> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 348](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066688) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11728-1) LSID 11728-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5503949) QID Q5503949 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wilms, Friedrich, Junior (1848-1919), German (Westphalian) pharmacist, botanist and plant collector; pharmacist in Münster until 1882; id. in S. Africa 1882-1896, e.g. at Lydenburg, Transvaal, later in Berlin, some time assistant (1904, 1910-1913) at the Botanical Museum and Herbarium. **Abbreviated name**: *Wilms* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Wilms*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MSTR|MSTR]] (incl. herb. F. Wilms Sr.); other material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destroyed), [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NU|NU]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection SI|SI]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 502; CSP 12: 785, 19: 643; Zep-Tim p. 118. #### Biofile - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 130. 1978. - Doidge, E.M., Bothalia 5: 37, 61. 1950. - Gunn, F. & C.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 378. 1978 (coll.; eponymy; itin. S. Afr.) (b. 19 Apr 1848, d. 2 Mar 1919). - Harms, H., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 62: 37-38. 1920 (b. 19 Apr 1848, d. 2 Mar 1919, list of publ.). - Moldenke, H.N., Plant life 2: 89. 1946 (1948) (epon.). - Runge, F., Abh. Landesmus. Naturk. Münster, Westf. 29: 29, 33. 1967 (herb. MSTR). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 417. 1975. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 8, 180. 1982 (coll.). - Wilms, F., Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 40: vii-xxiv. 1898 (Ein botanischer Ausflug ins Boerenland); Bot. Jahrb. 24 (Beibl. 58): 23. 1897; Bot. Centralbl. 74: 336. 1898 (Transvaal plants for sale). #### Eponymy *Wilmsia* Körber (1865). #### Note Wilm's father, Friedrich Heinrich Wilms 1811-1880, pharmacist at Münster, assembled a major herbarium which was offered for sale by the son in 1908-1909 (Herbarium 8: 63. 1909, ÖbZ 59: 40. 1909) and by Th. Weigel in 1909 (Herbarium 50: 521. 1919). The collection had been continued by F. Wilms junior and contained 40.000 phanerogams. The bryophytes were combined by Weigel with those of Sydow, and offered for sale separately (Herbarium 52: 15. 1920). Both collections are now at MSTR. Other material of Wilms sen. is at B (mainly destr.) and M. Biography of Wilms sen.: H. Landois, Jahresber. Westfäl. Prov.-Ver. Wiss. Kunst 8: 164-172. 1880; see also GR p. 154.