Otto Christian Blandow Explained

Otto Christian Blandow (5 August 1778, Waren  - 15 March 1810, Waren) was a German apothecary and botanist, specializing in the field of bryology.

He trained under Joachim Christian Timm (1734-1805) in Malchin, afterwards working as an apothecary in Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Anklam, Woldegk and Waren.^[1]

The genus Blandowia was named in his honor by Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812).^[1] He edited two exsiccatae: Musci frondosi exsiccati (1804-1810)^[2] and Systematisch-tabellarische Sammlung von Laubmoosen (1808).^[3] Since 1875, a collection of his mosses has been kept at the British Museum of Natural History (250 specimens in 5 fascicles).^[4]

Publications

• Index muscorum frondosorum exsiccatorum: fasciculi primi [-quinti], 1804.
• Systematisch-tabellarische Sammlung von Laubmoosen, 1808  - Systematic-tabular collection of mosses.
• Uebersicht der Mecklenburgischen Moose nach alphábetischer Ordnung, 1809  - Survey of mosses from Mecklenburg in alphabetical order.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8VEUIH15wAYC&dq=%22Otto+Christian+Blandow%22+1778&pg=PA42 Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. [Hauptbd.], Volume 1
2. Web site: Musci frondosi exsiccati: IndExs ExsiccataID=1139115520 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 13 July 2024.
3. Web site: Systematisch-tabellarische Sammlung von Laubmoosen: IndExs ExsiccataID=1259514495 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 13 July 2024.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=APsEAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Blandow%2C+Otto%22&pg=PA135 The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments
5. http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Otto+Christian+Blandow%22 Google Books