> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 41](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066381) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11350-1) LSID 11350-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112374) QID Q112374 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wallis, Gustav (1830-1878), German (Hanoverian) gardener and botanical explorer; gardener at Detmold and München; collected in South and Central America 1854-1868 (part of the time for J. Linden), in Europe 1868-1869; in the Philippines and Japan 1870-1871; in North America 1871-1872; in Colombia, Panama and Ecuador 1872-1878 for James Veitch; died in Ecuador. **Abbreviated name**: *Wallis* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wallis*\] #### Herbarium and types Material in [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]] (mosses), [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection W|W]]. – The herbarium collections by Wallis are not numerous; he specialized on living plants. "Leider hat Herr G. Wallis eine räthselhafte Autosyncrasie dagegen, der Wissenschaft durch Sendung getrockneter Exemplare zu dienen" (Reichenbach 1876). – Herbarium offered for sale, Flora 62: 336. 1879. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. – Manuscripts acquired by *Deutsche Gärtner Verband* (see Deut. Gärtn. Zeit. 1879: 285, 299, 327. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 620; Barnhart 3: 455 (b. 1 Mai 1830, d. 20 Jun 1878); CSP 8: 1188, 11: 743, 12: 769; DTS 1: 319, 6(4): 206; GR p. 150; Hortus 3: 1206; Rehder 5: 899-900; SK 1: 558; Urban-Berl. p. 316, 408. #### Biofile - Anon., Flora 52: 62 (returns to Europe), 461 (will go to Philippines); Garten– flora 12: 27. 1863 (under contract with Linden to collect in Brazil). - Linden, J., Illustr. hortic. 22: 11-12. 1875 ("mon ex-collecteur Wallis" on his services to Linden); Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 3: 279-280. 1875 (id.). - Mossen, E., ed., *in* Belg. hortic. 1881: 172-190 (transl. of Wallis diary and notes of trip in Venezuela 1868). - Müller, K., Die Natur 19: 33-36, 41-44, 59-62, 67-70, 83-86, 89-92, 97-100, 113-116, 126-132, 150-156, 174-176, 180-182, 185-188. 1870 ("Gustav Wallis. Eine biographisch-naturgeschichtliche Skizze"). - Otto, E., Hamb. Gart. Blumenzeit. 33: 433-440. 1878, French transl. Belg. hort. 1879: 1-19 (portr., biogr.). - Prance, G., Acta Amaz. 1(1): 63. 1971. - Reichenbach, H.G., Linnaea 41(1): 99-112. Dec 1876, 113-118. Feb 1877 (Orchideae Wallisianae novae). - Reinikka, M.A., Hist. Orchid 234-235. 1972. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 409. 1975. - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 131-132. 1906 (biogr. sketch, itin.). - Veitch, J.H., Hortus Veitchii 62-64. 1906. - Wallis, G., Hamb. Gart. Blumenzeit. 31: 222-230, 273-288, 423-425 (reply to criticism by Linden). #### Travel reports - (1) *Meine Landung in Brasilien*, Hamb. Gart.-Blum.-Zeit. 12: 304-307. 1856. - (2) *Bereisung der Hochebene von Curitiba*, ib. 15: 394-404. 1859. - (3) *Nachrichten... aus dem Innern Brasiliens*, Gartenflora 10: 270-273. Aug, 318-324. Sep 1861. - (4) *Notizen auf einer Reise von Para längs des Purus-Flusses*, Gartenflora 13: 278-279. 1864. - (5) *Skizzen von Rio Branco*, Gartenflora 13: 295-305. Oct, 335-341. Nov 1864. - (6) *Gärtnerisch-botanische Steifzüge am Amazonenstrom*, Wochenschr. Gärtn. Pflanzenk. (ed. K. Koch) 1869: 161-164. 29 Mai, 171-173. 5 Jun 1869. - (7) *Reisebericht über den Purusfluss* 13: 241-246. 6 Aug, 213-216. 9 Jul, 221-223. 16 Jul 1870. - (8) *La végétation de la Guiane brésilienne* (free translation of (7) by Ed. André, Ill. hort. 18: 58-64, 78-83. 1871. - (9) *La Guyane brésilienne au point de vue botanique*, (transl. Ch. Firket), Belg. hort. 1872: 39-59. - (10) *Voyages et découvertes... dans l'Amérique du Sud*,... Belg. hort. 29: 171-215. 1879 \[see also 1881: 172-190\]. - (11) *Reise-Erinnerungen*, Gartenflora 25: 49-55, 111-116, 144-146, 299-305. 1876, 26: 77-83, 344-352. 1877. #### Eponymy *Wallisia* E. Regel (1875). ### Publications ##### n.16.587. Die Alpenwelt **Title** *Die Alpenwelt* in ihren Beziehungen zur Gärtnerei... Wien (L.W. Seidel) 1854. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1854 (ÖbW 5 Oct 1854; Flora 14 Oct 1853). (n.v.). *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L von, Bot. Zeit. 12: 831-832. 24 Nov 1854.