Carl Borivoj Presl
| Carl Borivoj Presl | |
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| Born |
17 February 1794 Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy |
| Died |
2 October 1852 (aged 58) Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire |
| Fields | Botany, Medicine |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | C.Presl |
Karel Bořivoj Presl (17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist.
He lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).[1] He made an expedition to Sicily in 1817,[2] and with his brother, published a "Flora bohemica" titled "Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis" in 1819.[3]
His older brother Jan Svatopluk Presl was also a noted botanist; the journal Preslia of the Czech Botanical Society is named in their honor.[4] The botanical genera Preslaea Mart., 1827 (family Boraginaceae) and Preslia Opiz, 1824 (family Lamiaceae) are dedicated to the two brothers.[1]
He spent nearly 15 years producing the "Reliquiae Haenkeanae" (published from 1825 to 1835), a work based on botanical specimens collected in the Americas by Thaddaeus Haenke.[5]
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, 1825 to 1835.[6]
- "Flora sicula, exhibens plantas vasculosas in Sicilia aut sponte crescentes aut frequentissime cultas, secundum systema naturale digestas", 1826.
- "Symbolae botanicae, sive, Descriptiones et icones plantarum novarum aut minus cognitarum", 1832.
- "Catalogue of Ferns: After the Arrangement of C. Sprengel", 1841; Whittaker and Company, 1841.[7]
- Hymenophyllaceae, 1845 – Monograph on Hymenophyllaceae.
- "Supplementum Tentaminis Pteridographiae", 1847.
- Die Gefässbündel im Stipes der Farrn, 1848 – The vascular bundles in the stipes of ferns.[8]
References
- 1 2 BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ↑ Kifissia, Greece: Goulandris Natural History Museum, J.Makris (1984) Paeonia mascula
- ↑ Google Books Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis
- ↑ Preslia The Journal of the Czech Botanical Society
- ↑ Google Books Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists edited by Keir Brooks Sterling
- ↑ Botanicus Reliquiae Haenkeanae
- ↑ Google Search publications)
- ↑ Google Search publications
- ↑ "Author Query for 'C.Presl'". International Plant Names Index.
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