> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 839](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333978) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/27136-1) LSID 27136-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78630) QID Q78630 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Stapf, Otto (1857-1933), Austrian botanist; Dr. phil. Wien 1908; assistant with Kerner von Marilaun, Wien 1882-1889; in Persia 1885; habil. Univ. Wien 1887; assistant at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1890, principal assistant 1899, keeper of the herbarium 1909-1922, botanical secretary of the Linnean Society 1908-1916; in retirement at Kew as editor of the *Botanical Magazine* 1922-1933 and of the *Index londinensis*; died on a summer trip to Austria. **Abbreviated name**: *Stapf.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stapf*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection WU|WU]]; duplicates [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection LI|LI]], [[Collection M|M]] (lich.), [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection P|P]]. – *Letters* and *mss*. at [[Collection K|K]]; further letters at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 546; Barnhart 3: 317; Biol.-Dokum. 17: 8861; BJI 1: 55, 2: 170; BL 1: 32, 41, 61, 104, 319; Blunt p. 183, 187, 188, 226; BM 8: 1237; Bossert p. 380; Bret. p. 824; CSP 18: 906; Desmond p. 580 (b. 23 Mar 1857, d. 3 Aug 1933); DTS 1: 287; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 7): 343; Langman p. 719; Lenley p. 382; LS 25670-25671; Morren ed. 10, p. 29; MW p. 466-470 (many other items not cited in other bibl.); NI 1886; NW p. 58; Rehder 5: 820; Saccardo 1: 158, 2: 104; SK 1: cxxiii, 4: cxix, cxxxv, cxlvi; TL-2/1290, 2448, 7055, see indexes; Tucker 1: 666, 3: 293; Urban-Berl. p. 314; Zander ed. 10, p. 720, ed. 11, p. 822. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 249-250. 1967. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 36: 128. 1888 (habil. Wien), 45: 228, 355. 1891 (app. K), 74: 224. 1898 (F.L.S.), 78: 192. 1899 (principal asst.), no: 528. 1909 (keeper K); Bot. Mag. 157(4). 1934 (frontisp., portr.); Bot. Monatschr. 16: 155. 1898 (fellow Linn. Soc); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1899: 19 (principal asst. K), 1922: 95 (retirement), 1927: 252 (gold medal Linn. Soc), 1933: 366 (d.); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1933: 369-378 (obit., bibl.); Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 177: 273-274. 1950; Gard. Chron. 94: 134. 1934; Hedwigia 38: (179). 1899 (princ. asst. K), 54: (189). 1914 (corr. memb. Akad. Wien), 74: (140). 1934 (d.);J. Kew Guild 1921: 83 (retirement), 1923: 283-284 (obit., portr. with W.B. Hemsley, D. Oliver and J.G. Baker); Nat. Nov. 21: 87. 1899 (princ. asst. K), 31: 287. 1909 (keeper K); Nature 132: 305. 1933 (obit.); Österr. bot. Z. 36: 38. 1886 (returned from Persia), 41: 80. 1891 (to K), 46: 754. 1888 (habil. Wien), 49: 238. 1899 (princ. asst. K), 59: 127. 1909 (keeper K), 82: 360. 1933 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 139: 53-54. 1927 (Linnean medal); The Times 8 Aug 1933; Who's who (London) 1909-1932; Who was who 3 (1929-1940): 1281-1282. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. isl. 269.337. 1980. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 111-112.1978. - Castellanos, A. & R.A. Pérez-Moreau, Lilloa 7: 545 \[index\]. 1941 (list of publ. on Argentine bot.). - Chevalier, A., Rev. Bot. appl. Agric. colon. 14(149): 85-86 1934 (obit.). - Cordier, H., Bibl. sin. 5: 3419-3420. 1972. - Cotton, A.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 146: 169-171. 1934 (obit.). - Degener, H.A.L., Wer ist's ed. 4. 1355. 1909. - Fedtschenko, B.A., Bot. Zhurn. 30: 41. 1945. - Hill, A.W., Obit. Not. Roy. Soc. 1933(2): 115-118; J.R. Hort. Soc. 59(1): 127-130. 