> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 173](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066513) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11531-1) LSID 11531-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78789) QID Q78789 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Welden, \[Franz\] Ludwig Freiherr von (1782-1853), German (Schwaben) soldier; studied law at Würzburg; from 1798 in the Austrian army; participated in all Austrian campaigns against Napoleon, ultimately military governor of Wien; retired 1851 as k.k. Feldmarschall; amateur botanist and horticulturist. **Abbreviated name**: *Welden* \[standard form in IPNI: *Welden*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection REG|REG]] (see Ilg, 1984, p. 101-102); further material in [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection FR|FR]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection HAL|HAL]] (to D.F.L. von Schlechtendal), [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB (to Steudel). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 41: 665-666; AG 3: 460, 6(2): 270; Backer p. 623; Barnhart 3: 475; Biol.-Dokum. 19: 9896-9897 (lists all publ. in Flora); BM 5: 2289; Clokie p. 262-263; Kanitz p. 95 (no. 139); Lasègue p. 337, 403; PR 7275, 10156, ed. 1: 8168, 11140, 11818; Rehder 1: 433; Saccardo 1: 171, 2: 114; Tucker 1: 739; WU 54: 214-222. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 6: 488. 1848 (decoration), 11: 736. 1853 (d.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 255: 10. 1965; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 220: 897. 1974; Flora 5(1): 174-176. 1822 (list plants coll. Ital.), 6(2): 573. 1823 (at Porto Fino nr. Genua), 8(2): 574. 1825 (coll. Steyermark), Beil. 8: 83. 1825 (publ. Monte Rosa), 9(2): 574 (role in Württ. bot. Reisever.), 590 (Austria, Steyermark). 1826, 10(2): 448 (Wormser Joch), 479 (cat. plant exhib. Wien). 1827, 11(2): 575. 1828 (Prize), 15(2): 404. 1832 (plants), 20(1): 128. 1837 (exhib.), 25: 757-758. 1842 (herb. will go to REG), 26(2): 719. 1843 (comm. Tirol), 31(2): 1848 (decoration), 37(1): 277 (d.), 280(herb. to REG) 1855, 41: 113. 1858 (connection with Biasoletto); Österr. bot. W. 3: 262. 1853 (d.), 9: 167. 1859 (statue in Graz). - Barnhart, J.H., Bartonia 16: 36. 1935 (corr. of Schweinitz). - Beck, G., Veg.-Verh. Illyr. Länd. 44. 1901 (Veg. Erde 4). - Candolle, A.P. de, Mem. souvenirs 375. 1862. - Fürnrohr, A.E., Flora 36: 305, 520. 1853 (major biography for purposes of his botanical work; bibl.). - Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 84, 90, 92, 101, 152, 219. 1984 (on W. and Regensb. bot. Ges.). - Lack, H.W. & C.-O. von Sydow, Willdenowia 14: 945. 1984. - Müller, R.H.W. & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 126, 298. 1960. - Neilreich, A., Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien 5: 41-42. 1855. - Skofitz, A., Österr. bot. Wochenbl. 3: 321-323. 1853 (obit.). #### Handwriting Hoppea 42: 103. 1984. #### Eponymy *Weldenia* J.H. Schultes (1829). ### Publications ##### n.17.105. Der Monte-Rosa **Title** *Der Monte-Rosa*. Eine topographische und naturhistorische Skizze, nebst einem Anhange der von Herrn Zumstein gemachten Reisen zur Ersteigung seiner Gipfel. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Freiherrn v. Welden... Wien (Gedruckt und verlegt bei Carl Gerold) 1824. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monte-Rosa*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1824, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-166, \[167, cont.\], *9 pl*. (incl. front., map, chart). *Copies*: B-S, HH, NSUB. – Plants on p. 58-66. *Ref*.: Flora 7: 365-368. 21 Jun 1824 (rev.).