> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 190](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066530) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11560-1) LSID 11560-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77133) QID Q77133 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Werdermann, Erich (1892-1959), German (Prussian \[Berlin\]) botanist; studied at the University of Berlin; on active service 1914-1919; Dr. phil. Berlin (student of G.J.F. Haberlandt) 1919; anatomist and plant physiologist Biol. Reichsanstalt Berlin-Dahlem 1919-1920; pharmacognosist at the Reichsgesundheitsamt Berlin 1920-1921; from 1921-1959 with the Botanical Museum and Herbarium Berlin-Dahlem, assistant 1921-1927, curator 1927-1933, professor 1933, interim director 1951-1955, director 1955-1958; professor of botany at the Freie Universität 1955; plant geographer and student of the Cactaceae; travelled in Chile and Bolivia 1923-1927, Brazil 1932, Mexico 1933, Greece 1937, South Africa 1958-1959. **Abbreviated name**: *Werderm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Werderm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (partly extant, esp. alcohol material); other material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection E|E]] (Chile), [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]] (S. Afr.), [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SI|SI]] (1500, Chile), [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]] (1072). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 477; BFM 2274; Biol.-Dokum. 19: 9926-9927; BJI 2: 189; Bossert p. 431; Hortus 3: 1207; IH 1 (ed. 1): 10, (ed. 2): 23, (ed. 3): 26, (ed. 4): 27, (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 345; Kelly p. 240; Langman p. 798-799; LS suppl. 29757-29760; Stevenson p. 1262; TL-2/1707, 1711; Zander ed. 10, p. 732, ed. 11, p. 788, 835; Zep-Tim p. 115-116. #### Biofile - Anon., Berliner Morgenpost 22 Apr 1959 (obit., portr.); Der Steglitzer 26 Mar 1952 (on directorship); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 488-490. 1969 (bibl.); Notizbl. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 7-8. 1934 (studied at Huntington Bot. Gard., trip Mexico); Sukkulenten 23: 321, 322, 324. 1972; Tagesspiegel, Berlin 22 Apr, 26 Apr, 14 Mai 1959; Taxon 8: 209. 1959. - Arsac, J., Cactus, Paris 66: 1-2. 1960 (obit., portr.). - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 129. 1978. - Castellanos, A. & R.A. Pérez-Moreau, Lilloa 7: 548 \[index\]. 1941 (bibl.). - Eckart, Th., Willdenowia 4(2): 175-176. 1966. - Ernst, A., Steglitzer Anzeiger 24 Apr 1938 (lecture Dolomites). - F.H., Telegraf, Berlin 23 Apr 1959 (obit. not.). - Fricke, W., Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 11(2): 17-18. 1960 (obit. not., portr., b. 12 Mar 1892, d. 19 Apr 1959). - G.H.P., Telegraf am Abend, Berlin 1 Nov 1949 ("In aller Welt auf Pflanzenjagd"; interview). - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 374. 1981. - Leuenberger, B.E., Willdenowia 8: 625-635. 1979 (types, alcohol mat., extant); Kakt. Sukk. 31: 129-131. 1980. - Looser, G., Rev. univ., Univ. Cat. Chile 44-45: 231-234. 1960 (obit., portr.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 784. 1985. - Mattick, F., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 74: (103)-(104). 1961 (obit. not.; portr.); Willdenowia 3(1): 1-19. 1968 (obit., port., bibl. 130 nos; b. 2 Mar 1892, d. 19 Apr 1959). - Melchior, H., Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 11(2): 18-19. 