Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ca. 420 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004234116
Series Statement:
Brill / Biology E-Books Online
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin -- Chapter One: A Leiden Botanist -- Chapter Two: Botanical Expedition to the Caribbean -- Chapter Three: The Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia -- Conclusion: Ambassador of Flora -- Appendix I: Jacquin’s American Plants -- Appendix II: Jacquin’s American Animals -- Appendix III: Jacquin’s Publications -- Bibliography -- Indices.
Content:
Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants offers a detailed account of the Austrian botanical expedition to the Caribbean that took place between 1754 and 1759, culminating in the publication of the Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia (1763) by the famous Dutch-born scientist, the first Linnaean botanist in the New World. Novel findings about Jacquin’s family and early life are given. Through a careful reading of Jacquin’s own publications, letters and manuscripts, Santiago Madriñán provides, from a botanist’s perspective, a meticulous description of the places visited by Jacquin and the plants he collected. The splendid color illustrations of the plants published in the luxury second edition of the Selectarum in 1780 are here reprinted, together with an annotated list of the species described. This title was awarded the Stafleu Medal for 2015 for publications of 2013 and 2014 for outstanding publications in historical, bibliographical, and/or nomenclatural aspects of plant taxonomy
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004234109
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Madriñán, Santiago, 1964 - Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's American plants Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2013 ISBN 9789004234109
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004234116
Language:
English
Keywords:
Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph von 1727-1817 Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia
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Edition
DOI:
10.1163/9789004234116
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