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### Author
Steiger, \[von Biiron\] Jakob Robert (1801-1862), Swiss botanist, politician and physician; physicians examination 1826; practicing in Biiron 1826-1830; id. and in various administrative functions in Luzern 1830-1862.
**Abbreviated name**: *Steiger* \[standard form in IPNI: *Steiger*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 35: 580-582; Barnhart 3: 321 (b. 6 Jun 1901, d. 5 Apr 1862); BL 2: 577, 719; BM 5: 2009; Bossert p. 381; PR 8921; Rehder 1: 435.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 229: 231. 1964 (further biogr. refs.).
- Bossart, C., Schweiz. Ärzte Naturf. 19. Jahrh. 23. 1979.
- Meyer, A., Verh. schweiz. naturf. Ges. 46: 250-261. 1862 (obit.).
- Widmer, U.W., Jakob Roberet Steiger, Diss. Zürich 1978 (n.v.).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 165. 1905.
#### Eponymy
*Steigern* J. Müller Arg. (1865).
### Publications
##### n.12.916. Die Flora des Kantons Luzern
**Title**
*Die Flora des Kantons Luzern*, der Rigi und des Pilatus. Nebst einer Einleitung in die Pflanzenkunde überhaupt, und erläuternden Abbildungen... Luzern (Verlag von Frz. Jos. Schiffmann) 1860. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Luzern*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1860, (p. 6: 1 Jan 1860), p. \[1\]-635, \[636, err.\], 637-640 \[adv.\]. *Copies*: B-S, BR, G, HH, NY.