1934 (obit., portr.). - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 2: 286, 287, 288bis, 290. 1918. - Karsten, M.C., The Old Company's Garden 159-163. 1951. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 249. 1984. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, index pers. nam. vols. 1-30. 696. 1985. - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 71: 296-299. 1933 (obit.). - Schmid, G. & C. Thesing, Biol. Kalend. 1: 318. 1914. - Stapf, O., Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien 36 (S.B.): 7-9. 1886; Bot. Centralbl. 26: 61-62. 1886 (account of S.'s Iranian journey of 1885). - Stephenson, H.H., Who's who sci. int. 1912-1914. - Turrill, W.B., Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 10(3): 511-514. 1934 (obit.); Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 52: (210)-(222). 1934 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 29, 40. 1935, 6: 416, 417. 1941, 7: 92. 1943. #### Composite works - (1) D. Oliver, *Fl. trop. Afr.*: *Apocynaceae*, 4(1): 24-192. Jul 1902, 4(1)2: 193-231. Dec 1902. *Orobanchaceae*, 4(2)3: 462-468. Jun 1906. *Lentibulariaceae* 4(2)3: 468-469. Jun 1906. *Pedalineae* 4(2)3: 538-570. Jun 1906. *Verbenaceae* 5(2)2: 273-332. Jun 1900 (with J.G. Baker). *Myristicaceae* 6(1)1: 156-167. Mar 1909. *Laurineae* 6(1)1: 171-188. Mar 1907. *Pinaceae* 6(2)2: 333-338. Nov 1917. *Taxaceae* 6(2)2: 338-344. Nov 1917. *Gramineae* 9(1): 1-192. 1 Jul 1917, 9(2): 193-384. 29 Jan 1919, 9(3): 385-576. 24 Jun 1919, 9(4): 577-763. 5 Aug 1920, with C.E. Hubbard, 9(5): 769-944. 12 Aug 1930, 9(6): 945-1132. 1 Jan 1934. - (2) Harvey & Sonder, *Fl. cap.*: *Apocynaceae* 4(1)4: 490-518. Nov 1907. *Lentibulariaceae* 4(2)3: 42-437. Oct 1904. *Pedalineae* 4(2)3: 454-463. Oct 1904. *Laurineae* 5(1)3: 493-502. Jan 1912. *Proteaceae* 5(1)3: 502-640. Jan 1912 (with J. Hutchinson & E.P. Phillips). *Podocarpaceae* 5(2, suppl.): 3-4. 1933. *Cupressaceae* 5(2, suppl.): 14-24. 1933. *Gramineae* 7(2): 310-384. Jul 1898, 7(3): 385-576. Aug 1899, 7(4) 577-750. Mai 1900. - (3) EP, *Martyniaceae* 4(3B): 265-269. 12 Mar 1895, *Pedaliaceae* 4(3B): 263-265. 12 Mar 1895. - (4) *The known plants of Liberia* in H. Johnston, Liberia 2: 570-668. 1906. - (5) Contributed to Hooker's *Icones plantarum*: pl. 2253, 2261, 2263, 2264, 2266 (1893); 2279, 2280, 2289-2292, 2294-2296, 2308-2312, 2332, 2333 (1894); 2388, 2391, 2394-2396, 2411, 2414-2421 (1895); 2442, 2446-2448, 2455, 2474, 2494 (1896); 2517, 2525 (1897); 2568 (1898); 2596, 2597, 2601-2615 (1899); 2640, 2641, 2646, 2652, 2660, 2666 (1900); 2685, 2689, 2690, 2693-2698, 2711, 2721 (1901); 2742, 2743A, 2745, 2746 (1902); 2763, 2764, 2773 (1903); 2794-2798 (1905); 2822-2825 (1906); 2826, 2840 (1907); 2927, 2930, 2934, 2936-2938, 2947-2950 (1911); 2983-2984 (1913); 3006, 3009, 3010, 3014, 3030, 3031, 3033, 3050 (1915); 3068-3075 (1916); 3076-3100 (1922); 3120-3125 (1927); 3126-3128 (1930). - (6) Editor, *Botanical Magazine*, vols. 148-156, 1922-1933, *pl. 8934-9336.* – *Stapf s own contributions are*: pl. 7947 (1904), 7994, 8012, 8034 (1905); 8061, 8075, 8076, 8078, 8086 (1906); 8113, 8123, 8128, 8138, 8146, 8148, 8152, 8169 (1907); 8173, 8179, 8181, 8185, 8188, 8196, 8197, 8209, 8226 (1908); 8233, 8239, 8244, 8250, 8254, 8256, 8258, 8259, 8265, 8272, 8279, 8284, 8286 (1909); 8293, 8311, 8316, 8318, 8323, 8335, 8340, 8343, 8345, 8347, (1910); 8353, 8360, 8368, 8373, 8389, 8398, 8405, 8406 (1911); 8413, 8418, 8430, 8433, 8438, 8446, 8447, 8459, 8464, 8465, 8469 (1912); 8485, 8493, 8499, 8506, 8515, 8516 (1913); 8543, 8552, 8559, 8563, 8571, 8575, 8584, 8589, 8591 (1914); 8592, 8593, 8602, 8608, 8615, 8640 (1915); 8657, 8661, 8664, 8667, 8671, 8677, 8682, 8684, 8685, 8691 (1916); 8693, 8706, 8711, 8717, 8720, 8732, 8734, 8738 (1917); 8742, 8743, 8756, 8773 (1918); 8793, 8808, 8812, 8813, 8820 (1919); 8840, 8844, 8849, 8859 (1920). - (7) *Sida, in* H. Schinz & A. Guillaumin, eds., *Nova Caledonia, B. Botanik*, 1914-1921, p. 