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Koernicke, Max Walther

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1874, Bonn, Germany. Died: 1955, Honnef a/Rhein, Germany.

career:

Cytologist, pupil of Prof. Strasburger; in 1896 appointed Assistant at Bonn University (Dr’s degree in 1897); in 1900 Lecturer at Bonn University and at the Agricultural College, Poppelsdorf; when awarded the German Buitenzorg Stipendium; he made a voyage to Java in 1906/07; in 1908 Professor of Botany at the Agricultural College, Bonn- Poppelsdorf; in 1910 voyage to Ceylon, S. India and Egypt, and in 1933/ 34 for the second time to the Dutch East Indies (subsidized by the A. v. Gwinner Stiftung); he resigned in 1939 as Director of the Institute for Agricultural Botany. After the war he continued his work at Honnef/Rhein.

Collecting localities:¹

1st Voyage, 1906-07.² W. Java: Batavia; Buitenzorg, staying at the Foreigners’ Laboratory from Oct. 1906-March 1907; visiting Tjibodas (on the slope of G. Gedeh); Centr. Java: Djokjakarta, Klaten; E. Java: Soerabaja, Tosari and G. Bromo (Tengger); W. Java: Anjer; S. Sumatra: Telok Betong and vicinity; Malay Peninsula: Singapore, visiting mangrove forest and rubber estates in Malacca with Ridley; Ceylon.-2nd Voyage, 1933-34.³ P. Weh: Sabang, Anak Laut (Aug. 6, 1933); Sumatra East Coast: Belawan (7); Singapore (8-11), visiting Bt Timah with Holltum); W. Java: Tandjong Priok-Buitenzorg (13); Batavia, Passar Ikan (28); coral islands Bay of Batavia: P. Onrust, Edam, and Haarlem (30); Salabintanah-Soekaboemi (31); Buitenzorg (Sept. 1-26); Tjibodas (27-Oct. 5), visiting Lebak Saät-G. Pangrango (Oct. 1) and crater G. Gedeh (2); back to Buitenzorg (6); Krakatau Group (10-. .); Tandjong Priok (20); Buitenzorg (22); Tea Estate Tjikopo (Nov. 5); Bandoeng (16); Tjinjiroean (Cinchona plantation) (l7); Lembang, Tangkoeban Prahoe (18); Kawa Kamodjan-Garoet (19); G. Papandajan-Tjisoeroepan (20-21); S. coast, Tjilauteureun-Tjisoeroepan (22); Garoet-Djokja (23); Centr. Java: Djokja (24); Solo-Djokja (26); Klaten, Tobacco Exp. Station (27); Djokja-Batavia-Buitenzorg (30); W. Java: Batavia-Buitenzorg-Batavia (Dec. 7-14); Batavia-Soerabaja (15); sailing (16) for Bali (Lesser Sunda Islands); Bali: Boeleleng-Singaradja-DenPassar-Gjanjar- Kloenkoeng-Karangasem-Besakih-Bangli-Kintamani-Sangsit-Boeleleng (17-21); sailing for Makassar (22); SW. Celebes: Makassar, Maros and Bantimoeroeng (23-28); sailing via Paré Paré (29), Donggala (30), Toti Toli (31), along the N. coast of Gorontalo (Jan. 1-2, 1934), to N. Celebes: Manado (3); G. Sopoetan-Kakas (4); Kakas-Langowan-Manado (5); Tomohon (6); Lake Lino (7); Manado (8); G. Lokon (9); Manado (10); Manado-Ternate (11); Ternate (12), to Verbrande Hoek; sailing for Batjan(g) (14); Boeroe: Namlea (15); Ambon (16-18); to Banda Neira (19); Banda (20); Noesa Laut, Saparoea, Ambon (22); Ambon-Ceram (22-25); W. Ceram: Lok(k)i-P. Kasa-Ani (26); Loki-Ambon (27); Ambon-Kati Kati (27-30); Boeroe: Leksoela-Malilai (31); Makassar (SW. Celebes, Febr. 2); Bali: Singaradja (4), Den Passar (6), Sangeh-Bang Kasa (7-8), to Oeboed (9); Tampak Siring (10); Singaradja (11); E. Java: Soerabaja (12); Probolingo-Pasoeroean-Malang (13); Centr. Java: Djokja (14); Djokja-Gamping (15); W. Java: Batavia (16); Buitenzorg (17-25); Batavia (26); sailing from Priok (March 1), via Benkoelen (S. Sumatra, 3); and Sumatra West Coast: Padang (4), Fort de Kock (5), Pajacombo and Harau-Kloof (6); Sibolga (Tapanoeli) and to Prapat on Toba Lake (8); Prapat (9); Prapat-Sumatra East Coast: Brastagi (10); to Medan (11); Sibolangit (15); Soengei Poetih (17); ‘Liberta’-Medan (18): Medan-Belawan-sailing for Sabang (24); P. Weh: Sabang (25), and homeward bound via Egypt.

collections:

Few. In 1906/07 he collected botanical pharmaceutical objects for the Show Mus. Berl. Dahl. and besides he collected 100 ferns on behalf of F. Wirtgen, Naturhist. Ver. f Rheinl. u. Westfalen, Bonn (‘Ausserrheinisches Herbarium’, in 1936 incorp. in Herb. Berlin [B]); liverworts from Tjibodas on behalf of K. Goebel (Munich) in Herb. Univ. Bonn [BONN]. The material is probably all lost now.

