> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 312](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333451) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9245-1) LSID 9245-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920389) QID Q920389 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schouw, Joakim Frederik (1789-1852), Danish botanist; Dr. phil. Copenhagen 1816; travelled in Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland 1816-1820; extraordinary professor of botany Copenhagen 1821; in Italy and Paris 1829-1830; journal editor 1831-1836, 1842-1846; teacher at the Copenhagen polytechnic 1832-1840; director of the Copenhagen botanical garden 1841; ordinary professor of botany ib. 1845; state counsel 1847; co-founder "Naturhistorisk Forening". **Abbreviated name**: *Schouw* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schouw*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection C|C]]. – Further material at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection TRH|TRH]]. – Correspondence and manuscripts at [[Collection C|C]] (see Christensen 1924, p. 179). – *Letters* to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]], to F.A.W. Miquel at [[Collection U|U]], other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(4): 171; Barnhart 3: 239 (b. 7 Feb 1789, d. 28 Apr 1852); Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8281; BM 4: 1858; Bossert p. 355; Christiansen p. 23, 295; CSP 5: 542-543, 6: 755; DSB 12: 214-215 (A.P.M. Sanders); DTS 1: 400; Frank 3 (Anh.): 92; GR p. 685; Herder p. 148, 167, 168, 194, 294, 295, 296; Jackson p. 223, 445; Kleppa p. 235, 236, 263; KR p. 630; Langman p. 684; Lasègue: p. 532, 540; LS 24181, 41718; Moebius p. 372; PR 8344-8350, 4167, 6799, ed. 1: 4612, 7601, 9265-9276; Rehder 5: 777; Saccardo 1: 150, 2: 99; SO 1061; TL-1/933; TL-2/7001, see F.M. Liebmann, E.E. Nolte; Tucker 1: 635. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 1: 51, 110. 1853, 2: 267. 1854 (cogn. Leopoldina: Bergius); Bot. Zeit. 1: 783-784. 1843 (co-founder Naturh. For.), 4: 160. 1846 (ord. prof. bot.), 7: 224. 1849 (biogr. ref.), 10: 359. (succession), 925-926 (biogr. refs.) 1852; Flora 29: 223. 1846 (ord. prof.), 36: 32. 1852 (d.); Österr. bot. W. 2: 163. 1852 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 2: 195-197. 1855 (obit.). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souv. 410. 1862. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 448. 1880 (coll.). - Christensen, C., Dansk. bot. hist. 1: 254-276, 882. 1924/25, 2: 165-179. 1924 (biogr., portr., detailed primary and secondary bibliography; main treatment); Joachim Frederik Schouw i anledning af hundredaaret for udgivelsen af hans plantegeografi. Med Schouws selvbiografi og et portræt... København 1923, 56 p.; reprinted from Bot. Tidsskr. 38(1): 1-56. 1923 (portr., modern assessment, autobiogr.); *in* V. Meisen, Prominent Danish Scientists 100-103. 1932. - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 34, 109, 156. 1974. - Fischer-Benzon, F.J.D., *in* P. Prahl, Krit. Fl. Schlesw. Holst. 2: 53-54, 64. 1890. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 190. 1938 (dir. bot. garden 1841-1852, succeeding J.W. Hornemann, preceding F.M. Liebmann). - Hooker, W.J., London J. Bot. 5: 525. 1846; J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 156. 1852. - Hornschuch, C.F., Flora 3(2): 437-438. 1820 (bot. trips), 12: 736. 1829 (trip Italy). - Jenssen-Tusch, G.F. von, *in* J.F. Schouw, Naturschilderungen, ed. 9, 1854, p. \[i\]-xvi (biogr. sketch). - Jørgensen, H., Dansk biogr. leks. 21: 333-343. 1941. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 101, 105, 267. 1973. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 838-839. 