178; see under Schinz. #### Eponymy *Neostapfia* Davy (1899); *Neostapfiella* A. Camus (1926); *Stappa* R. Chodat (1897); *Stapfia* Davy (1898); *Stapfiella* Gilg (1913); *Stapfiola* O. Kuntze (1903); *Stapfiophyton* Hui-Lin Li (1944); *Ottochloa* Dandy (1931). ### Publications ##### n.12.800. Die botanischen Ergebnisse der Polak'schen Expedition nach Persien **Title** *Die botanischen Ergebnisse der Polak'schen Expedition nach Persien* im Jahre 1882. Plantae collectae a dre J.E. Polak et Th. Pichler von Dr. Otto Stapf... Wien (aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei...) 1885-1886, 2 parts. Qu. **Notes** *Collectors*: J.E. Polak (d. 1891), Thomas Pichler (1828-1903). *Authors*: R. v. Wettstein, C. Fehlner, E. Hackel, C. Richter, G. Beck, A. Heimerl, O. Stapf, J. Freyn, E. Woloszak, H. Braun, A. Zimmeter. – Types WU. *1*: 1885 (Bot. Jahrb. 30 Oct 1885; Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1885; Bot. Centralbl. 28 Sep-20 Oct 1885; G copy rd Aug 1886; ÖbZ 1 Mai 1886), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-71. – Reprinted and to be cited from Denkschr. math.-nat. Cl. kais. Akad. Wiss., Wien 50(1): 1-72. 1885. *2*: 1886 (Bot. Zeit. 24 Sep 1886; Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1886), p. \[1\]-77, \[79\]. – Id. 51(2): 271-346. 1886. *Copies*: B, G(2), HH, M, NY. *Note*: J.E. Polak was physician to the Iranian shah Nasr-Edin, 1851-1860; he subsequently sponsored a number of expeditions to Iran, the first of which, with Th. Pichler and F. Wähner, took place 1881-1882; the second by O. Stapf, 1885. – Eponymy: *Polakia* Stapf. *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 48: 239-240. 1891 (on death of J.E. Polak). - Roth, E., Bot. Centralbl. 30: 206-209. 1887 (rev.). ##### n.12.801. Beiträge zur Flora von Lycien **Title** *Beiträge zur Flora von Lycien*, Carien und Mesopotamien. Plantae collectae a Dre. Felix Luschan ann. 1881, 1882, 1883... Wien (aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei...) 1885-1886. Qu. 2 parts. **Notes** *Authors*: R. v. Wettstein, E. Hackel, C. Richter, G. Beck, A. Heimerl, J. Freyn, A. Zimmeter and O. Stapf. *Collector*: Felix Luschan, coll. at WU. *1*: 1885 (mss. submitted 13 Nov 1884; Bot. Zeit. 25 Nov 1885; Bot. Centralbl. 7-11 Dec 1885; Nat. Nov. Dec(1) 1885), p. \[i\], \[1\]-47, \[49, index\]. – Reprinted and to be cited from Denkschr. math.-nat. Cl. kais. Akad. Wiss., Wien 50(2): 72-120. 1885. *2*: 1886 (mss. submitted 9 Jul 1885; Bot. Zeit. 26 Nov 1886; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1886), p. \[i\], \[1\]-39. \[41, index\]. – Id. 51(2): 347-384. 1886. *Copies*: B, G, NY. ##### n.12.802. Vegetationsbilder aus dem südlichen und mittleren Persien **Title** *Vegetationsbilder aus dem südlichen und mittleren Persien*... \[Botanisches Centralblatt 28(8-10)\] 1886. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1886, p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Centralbl. 27: 211-214, 243-245, 275-278. 1886. – See also his "Die Steppen von Süd- und Mittel-Persien", p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: G, reprinted from Monatsbl. Wiss. Club, Wien 10 (15 Jul 1886). ##### n.12.803. Drei neue Iris-Arten **Title** *Drei neue Iris-Arten*... \[Verh. k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien\] 1887. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1887, p. 1-2. *Copy*: FI. – Reprinted and to be cited from Verh. k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 37 (Abh.): 649-650. 1887. ##### n.12.804. Beiträge zur Flora von Persien **Title** *Beiträge zur Flora von Persien*... \[Verh. k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien\] 1888-1889. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 1888 (Bot. Centralbl. 30 Jul-10 Aug 1888; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1888), p. \[1\]-4. – Reprinted and to be cited from Verh. k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 38 (Abh.): 549-552. 