> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 232](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333371) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9140-1) LSID 9140-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213929) QID Q213929 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schmeil, \[Franz\] Otto (1860-1943), German (Saxonian) botanist; high school teacher at Zörbig, Halle, Magdeburg, Marburg, Wiesbaden and, from 1893, in Heidelberg; reformer of the German high school biology curricula. **Abbreviated name**: *Schmeil* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schmeil*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 230 (b. 3 Feb 1860); BFM no. 16, 17; Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8101; BM 4: 1843; Collander p. 481; CSP 12: 535-536; KR p. 625; LS 38943. #### Biofile - K.R., Frankfurter Allg. Zeit. 3 Feb 1960 (O.S. – Reformer des Biologieunterrichts). - Oberschelp, R., Gesamtverz. deut. Schriftt. 114: 511-519. 1980. - Schmeil, O., Leben und Werk eines Biologen, Heidelberg 1954, 253 p. (autobiogr., edited, with "Lebenswerk", by A. Seybold). - Schmid, B. & C. Thesing, Biol.-Kalend. 1: 305-306. 1914. - Seybold, A., *in* O. Schmeil, Leben und Werk eines Biologen 230-253. 1954 (evaluation). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 10. 1935. - Zischka, G.A., Allg. Gelehrt.-Lex. 579. 1961. #### Note In addition to the *Fl. Deutschl.* Schmeil published a highly successful *Lehrbuch der Botanik* (ed. 1, 1903; ed. 56, by A. Seybold, 1958 (translated e.g. into Dutch and Italian); (with J. Fitschen) *Pflanzen der Heimat* (ed. 1, 1896; ed. 2, 1913, ed. 6, 1937); a *Leitfaden der Botanik* (ed. 1, 1903; ed. 81, 1918; ed. 173 (sic) by Wilhelm J. Fischer, 1951); (with J. Fitschen) *Die verbreitesten Pflanzen Deutschlands* (ed. 1, 1911; ed. 36, 1938) and several botany books for high schools and a series of *Botanische Wandtafeln*. ### Publications ##### n.10.844. Flora von Deutschland **Title** *Flora von Deutschland*. Ein Hilfsbuch zum Bestimmen der zwischen den deutschen Meeren und den Alpen wildwachsenden und angebauten Pflanzen... Stuttgart (Verlag von E. Nägele) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Deutschl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Jost Fitschen (1869-1947). *Ed. 1*: Dec 1903 or 1-15 Jan 1904 (preface: Autumn 1903; Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1904; Bot. Zeit. 16 Feb 1904; Bot. Centralbl. 13 Sep 1904), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-333. (n.v.). *Ed. 2*: 1905 (Bot. Centralbl. 16 Jan 1906; Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1905), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-394, \[395-398\]. *Copy*: NSUB. *Ed. 3*: 1907 (ABZ 15 Jul 1907; ÖbZ Jun-Jul 1907; Bot. Centralbl. 10 Sep 1907; Bot. Zeit. 1 Aug 1907), p. \[1\]-394. (n.v.). *Ed. 4*: Apr-Mai 1908 (p. viii: Spring 1908; Bot. Zeit. 1 Aug 1908; Bot. Centralbl. 25 Aug 1908; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1908), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-418. *Copy*: HH. – Leipzig (Verlag von Quelle & Meyer) 1908. Oct. *Ed. 5*: 1908 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Jan 1909; ABZ 22 Jul 1908; Hedwigia 28 Nov 1908), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-416 (or 418). Rev.: L. Diels, Bot. Zeit. 67(2): 24. 16 Jan 1909. (n.v.). *Ed. 6*: 1909. (n.v.). *Ed. 7*: 1910 (p. viii: Spring 1910; Bot. Centralbl. 6 Sep 1910; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1910), p. \[iii\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-425. *Copy*: NY. – "Verlag von Quelle & Meyer in Leipzig". *Ed. 8*: 1911 (Bot. Centralbl. 29 Nov 1916), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-425. (n.v.). *Ed. 9*: 1911. (n.v.). *Ed. 10*: 1912 (Bot. Centralbl. 12 Nov 1912; Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1912), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-437. (n.v.). *Ed. 11*: 1912 or 1913, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-437, (n.v.). *Ed. 12*: 1913 (Bot. Centralbl. 4 Nov 1913; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1913; AbZ 31 Jul 1913), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-437. *Copy*: G. Wagenitz. *Ed. 13*: 1914 (preface: Spring 1914), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. *Copy*: B. *Ed. 14*: 1914 (Bot. Centralbl. 