RothertKW

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Rothert, Karol Wladyslaw

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

Born: 1863. Died: 1916, St Petersburg, Russia.

career:

Professor at Riga and Odessa, made a study tour in the D.E.I. from January till November 1909. He made some trips, and was working on systematic anatomy in the Treub Laboratory at Buitenzorg.¹ Some ferns were named after him.

Collecting localities:²

1909. W. Java: Tjibodas, G. Gedeh (March; possibly later for a 2nd time, at least Dammerman states that he visited this place twice); with Dr W. Arnoldi (see there) to the Duizend Islands, Bay of Batavia; N. Celebes: Manado Res., subdivision of Bwool (May 4); Moluccas: Gisser (= Geser) on P. Ceram Laoet (May 11); Aru Islands (with Dr W. Arnoldi): P. Trangan; Noesa Kambangan, S of Java, studying the mangrove; E. Java: G. Idjen (June); W. Sumatra: G. Taloek (Nov.); probably sailing from Padang back to Europe.

collections:

He collected much material, incl. a fine collection of Hymenophyllaceae, for different scientific institutions. Duplicates in Herb. Bog. [BO].

literature:

(1) cf. Dammerman in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 45, 1935, p. 34.
W. Rothert: ‘Über die anatomischen Differenzen der Gattungen Dracaena and Cordyline’ (Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. néerl. 24, 1909, p. 1-15); ‘Beobachtungen an Lianen’ (Bull. Ac. Scienc. Cracovie 1913, p. 750-807, pl. 65-67).
(2) Only few data about his trips are known to me, the above-cited ones are mainly derived from herbarium material and will be incomplete.

biographical data:

Spr. Kom. Fiz. 51, 1917, p. xviii-xx (non vidi); Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Rothert, Karol Wladyslaw
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1863. Died: 1916, St Petersburg, Russia.
	career: Professor at Riga and Odessa, made a study tour in the D.E.I. from January till November 1909. He made some trips, and was working on systematic anatomy in the Treub Laboratory at Buitenzorg.¹ Some ferns were named after him.
	Collecting localities:² 1909. W. Java: Tjibodas, G. Gedeh (March; possibly later for a 2nd time, at least Dammerman states that he visited this place twice); with Dr W. Arnoldi (see there) to the Duizend Islands, Bay of Batavia; N. Celebes: Manado Res., subdivision of Bwool (May 4); Moluccas: Gisser (= Geser) on P. Ceram Laoet (May 11); Aru Islands (with Dr W. Arnoldi): P. Trangan; Noesa Kambangan, S of Java, studying the mangrove; E. Java: G. Idjen (June); W. Sumatra: G. Taloek (Nov.); probably sailing from Padang back to Europe.
	collections: He collected much material, incl. a fine collection of Hymenophyllaceae, for different scientific institutions. Duplicates in Herb. Bog. [BO].
	literature: (1) cf. Dammerman in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 45, 1935, p. 34. W. Rothert: ‘Über die anatomischen Differenzen der Gattungen Dracaena and Cordyline’ (Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. néerl. 24, 1909, p. 1-15); ‘Beobachtungen an Lianen’ (Bull. Ac. Scienc. Cracovie 1913, p. 750-807, pl. 65-67). (2) Only few data about his trips are known to me, the above-cited ones are mainly derived from herbarium material and will be incomplete.
	biographical data: Spr. Kom. Fiz. 51, 1917, p. xviii-xx (non vidi); Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.