Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants
Botanical Expedition to the Caribbean (1754–1759) and the Publication of the Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
Seiten
2013
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-23410-9 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-23410-9 (ISBN)
In Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants Santiago Madriñán unearths previously unknown aspects of the Austrian botanical expedition to the Caribbean (1754–1759). The splendid colour illustrations of the plants collected by Jacquin are reprinted with an annotated list of the species.
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.
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.
Santiago Madriñán Restrepo, PhD (Harvard '96), FLS, is Associate Professor of Botany at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. He is the author of a Flora Neotropica Monograph on Rhodostemonodaphne (2004), Flora ilustrada del Páramo de Chingaza (third ed., 2012), and co-editor of Biodiversidad, Conservación y Desarrollo (2012).
Preface 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
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1556 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-23410-1 / 9004234101 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-23410-9 / 9789004234109 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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