Carl Borivoj Presl

Karel Bořivoj Presl (1794 – 1852) was a Bohemian botanist.

He lived all his life in Prague, and was a professor at the University of Prague. He made an expedition to Sicily in 1817, and published a Flora bohemica in 1820.

His older brother Jan Svatopluk Presl was also a noted botanist; the journal Preslia of the Czech Botanical Society is named in their honor.

The standard author abbreviation C.Presl is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Bibliography

Carl Bořivoj Presl Reliquiae Haenkeanae : seu descriptiones et icones plantarum, quas in America meridionali et boreali, in insulis Philippinis et Marianis collegit Thaddaeus Haenke. J.G. Calve, Prague, 1830.Botanicus
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^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Presl, Karel
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Date of birth	1794
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Date of death	1852
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