Jan_Svatopluk_Presl

Jan Svatopluk Presl

Jan Svatopluk Presl

Bohemian natural scientist

Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a Czech natural scientist.

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He was the brother of botanist Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852). The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia (founded in 1914). He is the author of Czech scientific terminology of various branches of science, including the Czech chemical nomenclature. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work, O Přirozenosti Rostlin. The brothers co-edited the exsiccata series Vegetabilia cryptogamica Boëmiae collecta a Joanne et Carolo Presl.[1]

Selected publications

  • Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820). O Přirozenosti Rostlin. Prague: Krala Wiljma Endersa.
  • Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820–1835). O Přirozenosti Rostlin aneb rostlinář. Prague: Jos Krause.
The standard author abbreviation J.Presl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Vegetabilia cryptogamica Boëmiae collecta a Joanne et Carolo Presl: IndExs ExsiccataID=144466304". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    International Plant Names Index.  J.Presl.


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