Navigation: Finding SpeciesIf you are comfortable with your browser’s address bar you can go directly to any genus or species in this document. Put your insertion point at the end of the current addresswithout changing or deleting anything. After the letters “html”, type a # followed by the genus or species name like this:#genus (full genus name in lower-case letters, expand “æ” and “œ” to “ae” and “oe“)#genus_spec (full genus name, underline, first 4 letters of species name, treating “æ” and “œ” as two letters)#genus_spec_subs (same as above, adding first 4 letters of subspecies name)A few species had to be given alternate anchor names to avoid conflicts. You can also use your browser’s “Find” function to search for names or other text.SourcesAll 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 TEXTSAlpini, Prospero.De Plantis ExoticisListed asAlpinus : 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 asAmanni : Ruthenica, Herbarium.Barrelier, Jacques.Icones Plantarum per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatæListed asBarrelieri : Icones.Bauhin, Gaspard.Pinax theatri botaniciListed asBauhini : pinax.Bauhin, Jean (brother of Gaspard).Historia plantarum nova et absolutissimaListed asBauhini : 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 ItaliaeListed asBocconis : Museum, Siculæ plantæ.Boerhaave, Herman.Index plantarum quae in horto academico Lugduno Batavo reperiunturListed asBoerhavii : Hortus lugd-batavus.Braunfels (Brunfels, Brunsfels), Otto.In Dioscoridis historiam plantarum certissima adaptatio,Herbarum vivae eiconesListed asBrunsfelsii : Historia.Breyne, Jakob.Exoticarum plantarum centuria primaBreyne, Johann Philipp.Prodromus rariorum plantarumListed asBreynii : Centuria; Prodromus a filio.Burmann, Johannes.Thesaurus zeylanicus,Rariorum Africanarum plantarumListed asBurmanni : Zeylanica, africanarum decades.Buxbaum, Johann Christian.Plantarum minus cognitarum centuria I.-V.Listed asBuxbaum : Centuriæ.Camerer, Joachim (the younger).Editor ofPietro Andrea Mattioli,De Plantis Epitome UtilissimaListed asCamerarii : epitome.Catesby, Mark.Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama IslandsListed asCatesby : Carolina 1. 2. 3.Clusius.see l’EcluseColden, Cadwallader.de Plantis Coldinghamensibus in Provincia Noveboracensi AmericesListed asColden Conr. : Plantæ coldinghamiæ. act. ups. 1743. quart.Colonna, Fabio.EcphrasisListed asColumnæ : ecphrasis.Commelin, Jan (Johannes).Hortus medicus AmstelodamensisCommelin, Caspar (nephew of Jan).Praeludia botanica ad publicas plantarum exoticarumListed jointly asCommelini : Hort. amstel. 1. 2. Præludia.Cornut, Jacques Philippe.Canadensium Plantarum HistoriaListed asCornuti : Canadenses.Dalechamp, Jacques.(H)istoria generalis plantarumListed asDalechampii : historia.Dalibard, Thomas-François.Florae parisiensis prodromusListed asDalibard M. : Flora parisiensis. Paris. 1749. duod.Dillen, Johann Jakob.Hortus Elthamensis,Historia MuscorumListed asDillenii : Elthamenses, Musci.Dodart, Denis.Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des plantesListed asDodarti : memoires.Dodoens, Rembert.Stirpium historiae pemptades sexListed asDodonæi : pemptades.Ecluse.see l’EcluseFuchs, Leonhart.De historia stirpium commentarii insignesListed asFuchsii : historia.Gmelin, Johan Georg.Flora Sibirica(complete text has 4 volumes)Listed asGmelin 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: HarderwijkListed asGorter Dav. : Floræ gelro-zulphan. Harderv. 1745. oct.Gronov(ius), Jan Frederik (or Johann Friedrich).Flora Virginica.Listed asGronovius J. F. : Flora virginica 1. 2. Leidæ 1739. oct.Guettard, Jean-Étienne.Observations sur les plantesListed asGuettard M. : Observations sur les plantes. Paris. 1747. oct.Haller, Albrecht von.Enumeratio methodica stirpium Helveticae indigenarumListed asHaller Alb. : Stirpes helveticæ. Götting. 