15 Sep 1914; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1914), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-439. *Copy*: NY. – Unchanged reprint of ed. 13. *Ed. 15*: 1915 (Nat. Nov. Jan(1, 2) 1916), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. (n.v.). *Ed. 16*: 1915 or 1916, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. (n.v.). *Ed. 17*: 1916 (p. iv: Spring 1916; Nat. Nov. Jul(1, 2) 1916), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. *Copy*: B-S. *Ed. 18*: (n.v.). *Ed. 19*: (n.v.). *Ed. 20*: 1918 (p. iv: Spring 1918; Nat. Nov. Aug(1, 2) 1918), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. *Copy*: BR. *Ed. 21*: (n.v.). *Ed. 22*: 1919 (Nat. Nov. Aug(1, 2) 1919), iv, 439 p. *Ed. 23*: (n.v.). *Ed. 24*: 1920 (Nat. Nov. Apr(1, 2), Mai(1, 2) 1920), iv, 439. *Ed. 25*: (n.v.). *Ed. 26*: 1920 (Nat. Nov. Jun 1921), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. *Copy*: NSUB. – Bearbeitet von Jost Fitschen. *Ed. 27*: 1921 (p. iii: Spring 1920; Nat. Nov. Sep 1921), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-439. *Copies*: BR, G, NY. – Unchanged reprint of ed. 20. *Ed. 28*: (n.v.). *Ed. 29*: 1922 (Nat. Nov. Aug-Sep 1922), p. iv, 439. (n.v.). *Ed. 30*: 1922 (p. \[v\]: Spring 1922), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-439. *Copies*: H, HH, US. *Ed. 31*: 1923 (Nat. Nov. Jun 1923), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-439. *Copy*: B. *Ed. 32*: (n.v.). *Ed. 33*: 1923, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-439. *Copy*: B-S. *Ed. 37*: 1927 (p. vi: Mai 1927), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-449. *Copy*: B. *Ed. 38*: as ed. 37. (n.v.). *Ed. 39*: 1928, p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-449, \[450, adv.\]. *Copy*: GOET. *Ed. 42*: 1930 (Bot. Jahrb. 12 Mai 1931), 450 p. (n.v.). *Ed. 43*: 1931 (Hedwigia Apr 1932), 449 p. (n.v.). *Ed. 44*: 1932 (Nat. Nov. Jan 1933), vi, 449 p. (n.v.). *Ed. 48*: 1936 (Nat. Nov. Aug 1937), vi, 449 p. (n.v.). *Ed. 49*: 1937 (p. vi: Summer 1936), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-449. *Copy*: B-S. *Ed. 50*: 1939 (p. vi: Feb 1939; Nat. Nov. Jul(1, 2) 1939), vi, 449 p. (n.v.). *Ed. 51*: 1939 (p. vi: Feb 1939), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-449. *Copy*: B-G. *Ed. 52/53*: 1941 (p. vi: Feb 1939), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-449. *Copy*: USDA. – "Ein Hilfsbuch zum Bestimmen der in Deutschland wildwachsenden und häufig angebauten Pflanzen... bearbeitet von Jost Fitschen". *Ed. 54-56*: 1945, p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-449. *Copies*: B, HH, MICH, USDA. – Unchanged reprint of ed. 52/53. *Ed. 57-59*: 1949, p. \[i\]-vi, \[viii\], \[1\]-449. *Copies*: B(2), B-G, HH. – Quelle & Meyer. Heidelberg. *Ed. 60*: 1950, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-449. *Copies*: BR, USDA. – Quelle & Meyer. Heidelberg. *Ed. 63*: 1952, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-449. *Copy*: USDA. *Ed. 64*: 1954 (p. iv: Spring 1954), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-501 *Copies*: B-G, USDA. – 64. vollständig umgearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage... von Dr. Werner Rauh... Heidelberg". *Ed. 66*: 1956, p. \[i-ii\], err. slip, \[iii\]-viii, \[1\]-501. *Copy*: USDA. – Quelle & Meyer. Heidelberg. *Ed. 67*: 1957 (preface: Spring 1957), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii\], 1-501. *Copy*: BR. *Ed. 67/68*: 1958, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-515. *Copies*: B, G, H, USDA, G. Wagenitz. – "Bearbeitet von Dr. H. Voerkel und Dipl.-Biol. G. Müller" VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena 1958. – The only known DDR edition. *Ed. 69*: 1959, p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii\], 1-501. *Copy*: USDA. – "69. Auflage... von Dr. Werner Rauh..." Quelle und Meyer. Heidelberg. *Ed. 70*: 1960 (p. 5: Spring 1960), p. \[1\]-549. *Copies*: G, USDA. – by W. Rauh. *Ed. 71*: 1960, p. \[1\]-549. *Copy*: M. *Ed. 72*: 1960, p. \[1\]-549. *Copy*: B-G. *Ed. 73*: s.d., p. \[1\]-549. *Copy*: G. *Ed. 77*: 1965, p. \[1\]-549. *Copy*: G. *Ed. 78*: 1965, p. \[1\]-549. *Copy*: B-G. *Ed. 80*: 1965, p. \[1\]-549. *Copy*: MO. *Ed. 81*: 1968 (preface: Apr 1967), p. \[1\]-516. *Copy*: M. – By Werner Rauh & Karlheinz Senghas. *Ed. 82*: s.d., p. \[1\]-516. *Copy*: B-TH. *Ed. 84*: s.d., p. \[1\]-516. *Copies*: HH, M, NY. – "84. durchgesehene Auflage von Werner Rauh und Karlheinz Senghas..." *Ed. 85*: 1973, p. \[1\]-516. *Copy*: B-G.