Over the years Rudi has received public acknowledgement of his contribution to science. These represent the most notable.
1996 (Winter): Howard, Richard A. An almanac of botanical trivia. The Author, Acton.
1996 (Feb., May): Schmid, Rudi. Forty columns later: Confessions of the Taxon “RevNot” editor. Taxon 45:188-190, 440.
1998 (Nov.): … Fifty columns …. Taxon 47:1020.
1999 (Aug.): International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT), a Special Engler Medal in Silver for Rudi’s accomplishments as editor (1986-99) of the “Reviews and notices of publications” column of Taxon: International journal of plant taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution.
2001 (June): Frodin, David G. Guide to standard floras of the world. 2nd ed. Dedication: “To Sidney Fay Blake and Alice Cary Atwood, authors of Geographical guide to the floras of the world, Phyllis I. Edwards and Rudolf Schmid, advocates for botanical documentation, and E.J.H. Corner, who eloquently reminded us of what Floras are for.” [The dedication in the 1984 first edition mentions only Blake, Atwood, and Corner.]
2011 (Feb.): [Stuessy, Tod F. (ed., “Plant systematics world” column, Taxon).] 100 issues, 25 years. Taxon 60:300.
2011 (Feb.): Schmid, Rudolf. One hundred columns later: Confessions of the Taxon “RevNot” editor. Taxon 60:301-304.
2011 (May): Warnement, Judy & Hannah, Laurie. Rudi Schmid marks milestone. Newslett. Council Bot. Hort. Libraries 121:1, 3.
2015 (Dec.): Schmid, Rudolf. One hundred thirty columns later: Final confessions of the Taxon “RevNot” editor. Taxon 64:1364-1365.
2015-16 (Winter): Turner, Jan Loechell. [Rudolf Schmid]: Rudi’s retirement saddens botanical bibliophiles. Aquilegia 40:30-31.
2016 (Feb.): Lack, Hans Walter. Final confessions. [18 Feb. 2016 e-mail to Rudi Schmid.]
2016 (Feb.): Pay tribute to a taxonomic veteran: Rudi Schmid. 2016:1-3. [Reissue sans photo of Taxon 64:1364-1365 (Dec. 2015).]
2017 (Winter): [Turner, Jan Loechell (ed., Aquilegia).] Intermountain Flora set (Vol. 1-7) available. Thank you, Rudi! Aquilegia 41:5.