> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 278](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333417) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9204-1) LSID 9204-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13377580) QID Q13377580 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schnittspahn, Georg Friedrich (1810-1865), German (Hessen) botanist; botany teacher at Kranichstein 1831-1838; inspector of the Darmstadt botanical garden 1836, "Oberleiter" from 1841, director 1855; teacher at the technical school from 1841; "Hofgartendirector" from 1849. **Abbreviated name**: *Schnittsp.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schnittsp.*\] #### Herbarium and types The original herbarium of Schnittspahn was among the collections of the Darmstadt Polytechnic which were destroyed in World War II (Diepler 1970). Other material is at [[Collection FR|FR]], [[Collection M|M]] and [[Collection W|W]] (Orch.). – *Letters* to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 236 (b. 3 Jan 1810, d. 22 Dec 1865); Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8230; BM 4: 1853; DTS 1: 268; Herder p. 393; Hortus 3: 1203; Langman p. 683; PR 8300, ed. 1: 9231; Rehder 1: 380; Tucker 1: 633, 3: 273; Zander ed. 10, p. 712-713, ed. 11, p. 813. #### Biofile - Alefeld, F., Kulturpflanze 12: 91. 1964. - Anon., Bonplandia 1: 84, 145, 166. 1853; Flora 42: 158. 1859 (decoration), 49: 95. 1866 (d. 24 Dec 1865, b. 3 Jan 1810); J. Bot. 4: 93. 1866 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 13: 615. 1855 (app. director bot. gard.); Gartenflora 15: 94. 1866 (d.); Österr. bot. W. 5: 319 1855 (director bot. gard. Darmstadt); Öster. bot. Z. 16: 91. 1866 (22 Dec 1865, 56 yrs old). - Berg, E. de, Add. thes. lit. bot. 2: 15. 1862. - Conert, H.J., Senckenbergiana, Biologica 48(C): 21. 1967 (coll. FR). - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 221. 1938. - Schenck, H., *in* H. Haupt, ed., Hessische Biographien 123-126. 1934 (biogr., bibl.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 24: 32. 1866 (obit., based on account in Darmstädter Zeit. 30 Dec 1865). - Ziegler, H., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 81: 560-561. 1970 (botany in Darmstadt). #### Composite works Editor of the *Jahresberichte* (1839-1846) and the *Zeitschrift* (1852-1867) *des Gartenbauvereins zu Darmstadt*. #### Eponymy *Schnittspahnia* C.H. Schultz-Bip. (1842). *Note*: *Scknittspahnia* H.G.L. Reichenbach (1841) probably also honors this author, but no etymology was given. ### Publications ##### n.10.963. Flora der phanerogamischen Gewächse des Grossherzogthums Hessen **Title** *Flora der phanerogamischen Gewächse des Grossherzogthums Hessen*. Ein Taschenbuch für botanische Exkursionen... Darmstadt (Verlag von Johann Philipp Diehl) 1839. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. phan. Gew. Hessen*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1839 (p. iv: Oct 1839; Flora 28 Apr 1840 "1.-3. Heft" sic)), p. \[i\]-lxviii, \[1\]-304, \[1-2, err.\], map. *Copies*: B-S, HH, NY. *Ed. 2*: 18 Aug 1846 (p. v: Jun 1846; Hinrichs), p. \[i\]-lxxii, \[1\]-328. *Copy*: NY. – Zweite Auflage. Darmstadt (id.) 1846. Duod. *Ed. 3*: 1853 (p. vi: Oct 1853; rev. BSbF post 23 Jul 1854), p. \[i\]-lxxv, \[1\]-360, \[1-2\]. *Copies*: B, HH, NY. – Dritte Auflage. Darmstadt (id.) 1853. Duod. *Ed. 4*: 1865 (Flora 22 Jul 1865), p. \[i\]-cx, \[1\]-439, \[441-444, err.\]. *Copies*: HH, PH. –*Flora der Gefässe-Pflanzen des Grossherzogthums Hessen* und der angrenzenden Gebiete... vierte Auflage. Darmstadt (Verlag von Johann Philipp Diehle) 1865. Duod.