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Sources
All sources that could be identified are listed here in alphabetical order.
Texts by Linnæus himself (“Propria”) are not listed. Four sources—Hasselquist, Kalm, Loefling, Osbeck—appear to have been students. Most of their citations would today be listed as “personal communication”.
Note that the title pages of published books will often have different inflectional endings than those listed: for example, a title given as “Plantæ Rariores” might appear in print as “Libri Decem Plantarum Rariorum”.
AUTHORS AND TEXTS
Alpini, Prospero. De Plantis Exoticis
Listed as Alpinus : exotica.
Amman, Johann. Stirpes rariores in Imperio rutheno. “Herbarium” may refer to the actual herbarium, given to Linnæus at or before Amman’s death in 1743.
Listed as Amanni : Ruthenica, Herbarium.
Barrelier, Jacques. Icones Plantarum per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatæ
Listed as Barrelieri : Icones.
Bauhin, Gaspard. Pinax theatri botanici
Listed as Bauhini : pinax.
Bauhin, Jean (brother of Gaspard). Historia plantarum nova et absolutissima
Listed as Bauhini : Historia pl.
Boccone, Paolo. Museo di piante rare della Sicilia, Malta, Corsica, Italia, Piemonte, e Germania, Icones et descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae et Italiae
Listed as Bocconis : Museum, Siculæ plantæ.
Boerhaave, Herman. Index plantarum quae in horto academico Lugduno Batavo reperiuntur
Listed as Boerhavii : Hortus lugd-batavus.
Braunfels (Brunfels, Brunsfels), Otto. In Dioscoridis historiam plantarum certissima adaptatio, Herbarum vivae eicones
Listed as Brunsfelsii : Historia.
Breyne, Jakob. Exoticarum plantarum centuria prima
Breyne, Johann Philipp. Prodromus rariorum plantarum
Listed as Breynii : Centuria; Prodromus a filio.
Burmann, Johannes. Thesaurus zeylanicus, Rariorum Africanarum plantarum
Listed as Burmanni : Zeylanica, africanarum decades.
Buxbaum, Johann Christian. Plantarum minus cognitarum centuria I.-V.
Listed as Buxbaum : Centuriæ.
Camerer, Joachim (the younger). Editor of Pietro Andrea Mattioli, De Plantis Epitome Utilissima
Listed as Camerarii : epitome.
Catesby, Mark. Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands
Listed as Catesby : Carolina 1. 2. 3.
Clusius. see l’Ecluse
Colden, Cadwallader. de Plantis Coldinghamensibus in Provincia Noveboracensi Americes
Listed as Colden Conr. : Plantæ coldinghamiæ. act. ups. 1743. quart.
Colonna, Fabio. Ecphrasis
Listed as Columnæ : ecphrasis.
Commelin, Jan (Johannes). Hortus medicus Amstelodamensis
Commelin, Caspar (nephew of Jan). Praeludia botanica ad publicas plantarum exoticarum
Listed jointly as Commelini : Hort. amstel. 1. 2. Præludia.
Cornut, Jacques Philippe. Canadensium Plantarum Historia
Listed as Cornuti : Canadenses.
Dalechamp, Jacques. (H)istoria generalis plantarum
Listed as Dalechampii : historia.
Dalibard, Thomas-François. Florae parisiensis prodromus
Listed as Dalibard M. : Flora parisiensis. Paris. 1749. duod.
Dillen, Johann Jakob. Hortus Elthamensis, Historia Muscorum
Listed as Dillenii : Elthamenses, Musci.
Dodart, Denis. Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des plantes
Listed as Dodarti : memoires.
Dodoens, Rembert. Stirpium historiae pemptades sex
Listed as Dodonæi : pemptades.
Ecluse. see l’Ecluse
Fuchs, Leonhart. De historia stirpium commentarii insignes
Listed as Fuchsii : historia.
Gmelin, Johan Georg. Flora Sibirica (complete text has 4 volumes)
Listed as Gmelin J. G. : Flora Sibirica 1. 2. Petrop. 1750. &c. quart.
