> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 226](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333365) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9131-1) LSID 9131-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215728) QID Q215728 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schlotheim, Ernst Friedrich \[Freiherr, baron\] von (1764-1832), German (Thüringian) magistrate, palaeontologist and geologist; educated at the Gotha gymnasium 1779-1781; studied public administration and natural sciences at Göttingen and geology at the Freiberg (Saxony) mining academy; entered the Gotha civil service 1793 as "Beisitzer" (assessor), "dirigierender Rat" (1805), Präsident des Kammercollegiums (1817) and Oberhofmarschall (1828); pioneer palaeobotanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Schloth.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schloth.*\] #### Herbarium and types Palaeobotanical collections in the Museum für Naturkunde, Bereich Paläontologisches Museum, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, D.D.R. (Storch 1981). Dr. Storch informed us that by October 1981, 60% of the Schlotheim collection had been retrieved. – See also Syst. Verz. Petref.-Samml., Gotha 1832, below. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 31: 550-551 (C.W. v. Gümbel); Andrews op. 327-328; Barnhart 3: 230 (b. 2 Apr 1764, d. 28 Mar 1832); BM 4: 1841, 8: 1154; Bossert p. 353; CSP 5: 495; DSB 12: 182-183 (B. von Freyberg); Frank 3 (Anh.): 91; Herder p. 352; Jackson p. 175, 176; Moebius p. 379; NI 1776-1777, 1: 251, 3: 60; PR 8243-8245, ed. 1: 9171-9173; Quenstedt p. 383; TL-1/1171; TL-2/191. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 52-54. 1980. - Anon., Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 24: 342. 1911; Flora 15: 302-303. 1832 (obit.). - Barthel, M., Gleditschia 9: 45-55. 1981 (type locality Manebach). - Credner, Ch., Neu. Nekrolog Deut. 10(1) (1832): 246-250. 1834. - Daber, R., Wiss. Z. Humboldt Univ. Berlin, math.-nat. R. 19(23): 249-255. 1970 (evaluation; collections extant at Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt Univ.; proposes to re-admit Petrefactenkunde to botanical nomenclature. - Freydank, H., Z. Erzbergbau Metalhüttenwesen 12: 384. 1959 (on S. and A. v. Humboldt). - Glass, B. et al., Forerunners of Darwin 248. 1968. - Hölder, H., Geol. Paläont. Text. Gesch. 314, 355, 415, 432, 435, 436, 439. 1960. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenwart Vorz. 355. 1864. - Langer, W., Natur u. Museum 112(3): 77-79. 1982 (100th anniv. of death; portr., brief general acc). - Mägdefrau, K., Beitr. Geol. Thüringen 6(2): 89. 1941; Gesch. Bot. 95, 236-238, 240, 297. 1973. - Oschmann, M., Bergakad. 16(7): 444-448. 1964 (see also Zentralbl. Geol. 1: 918-919. 1965) (detailed biogr., bibl., portr.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 810. 1863, 7a: 590-591. 1971 (biogr. refs., refs. to mss.). - Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturw. nos. 312, 700, 1114, 4317. 1940. - Schmidt, Heinr., Gesch. Entwicklungslehre 322-323, 327. 1918. - Schwippel, K., Gaea 27: 425-426. 1891. - Storch, D., Taxon 30: 209-218. 1981 (well documented proposal to accept Schlotheim's Petrefactenkunde as the starting point work for paleobotanical nomenclature). - Tornier, G., S.B. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin 1924: 60. 1926. - Vollmer, C., Funde, Forscher und Frühmenschen 7-12, 16. 1958. - Ward, L.F., Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol.-Survey 5: 370-371, 400-401, 427-428. 1885. - Whewell, W., Proc. geol. Soc. London 3(61): 73. 1839. - Zischka, G.A., Allg. Gelehrt.-Lex. 579. 1961. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 863 \[index\]. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 48, 84, 125, 126, 127, 129, 363, 367, 389, 405. 1901. #### Handwriting Argumenta palaeobotanica, ed. W. Remy, 1: pl. preceding p. 19. 