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Riedlé, Anselme

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1775, Yrsee near Ausburg, ? . Died: Oct. 21, 1801, Koepang, Timor.

career:

Gardener of the ‘Jardin des plantes’, Paris, who joined some French expeditions under command of Captain Baudin (see there), of which that of 1796-98 did not operate in Malaysian waters.

He is commemorated in the genera Riedleia A.P.DC. and Riedléja Hassk. Wrote a letter to France, dated later than Sept. 23rd.² [Confusion existed about the date of death, either Sept. 23rd or Oct. 21st]

Collecting localities:

Voyage in ‘Le Naturaliste’ and ‘Le Géographe’, 1800-04; cf. detailed itiner., literat. etc. sub Leschenault; other members of the expedition were Guichenot and Sautier (see those). The expedition reached Timor on Aug. 21, 1801; Riedlé collected till his death in the environs of Koepang and made a trip into the interior with Péron (Aug. 29).

collections:

Herb. Paris [P];¹ duplicates in Herb. Deless. (Geneva [G]), Brit. Mus. [BM], Kew [K]; Cambridge, U.K. [CGE]; in Herb. Berl. [B]: ex Herb. Knuth, possibly no Timor plants. Wood samples were collected by Riedlé & Guichenot; at Paris [P].

A MS. journal of part of the voyage in Libr. Nat. Hist. Mus. Paris.

literature:

(1) Some Timor plants described by J. Decaisne in ‘Herbarii timorensis descriptio’ (Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 3, 1834, p. 333-501, pl. 16-21; reprinted Paris 1835).
cf. also Baillon in Adansonia 11, p. 266.
Ph. van Tieghem: ‘Sur une Ochne nouvelle, originaire de Timor’ (Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 18, 1902, p. 47-49).
(2) ‘Extrait d’une lettre du citoyen Riedlé, embarqué, en qualité de premier jardinier, sur le Géographe, l’un des vaisseaux commandés par le capitaine Baudin, datée de Timor le 6 vendimaire an X; adressée au citoyen A. Thouin’ (Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1, 1802, p. 165-178).

biographical data:

URBAN, Symb. Antill., 3, 1902-03, p. 113; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936; in ‘Archives Nationales’, Paris (death recorded on Sept. 23).

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Riedlé, Anselme
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1775, Yrsee near Ausburg, ? . Died: Oct. 21, 1801, Koepang, Timor.
	career: Gardener of the ‘Jardin des plantes’, Paris, who joined some French expeditions under command of Captain Baudin (see there), of which that of 1796-98 did not operate in Malaysian waters. He is commemorated in the genera Riedleia A.P.DC. and Riedléja Hassk. Wrote a letter to France, dated later than Sept. 23rd.² [Confusion existed about the date of death, either Sept. 23rd or Oct. 21st]
	Collecting localities: Voyage in ‘Le Naturaliste’ and ‘Le Géographe’, 1800-04; cf. detailed itiner., literat. etc. sub Leschenault; other members of the expedition were Guichenot and Sautier (see those). The expedition reached Timor on Aug. 21, 1801; Riedlé collected till his death in the environs of Koepang and made a trip into the interior with Péron (Aug. 29).
	collections: Herb. Paris [P];¹ duplicates in Herb. Deless. (Geneva [G]), Brit. Mus. [BM], Kew [K]; Cambridge, U.K. [CGE]; in Herb. Berl. [B]: ex Herb. Knuth, possibly no Timor plants. Wood samples were collected by Riedlé & Guichenot; at Paris [P]. A MS. journal of part of the voyage in Libr. Nat. Hist. Mus. Paris.
	literature: (1) Some Timor plants described by J. Decaisne in ‘Herbarii timorensis descriptio’ (Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 3, 1834, p. 333-501, pl. 16-21; reprinted Paris 1835). cf. also Baillon in Adansonia 11, p. 266. Ph. van Tieghem: ‘Sur une Ochne nouvelle, originaire de Timor’ (Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 18, 1902, p. 47-49). (2) ‘Extrait d’une lettre du citoyen Riedlé, embarqué, en qualité de premier jardinier, sur le Géographe, l’un des vaisseaux commandés par le capitaine Baudin, datée de Timor le 6 vendimaire an X; adressée au citoyen A. Thouin’ (Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1, 1802, p. 165-178).
	biographical data: URBAN, Symb. Antill., 3, 1902-03, p. 113; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936; in ‘Archives Nationales’, Paris (death recorded on Sept. 23).