Gorter, David de. Flora Gelro-Zutphanica exhibens plantas per ducatum Gelriae et comitatum Zutphaniae crescentes: Harderwijk
Listed as Gorter Dav. : Floræ gelro-zulphan. Harderv. 1745. oct.
Gronov(ius), Jan Frederik (or Johann Friedrich). Flora Virginica.
Listed as Gronovius J. F. : Flora virginica 1. 2. Leidæ 1739. oct.
Guettard, Jean-Étienne. Observations sur les plantes
Listed as Guettard M. : Observations sur les plantes. Paris. 1747. oct.
Haller, Albrecht von. Enumeratio methodica stirpium Helveticae indigenarum
Listed as Haller Alb. : Stirpes helveticæ. Götting. 1742. Fol.
Hasselquist, Fred(e)rik. (Article and personal communication.)
Listed as Hasselquist Fr. : Pl. ægypti in act. ups. & epistolis.
Hermann, Paul. Hortus Academi Lugduno-Batavi Catalogus. Paradisus batavus
Listed as Hermanni : Hort. lugdbat. Paradisus.
Hill, (Sir) John. A History of Plants (also spelled Historie)
Listed as Hill Joh. : Historis of plants. Lond. 1751. fol.
Isnard. see Danty d’Isnard
Jussieu, Bernard de. several works with “Plantae rariores” in title
Listed as Jussieu B. : Pl. rariores variæ in lit. & act. paris.
Kaempfer, Engelbert. Amoenitates Exoticae
Listed as Kæmpferi : Amœnitates exoticæ.
Kalm, Pehr or Petter. (Unpublished work.)
Listed as Kalm Petr. : Plantæ canadenses propediem edendæ.
l’Ecluse, Charles de. Rariorum Plantarum Historia
Listed as Clusii : historia.
Lemonnier. see Monnier
l’Obel, Mathias de. Plantarum seu stirpium icones
Listed as Lobelii : Icones.
Loefling, Pehr. Personal communication and unpublished work.
Listed as Loefling Petr. : Pl. hispanicæ in epistolis, Msc.
Loesel, Johannes. Flora prussica
Listed as Lœselii : prussica.
Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb. Aphorismi botanici (1738)
Listed as Ludvig C. G. : Genera Aphorismi. Lips. 173? oct.
Markgraf, Georg. Historia rerum naturalium Brasiliae
Listed as Marcgravii : brasilia.
Martyn, John. Historia plantarum rariorum
Listed as Martyni : Centuria.
Mattioli. see Camerer
Mitchel(l), John. Genera plantarum (Virginiae or Virginiacarum)
Listed as Mitchel Joh. : Genera pl. virginic. E. N. C.
Morison, Robert. Plantarum historia universalis
Listed as Morisoni : historia. 2. 3.
Obel. see l’Obel
Osbeck, Pehr. (Personal communication and unpublished work.)
Listed as Osbeck Petr. : Pl. chinenses in literis, Msc.
Petiver, James. Gazophylacium Naturæ et Artis
Listed as Petiveri : gazaphylacium.
Plukenet, Leonard Almagestum Botanicum, Phytographia
Listed as Plukenetii : Almagestum, Phytographia.
Ray, John. Historia Plantarum
Listed as Raji : historia. 1. 2. Supplementum 3. Synopsis 3:tia
Reneaulme, Paul de. Specimen Historiae Plantarum
Listed as Renealmi : Specimen.
Rheede, Hendrik Adrian van. Hortus Malabaricus
Listed as Rheede : Hort. malab.
Rivin, Auguste. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales
Listed as Rivini : Ordines.
Royen, Adriann van. Florae Leydensis Prodromus, exhibens plantas quae in horto academico Lugduno-Batavo aluntur
Listed as Royen Adr. : Flora leidensis. Leidæ 1740. oct.