1960 (obit.). - Pilger, R., Mitt. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berl.-Dahlem 1(1): 2, 15, 19. 1953 (activities 1939-1945 in Bot. Mus.). - Thiergart, F., Berliner Morgenpost 24 Apr 1959 (S. Afr. journey). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 370. 1937, 4: 151. 1938, 5: 76. 1939. - Wey, Der Steglitzer 8 Jul 1952 (three-minute interview). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 370. 1937, 4: 151. 1938, 5: 76. 1939. #### Composite works - (1) With H. Melchior, Engler *Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien* ed. 12, 2 vols. 1954-1964, TL-2/1707; author of *Fungi* in 1: 138-204. 1954. - (2) *Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flora von Chile*, a series of 5 papers by Werdermann et al. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 10(92): 135-138, 138-155. 1927, 10(95): 460-472, 472-475. 1 Dec 1928, 10(97): 752-758, 758-768. 10 Jul 1929. - (3) Editor, with H. Melchior, EP, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, vols. 14d(1956), 17aII (1959), 20d (1953), TL-2/1711. - (4) Editor, *Kakteenkunde* 1933, Heft 1-12, p. 1-240. - (5) *Die Pflanzenwelt Nord- und Mittelchiles, in* Karsten & Schenk, *Vegetationsbilder*, ser. 21, Hefte 6-7, 1931. - (6) Co-author, with E. Gilg, *Dilleniaceae, Actinidiaceae, Marcgraviaceae, in* EP, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 21: 7-47, 94-106. 1925, TL-2/1711. - (7) *Neue Kakteen, in* C. Backeberg, Neue Kakteen 62-103. 1931. #### Eponymy *Werdermannia* O.E. Schulz (1928). ### Publications ##### n.17.165. Blühende Sukkulenten **Title** *Blühende Sukkulenten* herausgegeben von Dr. Erich Werdermann... Leipzig (Verlag und Druck Thalacker & Schäffer) 1931-1939, Mappen 1-42. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Blüh. Sukk.* **Notes** *Title*: from Mappe 7 onward with the title *Blühende Kakteen und andere Sukkulente Pflanzen*. Imprint Band 1 (Mappe 1-12): Verlag von J. Neumann-Neudamm. The illustrations are colour photographs. Werdermann had a collection of several thousands of such photographs, mostly made by himself. *Band 1*: 1931-1932, p. \[i-iii\], *Mappen 1-12*. *1*: 1 Oct 1930, cover-t.p., *pl. 1-4* with text (col. phot.). *2*: 15 Dec 1931, cover-t.p., *pl. 5-8* with text (id.). *3*: 1 Jun 1931, cover-t.p., *pl. 9-12* (id.). *4*: 15 Aug 1931, cover-t.p., *pl. 13-16* (id.). *5*: 15 Oct 1931, cover-t.p., *pl. 17-20* (id.). *6*: 15 Dec 1931, cover-t.p., *pl. 21-24* (id.). *7*: 15 Feb 1932, cover-t.p., *pl. 23-28* (id.). Imprint from this issue on "Verlag von J. Neumann-Neudamm". Title changed, see above. *8*: 15 Apr 1932, cover-t.p., *pl. 29-32* (id.). *9*: 15 Jun 1932, cover-t.p., *pl. 33-36* (id.). *10*: 1 Oct 1932, cover-t.p., *pl. 37-40* (id.). *11*: 20 Nov 1932, cover-t.p., *pl. 41-44* (id.). *12*: 20 Dec 1932, cover-t.p., *pl. 45-48* (id.). *Band 2*: 1933, p. \[i-iii\], *Mappen 13-18*. *13*: 15 Feb 1933, cover-t.p., *pl. 49-52* (id.). *14*: 15 Apr 1933, cover-t.p., *pl. 53-56* (id.). *15*: 15 Jun 1933, cover-t.p., *pl. 57-60* (id.). *16*: 15 Aug 1933, cover-t.p., *pl. 61-64* (id.). *17*: 15 Oct 1933, cover-t.p., *pl. 65-68* (id.). *18*: 15 Dec 1933, cover-.tp., *pl. 69-72* (id.). *Band 3*: 1934-1935, p. \[i-iii\], *Mappen 19-26*. *19*: 1 Mar 1934, cover-t.p., *pl. 73-76* (id.). *20*: 1 Jun 1934, cover-t.p., *pl. 77-80* (id.). *21*: 15 Sep 1934, cover-t.p., *pl. 81-84* (id.). *22*: 15 Dec 