> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 582](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333721) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9612-1) LSID 9612-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78907) QID Q78907 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sieber, Franz Wilhelm (1789-1844), Bohemian botanist, traveller and plant collector; travelled in Austria and Italy 1811-1812; studied medicine in Praha 1814-1816; travelled to Crete, Egypt and Palestine 1817-1818; travelled around the world 1822-1825, collecting especially in S. Africa, Mauritius and Australia 1822-1824; from 1830-1844 in a psychiatric asylum in Praha. **Abbreviated name**: *Sieber* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sieber*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection AWH|AWH]] (personal herbarium; acquired by C.L. von Reichenbach; acquired with the latter's herbarium by H. Van Heurck in 1867; important other parts of the Sieber collection were dispersed by sale; in addition many sets were sold by Sieber during his active life time under various titles. The collections are in many herbaria with important sets e.g. in [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection PR|PR]] and [[Collection W|W]]; and further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (in part extant), [[Collection BERN|BERN]], [[Collection BHU|BHU]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DS|DS]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection G|G]]-DC, [[Collection GE|GE]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GJO|GJO]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LV|LV]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]] (destr.), [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MEL|MEL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection NCY|NCY]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection PRC|PRC]], [[Collection REG|REG]], [[Collection ROST|ROST]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]] (incl. lich.). *Exsiccatae*: F.C. Dietrich (1881), in addition to a detailed and sympathetic biographical sketch, gives a list of 23 series of exsiccatae, q.v. The details of these exsiccatae are still not yet known in detail; Dietrich was able to give a full list of the 645 plants contained in the *Herbarium florae Novae Hollandiae*. Sieber's exsiccatae contained also material collected by others, who sent him their collections (or were sent out by him). Those were e.g. Wenzel Bojer, Theodor Hilsenberg, Franz Kahaut, Joseph Schmidt, Franz Wrba, Carl Zeyer, Andreas Zölliger. H.F. Van Heurck also distributed plants from Sieber collections after he had acquired his herbarium. – *Letters* at [[Collection HAL|HAL]] (to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal), [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 37, 5(2): 213, 281, 7: 178, 12(3): 275, 411; Backer p. 532; Barnhart 3: 275 (b. 30 Mai 1789, d. 17 Dec 1844); Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8659; BM 4: 1922; Clokie p. 244; CSP 5: 684; Dawson p. 754; DTS 1: 282, 6(4): 198; Frank 3 (Anh.): 97; Futak-Domin p. 537; Hegi 1: 350, 6(1): 380, 6(2): 1331; Herder p. 60; Hortus 3: 1204; HR; IH 1 (ed. 2): 17, (ed. 3): 18, (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342, 2: (files); Jackson p. 313, 350; Klásterský p. 170; Lasègue p. 94-95, 583 (index); Maiwald p. 111-114, 283 \[index\]; PFC 1: lvi; PR 8664-8667, ed. 1: 1376, 9615, 9625-9629, Rehder 5: 798; RS p. 142; Saccardo 1: 154, 2: 101; SBC p. 132; TL-2/835, see J.P.B. Delessert, C.L. v. Reichenbach; Tucker 1: 649; WU 33: 227-237 (detailed biogr.); Urban-Berl. p. 269, 291, 314, 323, 377, 397-398, 415; Zander ed. 10, p. 717, ed. 11, p. 818. #### Biofile - Anon., Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 24: 631-633. 1861 (coll. Crete); Bot. Zeit. 3: 119. 1845 (d.), 22: 240. 