1742. Fol.Hasselquist, Fred(e)rik. (Article and personal communication.)Listed asHasselquist Fr. : Pl. ægypti in act. ups. & epistolis.Hermann, Paul.Hortus Academi Lugduno-Batavi Catalogus.Paradisus batavusListed asHermanni : Hort. lugdbat. Paradisus.Hill, (Sir) John.A History of Plants(also spelled Historie)Listed asHill Joh. : Historis of plants. Lond. 1751. fol.Isnard.see Danty d’IsnardJussieu, Bernard de.several works with “Plantae rariores” in titleListed asJussieu B. : Pl. rariores variæ in lit. & act. paris.Kaempfer, Engelbert.Amoenitates ExoticaeListed asKæmpferi : Amœnitates exoticæ.Kalm, Pehr or Petter. (Unpublished work.)Listed asKalm Petr. : Plantæ canadenses propediem edendæ.l’Ecluse, Charles de.Rariorum Plantarum HistoriaListed asClusii : historia.Lemonnier.see Monnierl’Obel, Mathias de.Plantarum seu stirpium iconesListed asLobelii : Icones.Loefling, Pehr. Personal communication and unpublished work.Listed asLoefling Petr. : Pl. hispanicæ in epistolis, Msc.Loesel, Johannes.Flora prussicaListed asLœselii : prussica.Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb.Aphorismi botanici (1738)Listed asLudvig C. G. : Genera Aphorismi. Lips. 173? oct.Markgraf, Georg.Historia rerum naturalium BrasiliaeListed asMarcgravii : brasilia.Martyn, John.Historia plantarum rariorumListed asMartyni : Centuria.Mattioli.see CamererMitchel(l), John.Genera plantarum(VirginiaeorVirginiacarum)Listed asMitchel Joh. : Genera pl. virginic. E. N. C.Morison, Robert.Plantarum historia universalisListed asMorisoni : historia. 2. 3.Obel.see l’ObelOsbeck, Pehr. (Personal communication and unpublished work.)Listed asOsbeck Petr. : Pl. chinenses in literis, Msc.Petiver, James.Gazophylacium Naturæ et ArtisListed asPetiveri : gazaphylacium.Plukenet, LeonardAlmagestum Botanicum,PhytographiaListed asPlukenetii : Almagestum, Phytographia.Ray, John.Historia PlantarumListed asRaji : historia. 1. 2. Supplementum 3. Synopsis 3:tiaReneaulme, Paul de.Specimen Historiae PlantarumListed asRenealmi : Specimen.Rheede, Hendrik Adrian van.Hortus MalabaricusListed asRheede : Hort. malab.Rivin, Auguste.Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturalesListed asRivini : Ordines.Royen, Adriann van.Florae Leydensis Prodromus, exhibens plantas quae in horto academico Lugduno-Batavo alunturListed asRoyen 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 asSauvages Fr. : Flora monspeliensis. Hagæ 1751. oct.Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob.Agrostographia sive Historia graminum,Itinera alpina triaListed asScheuchzeri : Gramina, Itinera alpina.Séguier, Jean-François.Plantæ VeronensesListed asSeguieri : Verona.Sloane, (Sir) Hans.A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica ...Listed asSloani : Jamaica.Tabernæmontani.see TheodorTheodor, Jacob (from Bergzabern = Tabernaemontanus).Neuw Kreuterbuch(This text may have been confused with Fuchs, Historia, which appears to have used the same illustrations)Listed asTabernæmontani : Historia.Tilli, Michelangelo.Catalogus Plantarum Horti PisaniListed asTilli : Hortus pisanus.Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de.Institutiones Rei HerbariaeListed asTournefortii : institutiones.Wachendorff, Evert Jacob van. (Utrecht)Horti Ultrajectini IndexListed asWachendorff E. J. : Hortus Ultrajectinus. Traject. 1747. oct.AUTHORS OF UNIDENTIFIED TEXTSBüttner, David Sigismund. (Source uncertain; title may involve misreading of publisher’s name Cunonis)Listed asBüttner D. G. : Plantæ cunonis. Amstel. 1750. oct.Danty d’Isnard, Antoine-Tristan. (Text unidentified: journal article?)Listed asIsnard : acta parisina.Monnier = Louis Guillaume le Monnier (sometimes shown as Lemonnier). (Text unidentified)Listed asMonier Lud. Guil. : cat. des pl. en Auvergne &c. Par. 1745. q.Monti, Gaetano Lorenzo. (Text unidentified; “Aldrovandæ” may be an error for “Aldovrandæ”)Listed asMonti Cajet : Genus Aldrovandæ &c. Inst. Bonon. Vol. 2.Plumier, CharlesNova plantarum americanarum genera.Description des plantes de l’Amérique(Sources uncertain)Listed asPlumierii : Genera, Species, Americana, Filices.Sesler, Leonhard. (Text unidentified)Listed asSeslerus Leonh. : Epistola de vitaliana. Venet. 