1966. #### Eponymy *Ernestia* Florin (1927); *Ernestiodendron* Florin (1934); *Schlotheimia* S.E. Bridel (1812); *Schlotheimia* Sternberg (1821). #### Schlotheim-heft Argumenta palaeobotanica, ed. W. Remy, 1, 1966 ("Founder of scientific palaeobotany); contains e.g. biographical sketch with portrait and a partial bibliography by W. Langer (p. 19-40). For a nearly complete bibliography see Oschmann (1964). ### Publications ##### n.10.828. Beschreibung merkwürdiger Kräuter-Abdrücke **Title** *Beschreibung merkwürdiger Kräuter-Abdrücke* und Pflanzen-Versteinerungen. Ein Beitrag zur Flora der Vorwelt... Erste Abtheilung. Gotha (in der Beckerschen Buchhandlung...) 1804. †. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Beschr. Kräuter-Abdr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1804, p. \[1\]-68, *pl. 1-14* (Capieux fec., uncol. copp.). *Copies*: BR, HH, PH, USGS. *Re-issue plates*: see below, *Merkw. Versteinerung* (1832). ##### n.10.829. Die Petrefactenkunde **Title** *Die Petrefactenkunde* auf ihrem jetzigem Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt erläutert... Gotha (in der Becker'schen Buchhandlung) 1820. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Petrefactenkunde*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820, p. \[i\]-lxii, \[lxiii\], \[1\]-437, *pl. 15-29* (uncol. copp. Theod. Goetz). *Copies*: BR, NY, Teyler, U. – Article 13.1 (1) (ICBN 1978): starting point date for the nomenclature of fossil plants, "all groups, 31 Dec 1820 (Sternberg, *Flora der Vorwelt, Versuch* 1: 1-24, *t. 1-13*). Schlotheim, *Petrefactenkunde*, 1820, is regarded as published before 31 Dec 1820." The Sydney Botanical Congress (1981) postponed, for further consideration, a proposal by Storch (1981) to change this to 1 Jan 1820 thus including the *Petrefactenkunde* among the literature to be taken into account for the nomenclature of fossil plants. The *Petrefactenkunde* provides no generic descriptions. The numbering of the *plates* (*15-29*) continues that of the *Beschr. Kräuter-Abdr.* (1804). – The BR and Teyler copies have a page \[438\], instructions to binder which accompanied a cancel leaf for p. 43/44. *Separate issue of plates*: 1820, cover-t.p., *pl. 15-29* (id.). *Copy*: PH. – *xv Kupfertafeln z. B. von Schlotheims Petrefaktenkunde*... Gotha (id.) 1820. *Nachträge*: 1822, p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii, cont.\], \[1\]-100, *pl. 1-21* (id.). *Copies*: BR, NY, PH, Teyler, USGS. – Counts for nomenclatural purposes. – "*Nachträge zur Petrefactenkunde*..." Gotha (in der Becker'schen Buchhandlung) 1822. Oct. *Nachträge 2*: 1823, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-114, *pl. 22-37* (id.). *Copies*: BR, NY, PH, Teyler, USGS. – Counts for nomenclatural purposes. – "*Nachträge*... Zweyte Abtheilung..." Gotha (id.) 1823. Oct. *Separate issue of the plates*: 1822-1823, cover-t.p., *pl. 1-21*, cover-t.p., *pl. 22-37. Copy*: PH. – "... *Kupfertafeln zu... Schlotheim's Nachträgen zur Petrefaktenkunde*". Gotha (id.). *Re-issue of the plates*: see below, *Merkw. Versteinerung.* (1832). ##### n.10.830. Merkwürdige Versteinerungen **Title** *Merkwürdige Versteinerungen* aus der Petrefactenksammlung des verstorben wirklichen Geh. Raths Freiherrn v. Schlotheim... Gotha (Becker'sche Buchhandlung) 1832. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Merkw. Verstein.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1832 (p. iv; Sep 1832). Issued in two "Hefte", p. \[i-iv\], \[5\]-34, *pl. 1-29, 1-37* (uncol. copp. Theod. Goetz). *Copies*: BR, USGS. – A reissue of the plates of the *Beschr. Kräuter-Abdr.* (1804) of the *Petrefactenkunde* 1820, Nachtr. 1, 1822, Nachtr. 2, 1823). With a list of the plates and an alphabetical index but without the main text of the original works. Heft 1 contained *pl. 1-29*, Heft 2, *pl. 1-37.* The text of the lists of plates shows minor differences. ##### n.10.831. Systematisches Verzeichniss der Petrefacten-Sammlung **Title** *Systematisches Verzeichniss der Petrefacten-Sammlung* des verstorbenen wirklichen Geh.-Rats Freiherrn v. Schlotheim. Gotha 1832. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. Verz. Petref-Samml.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1832, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-80. *Copy*: NY.