Sauvages = François Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix (sometimes shown as de la Croix de Sauvages) Methodus foliorum, seu plantae florae monspeliensis (La Haye)
Listed as Sauvages Fr. : Flora monspeliensis. Hagæ 1751. oct.
Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob. Agrostographia sive Historia graminum, Itinera alpina tria
Listed as Scheuchzeri : Gramina, Itinera alpina.
Séguier, Jean-François. Plantæ Veronenses
Listed as Seguieri : Verona.
Sloane, (Sir) Hans. A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica ...
Listed as Sloani : Jamaica.
Tabernæmontani. see Theodor
Theodor, Jacob (from Bergzabern = Tabernaemontanus). Neuw Kreuterbuch (This text may have been confused with Fuchs, Historia, which appears to have used the same illustrations)
Listed as Tabernæmontani : Historia.
Tilli, Michelangelo. Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani
Listed as Tilli : Hortus pisanus.
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de. Institutiones Rei Herbariae
Listed as Tournefortii : institutiones.
Wachendorff, Evert Jacob van. (Utrecht) Horti Ultrajectini Index
Listed as Wachendorff E. J. : Hortus Ultrajectinus. Traject. 1747. oct.
AUTHORS OF UNIDENTIFIED TEXTS
Büttner, David Sigismund. (Source uncertain; title may involve misreading of publisher’s name Cunonis)
Listed as Büttner D. G. : Plantæ cunonis. Amstel. 1750. oct.
Danty d’Isnard, Antoine-Tristan. (Text unidentified: journal article?)
Listed as Isnard : acta parisina.
Monnier = Louis Guillaume le Monnier (sometimes shown as Lemonnier). (Text unidentified)
Listed as Monier Lud. Guil. : cat. des pl. en Auvergne &c. Par. 1745. q.
Monti, Gaetano Lorenzo. (Text unidentified; “Aldrovandæ” may be an error for “Aldovrandæ”)
Listed as Monti Cajet : Genus Aldrovandæ &c. Inst. Bonon. Vol. 2.
Plumier, Charles Nova plantarum americanarum genera. Description des plantes de l’Amérique (Sources uncertain)
Listed as Plumierii : Genera, Species, Americana, Filices.
Sesler, Leonhard. (Text unidentified)
Listed as Seslerus Leonh. : Epistola de vitaliana. Venet. 1750. fol.
Vaillant, Sébastien. Botanicon Parisiense (Texts uncertain)
Listed as Vaillantii : Acta parisina. Flora parisina.
UNIDENTIFIED AUTHORS
Fewillæi : peruviana.
Michelii : Genera nova.
Monti : Gramina. (Text unidentified; author may be the Gaetano Monti listed above)
Author’s Addenda
Longer items were listed at the end of the first volume. Brief additions were listed twice, 30 pages apart, at the end of the second volume. Additions to the present selection, Monandria through Triandria, are:
paragraph added to Gratiola virginiana (page 17)
Tsieria Manga Nari ...
paragraph added to Salvia pratensis (page 25)
Habitat in ...
genus added between Melothria and Lœflingia (page 35)
ORTEGA
species added to genus Stipa (page 79)
4. membranacea
species added to genus Elymus (page 84)
6. Hystriæ
Author’s Errata
The original Errata list appears at the end of the second volume. All changes have been made and marked. The six items that apply to the present selection are:
page 6 no. 3 for Virginia read virginica
The passage cited occurs on page 4, not page 6.
page 30 no. 14 for petatum read peltatum
The text to be corrected reads “pelatum”.
page 59 no. 9 for filiformæ read filiforme
The passage cited occurs on page 57, not page 59.
page 61 MILIUM 1. for foliis dispermis read floribus
dispermis
The text to be corrected reads “foliis dispersis”;
“foliis” was changed to “floribus” but “dispersis” was retained.
page 63 no. 1 for spicatum read indicum
The name is feminine; “spicata” was changed to “indica”.
page 83 LOLIUM 1. for ☉ read ♃
page 83 LOLIUM 2. for ♃ read ☉