1888. *2*: 1889 (Bot. Centralbl. 13 Aug 1889; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1889), p. \[1\]-8. – Id. 39 (Abh.): 205-212. 1889. *Copies*: BR, G, HH. ##### n.12.805. Die Arten der Gattung Ephedra **Title** *Die Arten der Gattung Ephedra*... Wien (aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei...) 1889. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1889 (mss. submitted 8 Nov 1888; ÖbZ for Jan 1890; Bot. Zeit. 28 Feb 1890; Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1890), p. \[i\], \[1\]-112, *pl. 1-5*, map. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, M, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Denkschr. math.-nat. Cl. kais. Akad. Wiss., Wien 56(2): 1-112. 1889. *Ref*.: Niedenzu, F., Bot. Jahrb. 11 (Lit.): 106-108. 1890 (rev.). - Rosen, Bot. Zeit. 48: 187-189. 1890 (rev.). ##### n.12.806. On the flora of Mount Kinabalu **Title** *On the flora of Mount Kinabalu* in North Borneo... London (printed for the \[Linnean\] Society \[of London\]...) 1894. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1894 (date on journal issue; Nat. Nov. Jan(1, 2) 1895), cover, p. 69-263. *pl. 11-20* (uncol. liths. C.H. Fitch). *Copies*: B, BR, HH, MO, U. – Published as Trans. Linn. Soc. 4(2): 69-263. *pl. 11-20.* ##### n.12.807. The Aconites of India **Title** *The Aconites of India*: a monograph... Calcutta (Bengal Secretariat Press) 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1905, cover journal 10(2), p. \[i\*-vi\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[i\]-n, 117-197, *pl. 92-116. Copies*: BR, MO, NY, PH, U. – Issued and to be cited as Ann. R. bot. Gard. Calcutta 10(2), 1905. – *Alternative t.p.*: "*The Aconties* \[sic\] *of India*..." *Ref*.: Solms, H., Bot. Zeit. 64: 37-38. 1906 (rev.). - Ulbrich, E., Bot. Jahrb. 37 (Lit.): 47-48. 1906 (rev.). ##### n.12.808. Index londinensis **Title** *Index londinensis* to illustrations of flowering plants, ferns and fern allies being an emended and enlarged edition continued up to the end of the year 1920 of Pritzel's alphabetical register of representations of flowering plants and ferns compiled from botanical and horticultural publications of the xviiith and xixth centuries prepared under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society of London at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew... Oxford (at the Clarendon Press) 1929-1941, 8 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Index lond.* **Notes** *1*: Jul-Sep 1929 (p. \[vii\]: Jun 1929; MO rd 19 Oct 1929), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-547. *2*: Jan 1930 (MO rd 3 Feb 1930; Nat. Nov. Apr 1930), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-548. *3*: 1930 (MO rd 12 Jul 1930; Nat. Nov. Aug 1930), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-554. *4*: 1930 (MO rd 7 Nov 1930), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-568. *5*: 1931 (MO rd 16 Mar 1931, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-549. *6*: 1931 (MO rd 20 Aug 1931; Nat. Nov. Nov 1931), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-570. *Suppl. 1*: 1941, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-497. – Supplement for the years 1921-1935, part 1 (A-H)... by W.C. Worsdell. *Suppl. 2*: 1941, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-515. – Id. part 2 (I-Z). From 1936 onwards, references to new illustrations are given under the new names included in the supplements to the *Index kewensis* (indicated by an asterisk). *Copies*: BR, G, H, MO, U. – Latin t.p.: *Iconum botanicarum index londinensis* sive G.A. Pritzelii iconum botanicarum index locupletissimus emendatus auctus et ad annum mcmxx productus..." *Facsimile ed*.: 1979-1980, Otto Koeltz Science Publishers, Koenigstein, B.R.D. *Copy*: FAS. – As original with new imprint. ISBN 3-87439-151-0/152-9/153-7/154-5/155-3/156-1/157-1/158-8.