Collections of C.F.Ledebour from East Europe

Dates of collection:

1818, 1836, 1837 (Crimea)

Region of collection:

European Russia, Ukraine (Crimea)

Collector(s):

Ledebour C.F., Bunge A.A. (Altai), Meyer C.A. (Altai), Besser W.G., Claus C.

Volume of collection:

More than 5'000 species

Income date to LE:

1857

Income method:

The herbarium was acquired from the widow of the scientist by the Herbarium of the Botanical Garden in 1857.

LE Section of storage:

Section of East Europe

Type collections of the section of East Europe

Notes:

The main collection of K.F.Ledebour is stored in LE Herbarium.

This collection was a principal base for the famous Ledebour'"Flora Rossica".

Sizes of sheets: Obviously, the herbarium was initialy mounted on sheets of rather thin grey, yellowish-grey or blueish-grey paper 42 x 25 cm. Later, it was remounted on sheets 42-43 x 28 cm; some old sheets were glued as whole on new ones.

Features of appearance: The original labels are handwritten, of different sizes. Some sheets have additional labels written in pencil, with marks: "Herb. Ledeb.", species name and number. Sometimes the numbers are written in pencil on original labels. The pencil subscriptions were made later; the numbers correspond to the species numbers in "Flora rossica" and their arrangement in herbarium cases.

Information about delivery of duplicates in other herbaria: Tartu (TU)

Additional Infromation: Works based on the collections: Ledebour C.F. Icones plantarum novarum ... altaicam, illustrantes. 1829-1834. Vols. 1-5., Ledebour C.F. Flora altaica. 1829-1834. Vols. 1-4.; Ledebour C.F. Flora rossica. [1841]1842-1853. Vols. 1-4.

The Ledebour's collections, after had been purchased by Botanical Garden, were supplemented by collections of other collectors, but for a long time retained the name "Herbarium Ledebourianum".

References:

Lipsky W.J. Herbarium Horti Botanici Imperialis Petropolitani (1823-1908). Ed.2. Jurjev, 1908. 238 p.

Lipschitz S.Ju., Vassilczenko I.T. Herbarium centrale URSS. Leningrad, 1968. 142 p.

Tsvelev N.N. K.F.Ledebour (1785-1851) and his "Flora rossica" // Botan. Zhurn. 1986. Vol.71, No 9. P.1278-1281.

Compiler & Date:

Sokolova I.V. & Roskov Yu.R., 2005

Ranunculus stevenii Andrz.

(Holotype)

Hedysarum argyrophyllum Ledeb.

(Lectotype)

Amygdalus nana L.

(Representative specimen)

Atriplex rosea L.

(Representative specimen)

Atriplex tatarica L.

(Representative specimen)

Centaurea declinata Bieb.

(Representative specimen)

Centaurea jacea L.

(Representative specimen)

Centaurea solstitialis L.

(Representative specimen)

Ceratocephala falcata (L.) Pers.

(Representative specimen)

Cotoneaster tauricus Pojark.

(Representative specimen)

Cucubalus baccifer L.

(Representative specimen)

Glaucium fimbrilligerum (Trautv.) Boiss.

(Representative specimen)

Onopordum acanthium L.

(Representative specimen)

Papaver arenarium Bieb.

(Representative specimen)

Papaver hybridum L.

(Representative specimen)

Papaver laevigatum Bieb.

(Representative specimen)

Papaver lapponicum (Tolm.) Nordh.

(Representative specimen)

Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem.

(Representative specimen)

Ranunculus auricomus L.

(Representative specimen)

Ranunculus pygmaeus Wahlenb.

(Representative specimen)

Ranunculus repens L.

(Representative specimen)

Saxifraga adscendens L.

(Representative specimen)

Saxifraga cernua L.

(Representative specimen)

Saxifraga irrigua M.Bieb.

(Representative specimen)

Sorbus intermedia (Ehrh.) Pers.

(Representative specimen)