Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 â 24 March 1862) was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including:
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Selected publications
- 1847: "Revisio generis Comesperma Labill. et synopsis Lasiopetalearum et Biittneriearum in Nova Hollandia indigenarum." (Hamburg). [Preprint of Lehmann op. cit. 2: 291âÂÂ315, 316âÂÂ317 (?- 367, including Fleischeria) (2âÂÂ5 Aug. 1848) n.v., see Stafleu & Cowan 1985.]
- 1848: "Nekrolog. Entomol. Zeitung" 9(7): 194âÂÂ198. â Obituary of Wilhelm von Winthem (1799âÂÂ1847).
- 1853. "Die Familie der Tremandreen und ihre Verwandtschaft zu der Familie der Lasiopetaleen." (Hamburg). [Sept.-Oct. 1853.]
- 1854: "Tremandreae". In Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.), "Plantae Preissianae" (Hamburg). 1: 211âÂÂ223. [9âÂÂ11 Feb. 1845.]
- 1854: "Compositae". In Lehmann op. cit. 1: 417âÂÂ490. [pp. 417âÂÂ480, 14âÂÂ16 Aug.; pp. 481âÂÂ490, 3âÂÂ5 Nov.]
- 1854: "Compositae". In Seemann, B. (ed.), " The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald" (Lovell Reeve: London), pp. 139âÂÂ160. [Feb. 1854; part of the " Flora of the Isthmus of Panama".]
- 1854: "Ein deutsches Urtheil über eine englische Kritik". Bonplandia 2(14): 169âÂÂ170. [15 July 1854.]
- 1854: "Trigonopterum" Steetz in Andersson, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 183 (1854). [c. 7 Sept. 1854.]
- 1854: "Dr Steetz fiber den Begriff von Species". Bonplandia 2(21): 244âÂÂ246. [1 Nov. 1854.]
- 1854: "Zuriickweisung, Dem Redacteur der âÂÂBonplandiaâÂÂ". Bonplandia 2(21): 246âÂÂ247. [1 Nov. 1854.]
- 1855: Fried. E. L. von Fischer. Bonplandia: 3(2): 18âÂÂ21. [1 Feb. 1855.] â Obituary of F.E.L. von Fischer (1782âÂÂ1854).
- 1855: "Gardenersâ ChronicleâÂÂs âÂÂBad German habitâÂÂ". Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia. Bonplandia 3(11): 147âÂÂ155. [15 June 1855.]
- 1855: "Replik. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 3(13&14): 203âÂÂ205. [15 July 1855.]
- 1856: "KlotzschâÂÂs Angreifer. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 4(17): 280âÂÂ281. [1 Sept. 1856.]
- 1857: "KlotzschâÂÂs Begoniaceen. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 5(4): 60âÂÂ65. [1 March 1857.]
- 1857: "Compositae". In Seemann, B. op. cit. pp. 384âÂÂ395. [Jan.-Jun. 1857; part of the " Flora of the Island of Hongkong".]
- 1857: "Duhaldea Chinensis, De Cand. Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der Compositae". Bonplandia 5(19): 305âÂÂ310. [1 Nov. 1857.]
- 1858: "Elvira biflora, DC. und Unxia digyna, Steetz. Dem Redacteur der Bonplandia". Bonplandia 6: 128- 131. [15 April 1858.]
- 1863: "Streptoglossa Steetz in F. Muell", Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 492âÂÂ495.
- 1864: "Compositae". In Peters, W. C. H. (ed.), "Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique" (Berlin). 6: 305âÂÂ500.
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