1750. fol.Vaillant, Sébastien.Botanicon Parisiense(Texts uncertain)Listed asVaillantii : Acta parisina. Flora parisina.UNIDENTIFIED AUTHORSFewillæi : peruviana.Michelii : Genera nova.Monti : Gramina. (Text unidentified; author may be the Gaetano Monti listed above)Author’s AddendaLonger 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)ORTEGAspecies added to genus Stipa (page 79)4.membranaceaspecies added to genus Elymus (page 84)6.HystriæAuthor’s ErrataThe original Errata list appears at the end of the second volume. All changes have been made andmarked. The six items that apply to the present selection are:page 6 no. 3forVirginiareadvirginicaThe passage cited occurs on page 4, not page 6.page 30 no. 14forpetatumreadpeltatumThe text to be corrected reads “pelatum”.page 59 no. 9forfiliformæreadfiliformeThe passage cited occurs on page 57, not page 59.page 61 MILIUM 1.forfoliis dispermisreadfloribus dispermisThe text to be corrected reads “foliis dispersis”;“foliis” was changed to “floribus” but “dispersis” was retained.page 63 no. 1forspicatumreadindicumThe name is feminine; “spicata” was changed to “indica”.page 83 LOLIUM 1.for☉read♃page 83 LOLIUM2.for♃read☉
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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”.
Alpini, Prospero.De Plantis Exoticis
Listed asAlpinus : 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 asAmanni : Ruthenica, Herbarium.
Barrelier, Jacques.Icones Plantarum per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatæ
Listed asBarrelieri : Icones.
Bauhin, Gaspard.Pinax theatri botanici
Listed asBauhini : pinax.
Bauhin, Jean (brother of Gaspard).Historia plantarum nova et absolutissima
Listed asBauhini : 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 asBocconis : Museum, Siculæ plantæ.
Boerhaave, Herman.Index plantarum quae in horto academico Lugduno Batavo reperiuntur
Listed asBoerhavii : Hortus lugd-batavus.
Braunfels (Brunfels, Brunsfels), Otto.In Dioscoridis historiam plantarum certissima adaptatio,Herbarum vivae eicones
Listed asBrunsfelsii : Historia.
Breyne, Jakob.Exoticarum plantarum centuria prima
Breyne, Johann Philipp.Prodromus rariorum plantarum
Listed asBreynii : Centuria; Prodromus a filio.
Burmann, Johannes.Thesaurus zeylanicus,Rariorum Africanarum plantarum
Listed asBurmanni : Zeylanica, africanarum decades.
Buxbaum, Johann Christian.Plantarum minus cognitarum centuria I.-V.
Listed asBuxbaum : Centuriæ.
Camerer, Joachim (the younger).Editor ofPietro Andrea Mattioli,De Plantis Epitome Utilissima
Listed asCamerarii : epitome.
Catesby, Mark.Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands
Listed asCatesby : Carolina 1. 2. 3.
Clusius.see l’Ecluse
Colden, Cadwallader.de Plantis Coldinghamensibus in Provincia Noveboracensi Americes
Listed asColden Conr. : Plantæ coldinghamiæ. act. ups. 1743. quart.
Colonna, Fabio.Ecphrasis
Listed asColumnæ : ecphrasis.
Commelin, Jan (Johannes).Hortus medicus Amstelodamensis
Commelin, Caspar (nephew of Jan).Praeludia botanica ad publicas plantarum exoticarum
Listed jointly asCommelini : Hort. amstel. 1. 2. Præludia.
Cornut, Jacques Philippe.Canadensium Plantarum Historia
Listed asCornuti : Canadenses.
Dalechamp, Jacques.(H)istoria generalis plantarum
Listed asDalechampii : historia.
Dalibard, Thomas-François.Florae parisiensis prodromus
Listed asDalibard M. : Flora parisiensis. Paris. 1749. duod.
Dillen, Johann Jakob.Hortus Elthamensis,Historia Muscorum
Listed asDillenii : Elthamenses, Musci.
Dodart, Denis.Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des plantes
Listed asDodarti : memoires.
Dodoens, Rembert.Stirpium historiae pemptades sex
Listed asDodonæi : pemptades.
Ecluse.see l’Ecluse
Fuchs, Leonhart.De historia stirpium commentarii insignes
Listed asFuchsii : historia.
