Collections of F.A. Marschall von Bieberstein from Caucasus

Dates of collection: 1796, 1798-1812 Region of collection: Russian Northern Caucasus Georgia Azerbaijan (Caspian Sea area) Armenia Collector(s): Marschall von Bieberstein F.A. Steven C. von Volume of collection: Total amount: 8 000-10 000 species Income date to LE: 1828 Income method: Purchased by Russian Academy of Sciences LE Section of storage: Section of Caucasus Collection of F.A. Marschall von Bieberstein's herbarium - separately kept Notes: Sheet size: 42.5-43 x 27-29.5 cm The labels are written by hand on on light blue, blue or grey paper. The most sheets are marked by the stamps: "Herb. M. a Bieberst." or printed labels: "Ex herbario Marschall Bieberstein". The sheets kept separately in the Collection of F.A. Marschall von Bieberstein's herbarium are put in light grey spongy paper folders 30-31 x 45.5-46 with handwritten in old ink species names. Probably, these are the original folders, where the herbarium had been kept before its treatment and mounting in 1960s. The collection was the base of the edition: Bieberstein (Marschall) F.A. Flora taurico-caucasica, exhibens stirpes phanerogamas in Chersoneso taurica et regionibus Caucasicis sponte crescentes. Charkoviae. TT.1-2. 1808. T.3. Supplementum. 1819. References: Lipschitz S.Ju., Vassilczenko I.T. Herbarium centrale URSS. Leningrad, 1968. 142 p. Botanicorum rossicorum lexicon biographo-bibliographicum / Compiled by S.Ju.Lipschitz. Vol.1. Moscow, 1947. P.188-190. Smoljaninova L.A. The herbarium of Marschall von Bieberstein // Bot. Zhurn. 1965. Vol.50, No 4. P.564-565. Compiler & Date: Sokolova I.V., 2006

Apargia strigosa Bieb. (Lectotype) Arenaria austriaca Bieb. non Jacq. (Lectotype) Arenaria laricifolia Bieb. non L. (Lectotype) Asphodelus prolifera Bieb. (Lectotype) Centaurea depressa Bieb. (Lectotype) Gentiana angulosa Bieb. (Lectotype) Lysimachia verticillaris Spreng. (Lectotype) Swertia perennis Bieb. non L. (Lectotype) Apargia caucasica Bieb. (Specimen authenticum) Carthamus glaucus Bieb. (Specimen authenticum) Delphinium dasycarpum Stev.ex DC. (Specimen authenticum) Ranunculus caucasicus Bieb. (Specimen authenticum) Sideritis calycantha Bieb. (Specimen authenticum) Carpesium abrotanoides L. (Representative specimen) Centaurea coronopifolia Lam. (Representative specimen) Cerastium viscosum L. (Representative specimen) Cyclamen europaeum L. (Representative specimen) Dianthus fragrans Adams (Representative specimen) Gypsophila altissima L. (Representative specimen) Gypsophila saxifraga L. (Representative specimen) Helleborus orientalis Ledeb. non Lam. (Representative specimen) Holosteum umbellatum L. (Representative specimen) Nigella orientalis L. (Representative specimen) Thalictrum flavum L. (Representative specimen)