1934, cover-t.p., *pl. 85-88* (id.). *23*: 15 Mar 1935, cover-t.p., *pl. 89-92* (id.). *24*: 1 Jul 1935, cover-t.p., *pl. 93-96* (id.). *25*: 15 Sep 1935, cover-t.p., *pl. 97-100* (id.). *26*: 30 Nov 1935, cover-t.p., *pl. 101-104* (id.). *Band 4*: 1936-1937, p. \[i-iii\], *Mappen 27-34*. *27*: 15 Mar 1936, cover-t.p., *pl. 105-108* (id.). *28*: 1 Aug 1936, cover-t.p., *pl. 109-112* (id.). *29*: 31 Oct 1936, cover-t.p., *pl. 113-116* (id.). *30*: 10 Dec 1936, cover-t.p., *pl. 117-120* (id.). *31*: 10 Apr 1937, cover-t.p., *pl. 121-124* (id.). *32*: 15 Jun 1937, cover-t.p., *pl. 125-128* (id.). *33*: 15 Oct 1937, cover-t.p., *pl. 129-132* (id.). *34*: 10 Dec 1937, cover-t.p., *pl. 133-136* (id.). *Band 5*: 1938-1939, *Mappen 35-42*. *35*: 15 Mar 1938, cover-t.p., *pl. 137-140* (id.). *36*: 10 Jul 1938, cover-t.p., *pl. 141-144* (id.). *37*: 20 Nov 1938, cover-t.p., *pl. 145-148* (id.). *38*: 10 Dec 1938, cover-t.p., *pl. 149-152* (id.). *39*: 1 Jul 1939, cover-t.p., *pl. 153-156* (id.). *40*: 15 Sep 1939, cover-t.p., *pl. 157-160* (id.). *41*: 1 Nov 1939, cover-t.p., *pl. 161-164* (id.). *42*: 10 Dec 1939, cover-t.p., *pl. 165-168* (id.). *Copies*: B, B-S, BR, NY, PH. – Also issued with imprint on covers "Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabile Sonderheft C..." ##### n.17.166. Brasilien und seine Säulenkakteen **Title** *Brasilien und seine Säulenkakteen*... Neudamm (Verlag von J. Neumann) 1933. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bras. Säulenkakt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Feb-Mai 1933 (p. v: Jan 1933; J. Bot. rev. Nov 1933; Nat. Nov. Jun 1933), p. \[i\]-vii, 1-122, *4 col. pl.* in text, map (p. ii). *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, M, MICH, NY, USDA. *English transl*.: 1942-1943, 1945, p. \[i\]-vii, 1-121, \[122\]. *Copies*: HH, NY, PH, UC. – *Brazil and its Columnar Cacti*... translation... by R.W. Kelly... Pasadena (... Abbey Garden Press,...) 1942. (*Braz. column. Cact.*). Originally published in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) (with continuous pagination) 14(6): i-vii, 1-8 Jun, 14(7): 9-24. Jul, 14(9): 25-32. Sep 1942, 14(10-11): 33-40. 1942, 15(1): 41-44. Jan, 15(2): 45-52. Feb, 15(4): 53-56. Apr, 15(5): 57-60. Mai, 15(6): 61-68. Jun, 15(8): 69-72. Aug, 15(9): 73-76. Sep, 15(10): 77-80. Oct, 15(11): 81-84. Nov 1943, 17(1): 83-90. Jan, 17(2): 91-98. Feb, 17(3): 99-114. Mar, 17(4): 115-121, \[122\]. Apr 1945 (see also Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles), 17: 2. Jan 1945. R.W. Kelly translated the narrative part on p. 1-83, L. Croizat the descriptive part on p. 84-122. These were specially paginated sections bound in the middle of the monthly issues of the Journal (info. R. Schmid). ##### n.17.167. Cactaceae novae **Title** *Cactaceae novae*... Aus "Notizblatt des Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem"... 1934. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1934, p. \[223\]-229. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 12(112): \[223\]-229. 1934. ##### n.17.168. Meine Kakteen **Title** *Meine Kakteen* Arten, Pflege und Anzucht neunte Auflage des Kakteenbuches von W.O. Rother... Frankfurt (Oder) und Berlin (Gartenbauverlag Trowitzsch & Sohn) \[1938\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Meine Kakteen*. **Notes** *Co-author*: H. Soznic (Danzig); author of first ed.: Wilhelm Otto Rother (b. 1853). *Publ*.: 1938 (p. \[6\]: Dec 1937), p. \[1\]-239, *4 pl. Copy*: B.