1864 (personal herb. Sieber acquired by C.L. von Reichenbach; 30.000 specimens incl. sheets annotated by Linnaeus and many of the Esslingen sets); Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 172: 479-480. 1948; Flora 1: 32, 241. 1818 (trip Crete, Egypt), 2: 96. 1819 (back from Palestine), 3: 636-637. 1820 (report on visit Tirol), 5: 647-655. 1822 (on Herb. fl. austriac), 6: 124-125, 702. 1823 (on Senegal and Mauritius coll.), 7: 574. 1824 (returned from Austr.), 7 (Beil. 3): 145. 1824 (Australian pl. arrived in Dresden), 9: 224. 1826 (prepares sets of exsiccatae), 14 (Int. Bl. 2): 15-16. 1831 (coll.), 28: 111-112. 1845 (obit.); Preslia 51: 212. 1979. - Baines, J.E., Vict. Natural. 90: 250. 1973 (on *Siebera*). - Boissier, E., Fl. orient. 1: xii-xiii 1867. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.324. 1980. - Burdet, H., Candollea 33: 391. 1978 (lists herb. holding coll.). - Dietrich, F.C., Jahrb. bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 1: 278-306. 1881 (detailed biogr. account; details on exsiccatae). - Ducker, S.C., *in* D.J. & S.G.M. Carr, People and plants in Australia 117-118. 1981; History in the service of systematics 46-47. 1981. - Frison, Ed., Henri Ferdinand Van Heurck 19, 38, 39, 40. 1959 (coll. AWH), Tijdschr. - Stad Antwerpen 6(1): 33-41. 1960 (description of Sieber-von Reichenbach herbarium). - G.P., Bot. Zeit. 6: 288-290. 1848 (rev. of Glückselig 1847; serious criticism of this biography). - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. Expl. S. Afr. 71, 322-323. 1981 (portr., details on African collecting). - Hall, N., Botanists of the Eucalypts 117. 1978. - Hausmann, F. v., Fl. Tirol 1886. 1854. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 16: 435. 1980 (considerable collection of phanerogams in the old University herb. of Schultes, now at M). - Hofmeister, F., Flora 34(1): 16. 1851 (Proteaceae coll. by Sieber for sale). - Hooker, J.D., Fl. Tasm. cxxiv. 1860 (coll. 7 months in New South Wales 1823). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 468, 471-472. 1864. - Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christ. Steven 92. 1971. - Laurer, F., Linnaea 2: 38-46. Jan 1827 (on S.'s lichens). - Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou 61: 70. 1886 (coll. MW). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 667. 1977. - Maiden, J.H., J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 42: 120. 1908 (epon.). - Maiwald, P.V., Jahresber. Gymn. Braunau 1901: 7. 1902 (on set exsicc. Flora boëmica). - Martius, C.F.P. v., Gelehrte Anz., k. bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1850: 724, 728, 729, 734 (impt. sets at M). - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19: 542. 1970 (Sieber coll. in sale Lambert herb.). - Nees von Esenbeck, C.G. & Th.Fr., Flora 8: 64. 1825 (offers various sets of Sieber exsiccatae for sale). - Neilreich, A., Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien 5: 41. 1855. - Opiz, P.M., Flora 7 (Beil. 2): 143. 1824, 7(1): 159. 1824 (note on Australian journey). - Papavero, N., Essays hist. neotrop. Dipterol. 1: 48, 111, 112. 1971. (On Friedrich Wilhelm Sieber who collected in Brazil 1801-1807; not identical with Franz Wilhelm Sieber 1789-1844). - Parreyss, L., Flora 22(2). Int. Bl. 2: 17-19. 1839 (on sale of Reliquiae Sieberianae). - Presi, C.B., Isis, Oken 21: 267-275. 1828 (notes on collections distributed by Sieber). - Salkin, A.I., Vict. Natural. 98(5): 193-194. 1981. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 47. 1969, 19(3): 399. 1975; Bryologist 80: 518. 1977 (bryoph. coll.). - Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturw. 580. 1940. - Seemann, B., Phytologist 4: 394-395. 1851 (on Sieber and C.L.P. Zeyher). - Sieber, F.W., Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 175-176. 1820 (offers for sale plants from Crete Egypt and Palestine); Flora 4: 253-255. 