1863 (bibl.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 10. 1937. - Warming, E., Bot. Tidsskr. 12: 107-117. 1880 (bibl.). - Wulff, W., Intr. hist. pl. geogr. 1, 2, 12, 23. 1943. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 105. 1903, 3(3): lxxxii, 89-90, *pl. 48*. 1905 (portr.). #### Composite works - (1) Edited (with J.M.L. Vahl) G.C. Oeder, *Fl. dan*. fasc. 40, 1843; see TL-2/7001. – For complete bibliographic accounts of *Fl. dan*. see G. Buchheim, Huntia 3(3): 161-178. 1979 and C. Christensen, Dansk. Bot. Hist. 2: 558-560. 1926. - (2) Editor, *Dansk Tidsskrift* vols. 1-4, and 1 fasc. (25-27), 1847-1851. #### Note For further details on Schouw's many publications see Christensen, 1924, p. 165-179. #### Handwriting Candollea 33: 177-178. 1978. #### Eponymy *Schouwia* A.P. de Candolle (1821, *nom. cons.*); *Schouwia* H.A. Schrader (1821, *nom. rej.*). ### Publications ##### n.11.064. Dissertatio de sedibus plantarum originariis **Title** *Dissertatio de sedibus plantarum originariis*. Sectio prima. De pluribus cujusvis speciei individuis originariis statuendis. Quam pro summis in philosophia honoribus rite obtinendis publice defendet autor Joachimus Fredericus Schouw... die 28 Septembris mdcccxvi. Havniae \[Kjøbnhavn\] (Typis H.F. Popp) \[1816\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Diss. sedib.pl. orig.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Sep 1816, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-80. *Copies*: B-S, G, HH, NY. ##### n.11.065. Schema til en systematisk Fremstilling af Plante-Geographien **Title** *Schema til en systematisk Fremstilling af Plante-Geographien* eller Planternes Stedlære (Geographia plantarum s. Topologia plantarum) s.l.n.d. \[Kjøbenhavn 1820-1821?\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Schema Fremstill. Pl. Geogr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820-21? (fide Christensen 1924, no. 5), p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: G. – Reviewed by K.P.J. Sprengel, Neue Entdeck. 2: 343-346. 1821. ##### n.11.066. Grundtræk til en almindelig plantegeographie **Title** *Grundtræk til en almindelig plantegeographie*. Ved Joakim Frederik Schouw,... Kjøbenhavn (Paa den Gyldendalske Boghandlings Forlag...) 1822. \[i.e. 1823\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grundtr. pl. geogr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Feb 1823 (see Christensen, 1924, no. 14a; t.p. 1822), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-463, \[464\], \[1-2, err.\], charts *1-4. Copies*: B-S, G, MO, NY, USDA. – For *atlas* see below *Plantegeogr. Atl*. 1824. *German transl*.: 1823, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-524, \[1-4, err.\], charts *1-4. Copies*: B-G, B-S, BR, G, MO, NY, PH. – *Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Pflanzengeographie*... aus dem Dänischen übersetzt vom Verfasser... Berlin (Gedruckt und verlegt bei G. Reimer) 1823. Oct. – *Review*: Anon., Flora 8(1), Beibl. 2: 65-84. Mar-Mai 1825. – For *atlas* see below. *French transl*.(partial): Nouv. Ann. Voyages 18: 385-401. 1823, 19: 98-109. 1823, 21: 385-396. 1824 (*Élémens d'une géographie générale des plantes*). – See also Bull. Soc. Géogr. 6: 127-142. 1826 ("*Essai sur la géographie botanique*"). *English extracts*: Edinb. philos. J. 11: 360-367. 1824, 12: 128-137. 1825, 14: 34-38. 1826; Edinb. J. Sci. 1826(7). ##### n.11.067. Plantegeografisk atlas **Title** *Plantegeografisk atlas* af J.F. Schouw,... (Henhörende til sammes Grundtræk til en almindelig Plantegeographie). Kjöbenhavn (trykt paa Forfatterens Forlag hos Directeur Jens Hostrup Schultz...) 1824. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Plantegeogr. Atl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1824, p. \[i-iii\], maps 1-12 (each map on two lvs.) (col. copp.). *Copy*: B-S. – Christensen 15b. *German*: 1823 (t.p.), p. \[i\], maps 1-12 (id.), \[1, expl. maps\]. *Copies*: B-G, BR, G, NY. – "*Pflanzengeographischer Atlas* zur Erläuterung von Schouws Grundzügen einer allgemeinen Pflanzengeographie". Berlin (Verlegt bey G. Reimer) 1823. Fol. – See also G. Reimer, Flora 7(2): 576. 1824 on some defectively coloured maps which will be replaced. Corrected copies ("Musterexemplare") were on show in various bookshops. The NY copy is such a "Musterexemplar". A note by Christensen (under 15b) indicates that the same situation arose with the first copies of the (later) Danish edition. ##### n.11.068. Prospetto di una descrizione geografica delle piante d'Italia **Title** *Prospetto di una descrizione geografica delle piante d'Italia* e di Sicilia, con un saggio di monografia delle specie del genere Campanula indigene d'Italia... \[Pavia (Giorn. di Fis.) 1824\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1824, p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Giorn. fis. chim. storia nat. Pavia 7: 23-45. 1824. *German*: Isis, Oken, 1821(1): 363-379. 1821, "Plan einer pflanzengeographischen Uebersicht von Italien und Sizilien", with a Latin review of the Italian species of *Campanula*. ##### n.11.069. Specimen geographiae physicae comparativae **Title** *Specimen geographiae physicae comparativae* auctore Dr. Joach. Fred. Schouw,... Hauniae \[Kjöbenhavn\] (typis excudit Janus Hostrup Schultz,...) 1828. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Spec. geogr. phys. compar.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1828, p. \[1\]-65, 3 charts. *Copies*: FI, H. – Reprinted from Anniversaria... Univ. Hauniensis 1828, 1-65, 3 charts (journal issue n.v., fide Christensen 29a). – A comparison of the floras of the Alps, Pyrenees an the Scandinavian Mts. *Danish*: Overs. Vid. Selsk. Forh. 1827-28: 9-13, Vid.-Selsk. Skr. 4: xxi-xxiv. 1829 (Christensen 296). *German*: Bot. Litt.-Blätt. 4: 10-16. 1830; Ann. Erd-Völk. Staatenk. 1: 1-29, 137-156, 3 charts (Christensen 29c, d) (*Die Floren der Alpen, der Pyrenäen... dargestellt*). *French*: Nouv. Ann. Voy. 1838(3): 64-72. (*Essai de géographie physique comparée*). ##### n.11.070. Erindrings-Ord **Title** *Erindrings-Ord* til en Forelæsning over de plantegeographiske Riger... \[Kjöbenhavn (Trykt i det Brünnichske Bogtrykkerie) Juli 1833. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Erindrings-Ord*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1833 (p. 24), p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: NY. – Christensen 39a. *German*: Linnaea 8: 625-652. 1834. – *Momente zu einer Vorlesung über die pflanzengeographischen Reiche*. *French*: Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 2. 3: 117-143. Mar 1835. – *Esquisse d'un cours sur la géographie des plantes*, translated from the German version. ##### n.11.071. Natur-Skildringer **Title** *Natur-Skildringer*. En Række af almeenfattelige Forelæsninger... Kiøbenhavn (Paa den Gyldendalske Boghandlings Forlag...) 1837. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Natur-Skildr.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1837, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-176, *pl. 1-2. Copy*: MO. – Christensen no. 59a; for later Danish editions see his no. 59a (also "Anden Udgave. 