> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 257](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066597) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11637-1) LSID 11637-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1912473) QID Q1912473 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wichura, Max Ernst (1817-1866), German magistrate, traveller and botanist; studied law at Breslau 1836-1839; stages at Breslau, Berlin and Ratibor; municipal judge at Breslau 1851; from 1858 municipal administrator, from 1859 "Regierungsrath", travelled in Lapponia 1856; participated in the Prussian Eastern Asiatic Expedition 1859-1863; from 1865-1866 working at the Botanical Museum in Berlin. **Abbreviated name**: *Wich.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wich.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.) and [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]; further material in [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]] (mosses, types M. Fleischer, Musci Fl. Buitenzorg), [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]]-BR, [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 42: 316-318 (E. Wunschmann); AG 6(1): 412; Backer p. 625; Barnhart 3: 490 (b. 27 Jan 1817, d. 24 Feb 1866); BM 5: 2314; Bret. 941-942; CSP 6: 354-355, 8: 1234; Futak-Domin p. 656-657; Hegi 4(2): 966; Herder p. 63, 298; Klásterský p. 204; KR p. 760; Moebius p. 350; PR 10221; Rehder 5: 917; SBC p. 135; SK 1: 573-574; Tucker 1: 743; Urban-Berl. p. 292, 317, 410. #### Biofile - Anon., Biogr. Jahrb. deut. Nekrol. 2: 49\*. 1898; Bonplandia 1: 228, 239. 1853, 7: 342. 1859 (in England), 8: 17-18 (on E. Asiat. Exp.), 138-139. 1860 (biogr. sketch), 9: 343. 1861 (material sent to B), 10: 216. 1862; Bot. Zeit. 9: 184. 1851 (decoration), 17: 320. 1859 (to Japan), 18: 192. 1860 (biogr. sketch in Illustr. Zeit.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 257: 101. 1965; Flora 29: 656. 1846 (memb. Regensb. bot. Ges.), 42: 158. 1859 (Regierungsrath), 43: 16. 1860 (to Japan), 49: 144. 1866 (d.); Gard. Chron. 159: 218. 1966; Jahres-Ber. Schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur 44: 75-78. 1867 (obit.); Lotos 16: 80. 1866 (obit. not., died of coal-monoxide poisoning); Österr. bot. Z. 11: 409. 1861 (material from E. Asiat. exp. to Berlin), 16: 123. 1866 (d.). - Ascherson, P., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 7: xix-xxii. 1865. - Blatter, E., Fl. Aden 14. 1914 (coll. Aden). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 459. 1880. - Cohn, F.J., Bot. Zeit. 24: 111-112. 1866; Österr. bot. Z. 16: 160-162. 1866 (obit.). - Engler, A., Schles. Prov.-Bl., ed. Rübezahl 13(8): 392-398. 1874 (repr. 9 p., Liegnitz 1874) (obit., bibl.) (Lange leben ist nicht viel leben; viel denken ist viel leben). - Fischer, E., Gutenberg Jahrb. 1933: 210 (no. 81). - Iltis, H., Life of Mendel ed. 2. 121, 122, 153, 173. 1966. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 274. 1973. - Pax, F., Schles. Pflanzenwelt 13. 1915; Bibl. schles. Bot. 30, 41, 69, 83, 108, 117, 136-150. 1929. - Quisumbing, E., Philipp. geogr. J. 8: 27. 1964 (coll. Philipp.). - Regel, E., Gartenflora 10: 262. 1861, 15: 155. 1866. - Roberts, H.F., Plant hybridization before Mendel 173-183. 1965. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 414. 1975 (coll.); Bryologist 80: 520. 1976. - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 24: 88. 1866 (obit.). - Sydow, P., Deut. Bot.-Kalend. 1899: 187 (coll. "Herbar Fritze in Rybnik" \[went later to B\]). - Wichura, M.E., Flora 42: 393-408, 409-423, 425-433, *pl. 7.* 1859 ("Ein Ausflug nach Luleå-Lappmarken). #### Eponymy *Wichuraea* M.J. Roemer (1847); *Wichuraea* C.G.D. Nees ex Reissek (1848). ### Publications ##### n.17.485. Über Stephanosphaera pluvialis... **Title** *Über Stephanosphaera pluvialis...* \[Nova Acta Leopoldina\] vol. xxvi, p. I (Nachtrag) \[1858\]. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*. Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1828-1898). *Publ*.: Jul 1858 (submitted 24 Jan 1857; KNAW rd. Jul-Sep 1858, Geol.-Soc. London rd. Jul-Oct 1858; Flora 14 Aug 1858), p. \[1\]-32, *pl. A-B. Copy*: NY. – Issued in Nova Acta Leop. 26(1): 1-32. *pl. A-B.* 1858. ##### n.17.486. Die Bastardbefruchtung im Pflanzenreich **Title** *Die Bastardbefruchtung im Pflanzenreich* erläutert an den Bastarden der Weiden... Mit 2 Tafeln in Naturselbstdruck. Breslau (Verlag von E. Morgenstern...) 1865 \[i.e. 1864\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bastardbefr. Pflanzenr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1864 (Bot. Zeit. 9 Dec 1864, soeben erschienen; Flora 14 Dec 1864, soeben erschienen; ÖbZ 1 Jan 1865, soeben erschienen; J. Bot. Jan 1865), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-95, \[96\], *pl. 1-2* (nature prints, see Fischer 1933). *Copies*: G(2), HH, NY. *Ref*.: Ascherson, P., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 6: 307-308. Jul 1865 (rev.). - J.W., Öster. bot. Z. 15: 97-98. 1 Mar 1865 (rev.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 23: 147-148. 5 Mai 1865 (rev.). - Sirks, M.J., Naturw. Wochenschr. ser. 2. 15. 681-692. 1916 (the significance of the year 1865 for the theory of evolution: Mendel, Naudin, Wichura). - Wimmer, F., Flora 48: 225-230. 1865. ##### n.17.487. Aus vier Welttheilen **Title** *Aus vier Welttheilen*. Ein Reise-Tagebuch in Briefen... Breslau (Verlag von E. Morgenstern) 1868. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Aus vier Weltth.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1868 (p. iv: Feb 1868; ÖbZ 1 Nov 1868; Bot. Zeit. 19 Jun 1868 ("soeben"), rev. 26: 635-636. 1868), portr., p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-456. *Copy*: HH.