1821 (West Indian plants), 319. 1821 (on Austrian exsiccatae), 8: 125-127. 1825 (lists exsiccatae and seeds for sale), 8 (Beil. 4): 131-138. 1825 (480 species of Australian plants for sale; all species listed), 9 (Beil. 1): 92-95. 1826 (lists sets of exsiccatae). - Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold Arb. 46: 270. 1965 (biogr. note). - Trimen, R., Trans. S. Afr. philos. Soc. 4: xlvi-xlvii. 1888. - Urban, I., Symb. antill. 3: 126. 1902. - Vallot, J., Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 191-192. 1882 (Sénégal coll. for Sieber made by a certain "Schmidt"). - Van Heurck, H., Obs. bot. 1: 8-9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 1870 (coll. AWH). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 156. 1982. - Weitenweber, F.W., Lotos 2: 116-119. 1852 (biogr. sketch; references to notes and letters by S. in the Praha journal *Hesperus*). - Wetmore, C.M., Rev. bryol. lichénol. 32: 229. 1963 (lichen coll. Tasmania). #### Handwriting Candollea 33: 391-392. 1978. #### Name Sometimes erroneously as "Franz Xaver Sieber". Franz Wilhelm Sieber should not be confused with Friedrich Wilhelm Sieber who collected for J. v. Hoffmannsegg in Brazil (Para) between 1801-1807, see e.g. I. Urban, Fl. bras. 1(1): 111-112. 1906, collections e.g. in B-Willd., BR and HAL. #### Eponymy *Siebera* Hoppe (1819); *Siebera* J. Gay (1827, *nom. cons.*); *Sieberia* K.P.J. Sprengel (1817, *nom. rej.*); Note: *Siebera* H.G.L. Reichenbach (1828) probably also commemorates F.W. Sieber. ### Publications ##### n.11.940. Herbarium florae aegyptiacae **Title** *Herbarium florae aegyptiacae* seu collectio stirpium rariorum Aegypti indigenorum. Vindobonae \[Wien\] 1820. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Herb. fl. aegypt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820, p. \[1-4\]. *Copies*: PH, WU; IDC 1285. ##### n.11.941. Avis de plantes **Title** *Avis de plantes*. Herbarium creticum, aegyptiacum, palaestinense.... Pragae 1821. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1821, p. \[1\]-6. *Copies*: B, NY. – Includes also an anouncement of series of exsiccatae entitled *Plantes forestières* and *Herbier de la Flore d'Autriche*; followed by the same texts in German. A further pamphlet *An Tauschfreunde*, p. \[1\]-14, *copy*: NY, was issued 1 Jan 1821, from Prague. – Sheets of printed labels *herbarium flora creticae* Vindobonae \[Wien\] 1820, \[1\]-8, at PH. ##### n.11.942. Reise nach der Insel Kreta **Title** *Reise nach der Insel Kreta* im griechischen Arhipelagus im Jahre 1817... Leipzig und Sorau (bey Friedrich Fleischer) 1823, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Kreta*. **Notes** *1*: 1823 (Flora 7 Dec 1822: "wird gedruckt", p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxii, \[1\]-548. *2*: 1823, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-328, \[1, instr. binder\], *pl. 1-14* (uncol. copp. auct.). *Copies*: FI, G, HH, MO, Österr. Nat.-Bibl., PH, US; IDC no. 650. – The MO, US and IDC copies have a second t.p.: "F.W. Sieber's Reisen Erste Lieferung, Reise nach der Insel Kreta..." *Ed. 2*: 1826, *copy* at HH. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 6: 593-607. 1823 (rev.). ##### n.11.943. Reise von Cairo nach Jerusalem **Title** *Reise von Cairo nach Jerusalem* und wieder zurück, nebst Beleuchtung einiger heiligen Orte, Prag (Bei Martin Neureutter,...), Leipzig (bei Friedrich Fleischer) 1823. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reise Cairo*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1823, frontisp., p. \[i\]-xiv, \[15\]-167, \[168, expl. pl.\], *2 pl*. (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: HH, MO. *Ed. 2*: 1826, frontisp., p. \[i\]-xiv, \[15\]-167, \[168, id.\], *3 pl. Copy*: HH. – "Zweyte Auflage mit drey Kupfern und dem Plan von Jerusalem". Prag (Bey Martin Neureutter), Leipzig (bei Friedrich Fleischer) 1826.