Carl Borivoj Presl

Carl Borivoj Presl
Born(1794-02-17)17 February 1794
Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy
Died2 October 1852(1852-10-02) (aged 58)
Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Alma materCharles University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Medicine
Author abbrev. (botany)C.Presl

Carl Borivoj Presl (Czech: Karel Bořivoj Presl; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist. The standard author abbreviation C.Presl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Biography

Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).[2] He made an expedition to Sicily in 1817,[3] and with his brother, published a "Flora bohemica" titled "Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis" in 1819.[4]

His older brother Jan Svatopluk Presl was also a noted botanist; the journal Preslia of the Czech Botanical Society is named in their honor.[5] The botanical genera Preslaea Mart., 1827 from the family Boraginaceae, (now a synonym of Euploca Nutt.[6] ) and Preslia Opiz, 1824 of the family Lamiaceae (it is also now a synonym of Woodsia R.Br.[7]) are dedicated to the two brothers.[2] In 2006, botanists (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend published Presliophytum, a genus of flowering plants from South America, belonging to the family Loasaceae which also honours Carl Borivoj Presl's name.[8]

Gravesite of the Presl brothers at the Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague

He spent nearly 15 years producing the exsiccata "Reliquiae Haenkeanae" (published from 1825 to 1835), a work based on botanical specimens collected in the Americas by Thaddaeus Haenke.[9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  C.Presl.
  2. ^ a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ^ Kifissia, Greece: Goulandris Natural History Museum, J.Makris (1984) Paeonia mascula
  4. ^ Google Books Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis
  5. ^ Preslia The Journal of the Czech Botanical Society
  6. ^ "Preslaea Mart. | Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Preslia Opiz | Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Presliophytum (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend | Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ^ Google Books Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists edited by Keir Brooks Sterling
  10. ^ "Reliquiae Haenkeanae: IndExs ExsiccataID=312936576". IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.

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.[1]
  • "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.[2]
  • Hymenophyllaceae, 1845 – Monograph on Hymenophyllaceae.
  • "Supplementum Tentaminis Pteridographiae", 1847.
  • Die Gefässbündel im Stipes der Farrn, 1848 – The vascular bundles in the stipes of ferns.[3]


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  1. ^ Botanicus Reliquiae Haenkeanae
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