> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 333](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333472) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9263-1) LSID 9263-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519196) QID Q519196 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schrenk \[Schrenck\], Alexander Gustav von (1816-1876), Baltic-German botanist; studied in Dorpat (Tartu) 1834-1837; traveller-botanist for the St. Petersburg botanical garden 1837-1844, in the arctic Ural, Lapponia and northern Finland, the Songarian Steppes and other parts of Central Asia; lecturer at the University of Dorpat 1846-1876. **Abbreviated name**: *Schrenk* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schrenk*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LE|LE]].– Further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection TB|TB]], [[Collection TU|TU]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 32: 484-485 (L. v. Schroeder); AG 1: 201; Backer p. 520; Barnhart 3: 241 (b. 16 Feb 1816); BM 4: 1862; Clokie p. 240; Herder p. 59; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 1 (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342; Lasègue p. 339, 341, 397, 418, 503; LS 24204; PR 2915, ed. 1: 3209; Quenstedt p. 388 (b. 4/16 Feb 1816, d. 25 Jun /7 Jul 1876; Rehder 1: 456, 460; TL-2/1787; TR 1264-1266; Tucker 1: 636; Urban-Berl. p. 394; Zander ed. 10, p. 714, ed. 11, p. 814. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1877: 60 (d. 13/25 Jun 1876); Bot. Zeit. 6: 776. 1848 (member Acad. St. Petersb.), 34: 750. 1876 (d. 13/25 Jun 1876); Flora 28: 640. 1845 (decoration); Russk. biogr. slovar. 23: 387-389. 1911. - Borodin, J., Trav. Mus. bot. Acad. St. Petersb. 4: 147-148. 1908 (coll., epon.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 448. 1880 (coll.). - Herder, F. v., Bot. Jahrb. 9: 450-451. 1888 (travels). - Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61: 68. 1886. - Lipschitz, S.V., Fl. URSS fontes nos. 1241, 2264, 2296. 1975. - Lipski, V.I., Imp. S.-Petersb. bot. sada 3: 479-483. 1915 (biogr., bibl., portr.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3(2): 1211. 1898. - Shetler, A.G., The Komarov Bot. Inst. 30. 1967. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 151. 1982. - Welding, O. et al., Deutschbaltisches biographisches Lexikon 697-698. 1970. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 546, 557. 1899. #### Composite works - (1) F.E.L. von Fischer & C.A. von Meyer, *Enumeratio plantarum novarum* a cl. Schrenk lectarum, 1841-1842, 2 parts, see TL-2/1787. Several of the taxa are attributed to Schrenk. Fischer and Meyer signed the preface but must have contributed significantly to the text (see also the preface itself) as is shown by other taxa which are attributed to themselves. *Copies*: B-S, BG, G, HH, KNAW, NY, US. *Review*: D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, Linnaea 16 (Litt.): 148-152. 1843. #### Handwriting Lipschitz, S.V. & I.T. Vasilczenko, Central Herbarium SSSR 34. 1968. #### Eponymy *Schrenkia* F.E.L. Fischer et C.A. Meyer (1841). ### Publications ##### n.11.136a. Novae plantarum species **Title** *Novae plantarum species*, nuperrime a D. Al. Schrenk in Songaria lectae (lu le 18 mars 1842) \[St. Petersburg 1842\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1842, p. \[1\]-3. *Copies*: G, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. sci. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 10(16): 253-255. 1842. *Continuation*: 1842 ("lu le 29 avril 1842"), p. \[1\]-4. *Copies*: G, HH. – Id. 10(23): 352-356. 1842. – TR 384, attributed to the editors F.E.L. Fischer & C.A. Meyer; the new taxa are all by Schrenk. ##### n.11.136b. Chenopodiaceae Staticesque novae **Title** *Chenopodiaceae Staticesque novae* vel nondum descriptae, quas in itinere ad fluvium Tschu versus legit Alexander Schrenk. (lu le 31 mars 1843). \[St. Petersburg 1843\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843, p. \[1\]-4, *2 pl. Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 1(23): 360-362. – TR 385, attributed to the editors, F.E.L. Fischer & C.A. Meyer; most taxa by Schrenk. ##### n.11.136c. Species plantarum novae **Title** *Species plantarum novae*, a D. Al. Schrenk nuperrime in Songaria lectae. (Lu le 18 mars \[29 avril\] 1842). \[St. Pétersbourg 1842\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Friedrich Ludwig von Fischer (1782-1851), Carl Anton von Meyer (1795-1855). *Publ*.: 1842, p. \[1\]-3 and \[1\]-4. *Copies*: G, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. sci. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 10: 253-255, 352-356. 1842; continued in Bull. phys. math. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 1: 79-80. 1843. ##### n.11.137. Plantae novae **Title** *Plantae novae*, nondum descriptae, quas in itinere ad fluvium Tschu versus legit Al. Schrenk. (Lu le 19 mai 1843). \[St. Petersburg 1844\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1844, p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 2(8): 113-116. 1844. – TR 386, attributed to the editors F.E.L. Fischer and C.A. Meyer; the new taxa are all by Schrenk. ##### n.11.138. Diagnoses plantarum novarum **Title** *Diagnoses plantarum novarum*, a cl. A. Schrenk in itinere ad fluvium Tschu versus lectarum. (Lu le 15 septembre 1843). \[St. Petersburg 1844\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1844, p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 2(13): 193-199. 1844. – TR 387, attributed to the editors F.E.L. Fischer & C.A. Meyer; of the new taxa two are attributed to the editors; the new genus (Diploloma) and 20 new species are attributed to Schrenk. ##### n.11.139. Diagnoses Compositarum novarum **Title** *Diagnoses Compositarum novarum*, a cl. Al. Schrenk anno 1843 in Songaria lectarum (lu le 3 mai 1844). \[St. Petersburg 1845\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845, p. \[1\]-6.*Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 3(7): 106-110. 1845. – TR 388, attributed to the editors F.E.L. Fischer & C.A. Meyer; the new taxa are all by Schrenk. ##### n.11.140. Diagnoses plantarum novarum **Title** *Diagnoses plantarum novarum*, in Songaria anno 1843, a cl. Al. Schrenk lectarum (lu le 5 avril 1844) \[St. Petersburg 1845\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845, p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg 3(14): 209-212. 1845. – TR 389, attributed to F.E.L. Fischer and C.A. Meyer; the taxa are all by Schrenk. ##### n.11.141. Diagnoses plantarum novarum **Title** *Diagnoses plantarum novarum*, a cl. Al. Schrenk, anno 1844, in Songaria lectarum. *Manipulus ultimus*. (Lu le 9 août 1844). \[St. Pétersbourg 1845\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 3(20): 305-307. 1845. – TR 390, attributed to the editors F.E.L. Fischer & C.A. Meyer; all taxa but 3 are by Schrenk. ##### n.11.142. Bericht über eine, im Jahre 1840, in die östliche Dsungarische Kirgisensteppe unternommene Reise **Title** *Bericht über eine, im Jahre 1840, in die östliche Dsungarische Kirgisensteppe unternommene Reise*; von Al. Schrenk, Cand. phil. Aus dem Russischen Manuscripte übersetzt von C.A. Meyer \[St. Petersburg 1845\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1845, p. \[1\]-69. *Copies*: FI; IDC 1667 (40-42). – Reprinted and to be cited from K.E. Baer & G. v. Helmersen, Beitr. Kenntn. Russ. Reich. 7: 273-341. 1845. – TR 1265. ##### n.11.143. Reise nach dem Nordosten des europäischen Russlands **Title** *Reise nach dem Nordosten des europäischen Russlands*, durch die Tundren der Samojeden, zum Arktischen Uralgebirge, auf allerhöchsten Befehl für den kaiserlich botanischen Garten zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1837 ausgeführt von Alexander Gustav Schrenk... Dorpat \[Tartu\]. (Druck von Heinrich Laakmann) 1848-1854, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Nordost. eur. Russl.* **Notes** *1*: Oct-Dec 1848 (p. \[ii\]: imprimatur 4 Oct 1848), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xliv, \[1\]-730, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths.). "Historischer Bericht". *2*: 14-31 Dec 1854 (p. \[ii\]: imprimatur 14 Dec 1854; t.p. 1854), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-568, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-4* (id.). "Wissenschaftliche Beilagen", "*Enumeratio plantarum*, in itinere per plagas Samojedarum cisuralensium per annum observatarum" in ch. 16, p. 483-549; ch. 16: "*Tabula synoptica* distributionem plantarum phaenogamarum geographicam intra regiones florae illustrans", p. 550 (fold-out chart). *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, PH, USDA. – Also in Russian, St. Petersburg 1855, Oct. 665 p. (n.v.). *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 14: 652-657, 672-678. 1856 (extensive review).