A fern from Java (coll. Dec. 1906) in Herb. Bonaparte (Paris [P]).⁴

He collected a few Algae too, e.g. at Maros in SW. Celebes (1933).

A living Amorphophallus titanum from Sumatra in Hort. Univ. Bonn.⁵

literature:

(1) cf. Dammerman in Ann. Jard. But. Buit. 45, 1935, p. 31 and 53.
(2) M. Koernicke: ‘Eine botanische Studienreise nach Java’ (Deutsch. Kolon. Blatt 18, 1907, p. 678-680; on economic plants!).
His investigations resulted in ‘Biologische Studien an Loranthaceen’ (Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. Suppl. 3, pt 2, 1910, p. 665-698, pl. 26-27); ‘Ueber die extrafloralen Nectarien auf den Laubblättern einiger Hibisceen’ (in Flora N.F. 11, 1918).
(3) M. Koernicke: ‘Streifzüge durch den malaiischen Archipel’ (Jahresber. 1934 der Ges. Freunde u. Ford. Univers. Bonn); ‘Eindrücke auf meiner Forschungsreise 1933/34 in dem malaiischen Archipel’ (Bonn 1934, 19 pp.); ‘Skizzen aus dem Pflanzenleben des Malaiischen Archipels’ (Ber. D.B.G. 55, 1937, p. 393-400).
(4) cf. Bonaparte, Notes ptéridol., fast. 2, 1915, p. 157.
(5) M. Koernicke: ‘Amorphophallus titanum Becc.’ (Fedde Repert. Beih. 101, 1938, p. 180-206, pl. 19-29); ‘Amorphophallus titanum im botanischen Garten der Universität Bonn’ (Bonner Mitt. Heft 17, 1938).

biographical data:

