Jump to content

Flora Brasiliensis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Spicemix (talk | contribs) at 09:52, 3 February 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Flora Brasiliensis
Illustration of Senecio brasiliensis from Flora Brasiliensis
AuthorCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Stephan Endlicher, August Wilhelm Eichler and Ignatz Urban (main authors)
Publication date
Between 1840 and 1906
Media typePrint
Pages10,367

Flora Brasiliensis is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22,767 species, mostly Brazilian angiosperms.

The work was begun by Stephan Endlicher and Martius.[1] Von Martius completed 46 of the 130 fascicles before his death in 1868, with the monograph being completed in 1906.

It was published by the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

Book's structure

This Flora's volumes are an attempt to systematically categorise the known plants of the region.

  • 15 volumes
    • 40 parts
      • 10,367 pages

See also

References

  1. ^ "Endlicher, Stephan L. (1804–1849)". Collectors & Illustrators. Australian National Herbarium. November 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-20.