Senckenberg Monographs

Senckenberg Monographs

Senckenberg Monographs is a new international series of monographs in various disciplines of natural sciences, such as taxonomy, systematics, stratigraphy, biology, collections, ecology, entomology, palaeontology, zoology and history of natural science, either as self-standing individual works or as thematically homogeneous (monothematic) volumes consisting of individual contributions (proceedings).

Senckenberg Monographs is an international peer-reviewed series.

ISSN 2943-7539

Volumes are published at irregular intervals and you may submit a monograph for publication at any time. We expect one or two volumes of Senckenberg Monographs to be published annually.

For many years, the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research published three different series of monographs: Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (last issue Volume 576. 2021, ISSN 1868-0356), the Nova Supplementa Entomologica (last issue Volume 27. 2022, ISSN 0948-6038) and Peckiana (last issue Volume 14. 2021, ISSN 1618-1735). The editors of the three series and the Senckenberg Board of Directors decided to establish a new publication format under the title “Senckenberg Monographs”, in which the three formerly independent series are merged. Authors who are specialists in their field and selected peer reviewers will continue to guarantee the high standard of the content.

Scientists are encouraged to discuss potential volumes with the appropriate editor in advance.

 

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Guidelines for Authors and should be submitted digitally to the responsible editor-in-chief.

 

Editors-in-Chief:

Dr Ulrich Jansen (formerly Editor-in-Chief of Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung)

Professor Dr Thomas Schmitt (formerly Editor-in-Chief of Nova Supplementa Entomologica)

Professor Dr Karsten Wesche (formerly Editor-in-Chief of Peckiana)

 

For all correspondence regarding Senckenberg Monographs please email senckenberg-monographs@senckenberg.de

 

The current volume of the Senckenberg Monographs is Volume 1, published in October 2024:

 

Katharina Schmidt-Loske, Georg F. Tschan & Willi E. R. Xylander

Space, time, plants and paper: Botanical exploration from colonial origins to global heritage

This volume sheds light on the critical role of both herbarium sheets and handwritten documents, such as letters and postcards, in advancing botanical research. While herbarium specimens provide essential details about plant collections, they often miss the rich contextual depth found in the correspondence between botanists. These written records, long overlooked, contain invaluable insights into the individuals involved in botanical research and the historical framework in which they worked.
The book originates from the workshop ‘Space, Time, Plants and Paper’ organized by the Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Value of the Past.’ The authors draw attention to the wealth of archival material available and advocate for its greater inclusion in modern botanical studies.

 

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Contents

Preface – launch of Senckenberg Monographs, p. i

 

Katharina Schmidt-Loske, Willi E. R. Xylander & Georg F. Tschan
Plants on paper – an introduction, p. 1

Kärin Nickelsen
Friedrich A. Körnicke and the origins of wheat: Economic Botany between Bonn, Berlin, and Palestine, p. 5

Kristin Victor
Auf der Suche nach den ‚Getreidestammformen‘ – Brief- und Pflanzenwechsel zwischen Bonn und Weimar, p. 17

Georg F. Tschan & Katharina Schmidt-Loske
Letters, plants and travel in the context of 19th century long-distance communication: Georg Schweinfurth’s correspondence with Friedrich August Körnicke, p. 27

Maria Will
(In-)Visible: The herbarium Carl Ludwig Blume from Indonesia and personal correspondence of Blume with his foster parents, p. 41

Stefan Dressler† & Joachim Scholz
Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884) – his botanical legacy, p. 51

Volker Otte
Die Selbstverständlichkeit globalen Denkens und ihre Widerspiegelung in der Flechten- und Moossammlung des SMNG, p. 63

Sandra Tamara Tikale
Three examples of cereal collecting in Northeast Namibia, p. 69

Katja Kaiser & Sabine von Mering
Making Connections. Open Data for Transdisciplinary Provenance Research on Collections from Colonial Contexts, p. 75

Sample pages