Who’s who 1913.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Koernicke, Max Walther
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1874, Bonn, Germany. Died: 1955, Honnef a/Rhein, Germany.
	career: Cytologist, pupil of Prof. Strasburger; in 1896 appointed Assistant at Bonn University (Dr’s degree in 1897); in 1900 Lecturer at Bonn University and at the Agricultural College, Poppelsdorf; when awarded the German Buitenzorg Stipendium; he made a voyage to Java in 1906/07; in 1908 Professor of Botany at the Agricultural College, Bonn- Poppelsdorf; in 1910 voyage to Ceylon, S. India and Egypt, and in 1933/ 34 for the second time to the Dutch East Indies (subsidized by the A. v. Gwinner Stiftung); he resigned in 1939 as Director of the Institute for Agricultural Botany. After the war he continued his work at Honnef/Rhein.
	Collecting localities:¹ 1st Voyage, 1906-07.² W. Java: Batavia; Buitenzorg, staying at the Foreigners’ Laboratory from Oct. 1906-March 1907; visiting Tjibodas (on the slope of G. Gedeh); Centr. Java: Djokjakarta, Klaten; E. Java: Soerabaja, Tosari and G. Bromo (Tengger); W. Java: Anjer; S. Sumatra: Telok Betong and vicinity; Malay Peninsula: Singapore, visiting mangrove forest and rubber estates in Malacca with Ridley; Ceylon.-2nd Voyage, 1933-34.³ P. Weh: Sabang, Anak Laut (Aug. 6, 1933); Sumatra East Coast: Belawan (7); Singapore (8-11), visiting Bt Timah with Holltum); W. Java: Tandjong Priok-Buitenzorg (13); Batavia, Passar Ikan (28); coral islands Bay of Batavia: P. Onrust, Edam, and Haarlem (30); Salabintanah-Soekaboemi (31); Buitenzorg (Sept. 1-26); Tjibodas (27-Oct. 5), visiting Lebak Saät-G. Pangrango (Oct. 1) and crater G. Gedeh (2); back to Buitenzorg (6); Krakatau Group (10-. .); Tandjong Priok (20); Buitenzorg (22); Tea Estate Tjikopo (Nov. 5); Bandoeng (16); Tjinjiroean (Cinchona plantation) (l7); Lembang, Tangkoeban Prahoe (18); Kawa Kamodjan-Garoet (19); G. Papandajan-Tjisoeroepan (20-21); S. coast, Tjilauteureun-Tjisoeroepan (22); Garoet-Djokja (23); Centr. Java: Djokja (24); Solo-Djokja (26); Klaten, Tobacco Exp. Station (27); Djokja-Batavia-Buitenzorg (30); W. Java: Batavia-Buitenzorg-Batavia (Dec. 7-14); Batavia-Soerabaja (15); sailing (16) for Bali (Lesser Sunda Islands); Bali: Boeleleng-Singaradja-DenPassar-Gjanjar- Kloenkoeng-Karangasem-Besakih-Bangli-Kintamani-Sangsit-Boeleleng (17-21); sailing for Makassar (22); SW. Celebes: Makassar, Maros and Bantimoeroeng (23-28); sailing via Paré Paré (29), Donggala (30), Toti Toli (31), along the N. coast of Gorontalo (Jan. 1-2, 1934), to N. Celebes: Manado (3); G. Sopoetan-Kakas (4); Kakas-Langowan-Manado (5); Tomohon (6); Lake Lino (7); Manado (8); G. Lokon (9); Manado (10); Manado-Ternate (11); Ternate (12), to Verbrande Hoek; sailing for Batjan(g) (14); Boeroe: Namlea (15); Ambon (16-18); to Banda Neira (19); Banda (20); Noesa Laut, Saparoea, Ambon (22); Ambon-Ceram (22-25); W. Ceram: Lok(k)i-P. Kasa-Ani (26); Loki-Ambon (27); Ambon-Kati Kati (27-30); Boeroe: Leksoela-Malilai (31); Makassar (SW. Celebes, Febr. 2); Bali: Singaradja (4), Den Passar (6), Sangeh-Bang Kasa (7-8), to Oeboed (9); Tampak Siring (10); Singaradja (11); E. Java: Soerabaja (12); Probolingo-Pasoeroean-Malang (13); Centr. Java: Djokja (14); Djokja-Gamping (15); W. Java: Batavia (16); Buitenzorg (17-25); Batavia (26); sailing from Priok (March 1), via Benkoelen (S. Sumatra, 3); and Sumatra West Coast: Padang (4), Fort de Kock (5), Pajacombo and Harau-Kloof (6); Sibolga (Tapanoeli) and to Prapat on Toba Lake (8); Prapat (9); Prapat-Sumatra East Coast: Brastagi (10); to Medan (11); Sibolangit (15); Soengei Poetih (17); ‘Liberta’-Medan (18): Medan-Belawan-sailing for Sabang (24); P. Weh: Sabang (25), and homeward bound via Egypt.
	collections: Few. In 1906/07 he collected botanical pharmaceutical objects for the Show Mus. Berl. Dahl. and besides he collected 100 ferns on behalf of F. Wirtgen, Naturhist. Ver. f Rheinl. u. Westfalen, Bonn (‘Ausserrheinisches Herbarium’, in 1936 incorp. in Herb. Berlin [B]); liverworts from Tjibodas on behalf of K. Goebel (Munich) in Herb. Univ. Bonn [BONN]. The material is probably all lost now. A fern from Java (coll. Dec. 1906) in Herb. Bonaparte (Paris [P]).⁴ He collected a few Algae too, e.g. at Maros in SW. Celebes (1933). A living Amorphophallus titanum from Sumatra in Hort. Univ. Bonn.⁵
	literature: (1) cf. Dammerman in Ann. Jard. But. Buit. 45, 1935, p. 31 and 53. (2) M. Koernicke: ‘Eine botanische Studienreise nach Java’ (Deutsch. Kolon. Blatt 18, 1907, p. 678-680; on economic plants!). His investigations resulted in ‘Biologische Studien an Loranthaceen’ (Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. Suppl. 3, pt 2, 1910, p. 665-698, pl. 26-27); ‘Ueber die extrafloralen Nectarien auf den Laubblättern einiger Hibisceen’ (in Flora N.F. 11, 1918). (3) M. Koernicke: ‘Streifzüge durch den malaiischen Archipel’ (Jahresber. 1934 der Ges. Freunde u. Ford. Univers. Bonn); ‘Eindrücke auf meiner Forschungsreise 1933/34 in dem malaiischen Archipel’ (Bonn 1934, 19 pp.); ‘Skizzen aus dem Pflanzenleben des Malaiischen Archipels’ (Ber. D.B.G. 55, 1937, p. 393-400). (4) cf. Bonaparte, Notes ptéridol., fast. 2, 1915, p. 157. (5) M. Koernicke: ‘Amorphophallus titanum Becc.’ (Fedde Repert. Beih. 101, 1938, p. 180-206, pl. 19-29); ‘Amorphophallus titanum im botanischen Garten der Universität Bonn’ (Bonner Mitt. Heft 17, 1938).
	biographical data: Who’s who 1913.