1839") and 78, 96. *Note*: see Christensen for the various German editions (59b, 94, 95) for the English 94b. The "neueste und vollständigste Ausgabe" of the *Naturschilderungen*, Cassel (Ernst Bolde/1854, 2 vols. (p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-256 and \[i-vii\], \[1\]-224, \[i\]-xvi, Christensen no. 95, has a biography of Schouw by the translator ("frei nach dem Dänischen"), G.F. von Jenssen-Tusch on p. \[i\]-xvi. – Parts of the *Natur-Skildringer* were also used for *Die Erde, die Pflanzen und der Mensch*, 1851 and *The earth, plants, and man*, 1852, see below. ##### n.11.072. Tableau du climat et de la végétation de l'Italie **Title** *Tableau du climat et de la végétation de l'Italie* résultat de deux voyages en ce pays dans les années 1817-1819 et 1829-1830;... vol. i. Tableau de la température et des pluies de l'Italie... Copenhague \[Kjøbnhavn\] Librairie Gyldendal. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno\] 1839. † Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Tabl. clim. vég. Italie*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1839 (p. x: Jul 1839), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-227, *pl. 1-5. Copies*: G, HH. – This first volume (only one published) is not botanical. A second t.p. has *Tableau du climat de l'Italie*. ##### n.11.073. Ege **Title** *Ege*- *og Birke-Familiens* geographiske og historiske *Forhold i Italien*,... Kjöbenhavn (trykt i Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri) 1847. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1847, p. \[1\]-24, *1 pl*. (2 maps). *Copy*: FI (inf. C. Steinberg). – Reprinted and to be cited from Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skr. ser. 5 (nat. mat.) 1: 19-44, 45-52. 1847. *Preliminary notices*: Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forh. 1846: 107-111, 1847: 16-19. *German*: in C.F. Hornschuch, Arch. skand. Beitr. Naturgesch. 2(3): 341-385. 2 maps. 1850. ##### n.11.074. Foreløbig Fortegnelse over den kjøbenhavnske botaniske Haves Planter **Title** *Foreløbig Fortegnelse over den kjøbenhavnske botaniske Haves Planter*. Indeholdende dem, der ere blevne undersøgte i Aarene 1842-1846... Kjøbenhavn (Trykt hos Directeur Jens Hostrup Schultz...) 1847. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fortegn. bot. hav. Pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1847 (p. \[iv\]: 1 Jun 1847), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-176. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.11.075. Bemærkninger over en Samling af Blomstertegninger **Title** *Bemærkninger over en Samling af Blomstertegninger* i den kongelige Kobberstiksamling ... Kjöbenhavn (Trykt hos Kgl. Hofbogtrykker Bianco Luno) 1849. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1849, p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: BR. – Reprinted and to be cited from Kgl. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. ser. 5. 2: 41-64. 1849. – See also id. 11: clxxx-clxxxiii. 1844 and Overs. Vid. Selsk. Forh. 1844: 77-81. ##### n.11.076. Die Erde, die Pflanzen und der Mensch **Title** *Die Erde, die Pflanzen und der Mensch*. Populäre Naturschilderungen von Joakim Fredrik Schouw. Aus dem Dänischen unter Mitwirkung des Verfassers von H. Zeise. Mit der Biographie des Verfassers von P.L. Möller und seinem Portrait nach Marstrand. Leipzig (Verlag von Carl B. Lorck) 1851. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Erde, Pfl., Mensch*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851, p. \[i-ii\], portr., \[iii\]-xviii, \[xix\], \[1\]-310, \[311, colo.\], *2 pl. Copies*: B, H, M. – Christensen 94a. – Ed. 2, xvi, 266 p., 1854 n.v. – Contains text from Naturskilderinger and other writings: Christensen 28, 59, 78, 85 and 90. *English*: 1852, map, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-240. *Copies*: MO, PH. – Christensen 94b. – *The Earth, plants, and man*. Popular pictures of nature... translated and edited \[from the German ed.\] by Arthur Henfrey,... London (Henry G. Bohn,...) 1852. Oct. (*Earth, pl., man*).