IDC 746 (194-201). – Issued as Beiheft 33, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg., 1925.
*Facismile ed*.: 1980, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-191. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts,/B.R.D. 1980, ISBN 3-87429-183-9.
*Previous publ*.: see Orch. Madagascar (1913), above, with *Coll. secunda* (1916).
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 60 (Lit.): 8. 1925 (rev.).
##### n.10.793. Figuren-Atlas
**Title**
*Figuren-Atlas* zu den *Orchideenfloren der südamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Selbstverlag, Fabeckstr. 49) 1929. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fig*.-*Atlas Orch*.-*Fl. Kordill.-St.*
**Notes**
*Editor*: Rudolf Mansfeld (1901-1960).
*Publ*.: 1929 (Nat. Nov. Dec 1930 \[sic\]), p. \[i-iii\], *pl. 1-48* (uncol.), \[part 2:\] *pl. 49-96*, \[part 3:\] *pl. 97-142*, index p. \[1\]-8. *Copies*: BR, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (316-319). – Issued as Beiheft 57, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg., 1929.
##### n.10.794. Blütenanalysen neuer Orchideen
**Title**
*Blütenanalysen neuer Orchideen*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Selbstverlag des Herausgebers,...) 1930-1934, 4 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Blütenanal. Orch.*
**Notes**
*Editor*: Rudolf Mansfeld (1901-1960).
- *1* (Südamerikanische Orchideen): 15 Sep 1930, p. \[1\]-7, *pl. 1-60.* – Issued as Beiheft 58, Repert. Sp. nov. Regn. veg. 1930.
- *2* (Mittelamerikanische Orchideen); issued as Beiheft 59 (1, 2), id.:
- (1): 1 Mar 1931, *pl. 1-48.*
- (2): 1 Aug 1931, p. \[1\]-8, *pl. 49-81.*
- *3* (Afrikanische und madagassische Orchideen); issued as Beiheft 68, id.:
- (1): 1932, p. \[1\]-11, *pl. 1-48.*
- (2): 1932, *pl. 49-104.* – Copy U rd. 31 Mar 1932.
- *4* (Indische und malesische Orchideen); issued as Beiheft 74, id.:
- (1): 15 Feb 1934, p. \[1\]-7, *pl. 1-48.*
- (2): 1934, *pl. 49-85.*
*Copies*: BR, G, MO, PH, U, USDA; IDC 746 (320-321, 322, 373-375).
*Facsimile ed*.: 1973, new t.p. and facsimile of parts 1-4. *Copies*: NY, US. – Reprint by Otto Koeltz Antiquariat, Koenigstein-Ts./B.R.D. 1973. – ISBN 3-87429-051-4.