Gmelin, Johan Georg.Flora Sibirica(complete text has 4 volumes)
Listed asGmelin 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 asGorter Dav. : Floræ gelro-zulphan. Harderv. 1745. oct.
Gronov(ius), Jan Frederik (or Johann Friedrich).Flora Virginica.
Listed asGronovius J. F. : Flora virginica 1. 2. Leidæ 1739. oct.
Guettard, Jean-Étienne.Observations sur les plantes
Listed asGuettard M. : Observations sur les plantes. Paris. 1747. oct.
Haller, Albrecht von.Enumeratio methodica stirpium Helveticae indigenarum
Listed asHaller Alb. : Stirpes helveticæ. Götting. 1742. Fol.
Hasselquist, Fred(e)rik. (Article and personal communication.)
Listed asHasselquist Fr. : Pl. ægypti in act. ups. & epistolis.
Hermann, Paul.Hortus Academi Lugduno-Batavi Catalogus.Paradisus batavus
Listed asHermanni : Hort. lugdbat. Paradisus.
Hill, (Sir) John.A History of Plants(also spelled Historie)
Listed asHill Joh. : Historis of plants. Lond. 1751. fol.
Isnard.see Danty d’Isnard
Jussieu, Bernard de.several works with “Plantae rariores” in title
Listed asJussieu B. : Pl. rariores variæ in lit. & act. paris.
Kaempfer, Engelbert.Amoenitates Exoticae
Listed asKæmpferi : Amœnitates exoticæ.
Kalm, Pehr or Petter. (Unpublished work.)
Listed asKalm Petr. : Plantæ canadenses propediem edendæ.
l’Ecluse, Charles de.Rariorum Plantarum Historia
Listed asClusii : historia.
Lemonnier.see Monnier
l’Obel, Mathias de.Plantarum seu stirpium icones
Listed asLobelii : Icones.
Loefling, Pehr. Personal communication and unpublished work.
Listed asLoefling Petr. : Pl. hispanicæ in epistolis, Msc.
Loesel, Johannes.Flora prussica
Listed asLœselii : prussica.
Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb.Aphorismi botanici (1738)
Listed asLudvig C. G. : Genera Aphorismi. Lips. 173? oct.
Markgraf, Georg.Historia rerum naturalium Brasiliae
Listed asMarcgravii : brasilia.
Martyn, John.Historia plantarum rariorum
Listed asMartyni : Centuria.
Mattioli.see Camerer
Mitchel(l), John.Genera plantarum(VirginiaeorVirginiacarum)
Listed asMitchel Joh. : Genera pl. virginic. E. N. C.
Morison, Robert.Plantarum historia universalis
Listed asMorisoni : historia. 2. 3.
Obel.see l’Obel
Osbeck, Pehr. (Personal communication and unpublished work.)
Listed asOsbeck Petr. : Pl. chinenses in literis, Msc.
Petiver, James.Gazophylacium Naturæ et Artis
Listed asPetiveri : gazaphylacium.
Plukenet, LeonardAlmagestum Botanicum,Phytographia
Listed asPlukenetii : Almagestum, Phytographia.
Ray, John.Historia Plantarum
Listed asRaji : historia. 1. 2. Supplementum 3. Synopsis 3:tia
Reneaulme, Paul de.Specimen Historiae Plantarum
Listed asRenealmi : Specimen.
Rheede, Hendrik Adrian van.Hortus Malabaricus
Listed asRheede : Hort. malab.
Rivin, Auguste.Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales
Listed asRivini : Ordines.
Royen, Adriann van.Florae Leydensis Prodromus, exhibens plantas quae in horto academico Lugduno-Batavo aluntur
Listed asRoyen 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 asSauvages Fr. : Flora monspeliensis. Hagæ 1751. oct.
Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob.Agrostographia sive Historia graminum,Itinera alpina tria
Listed asScheuchzeri : Gramina, Itinera alpina.
Séguier, Jean-François.Plantæ Veronenses
Listed asSeguieri : Verona.
Sloane, (Sir) Hans.A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica ...
Listed asSloani : 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 asTabernæmontani : Historia.
Tilli, Michelangelo.Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani
Listed asTilli : Hortus pisanus.
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de.Institutiones Rei Herbariae
Listed asTournefortii : institutiones.
Wachendorff, Evert Jacob van. (Utrecht)Horti Ultrajectini Index
Listed asWachendorff E. J. : Hortus Ultrajectinus. Traject. 1747. oct.
Büttner, David Sigismund. (Source uncertain; title may involve misreading of publisher’s name Cunonis)
Listed asBüttner D. G. : Plantæ cunonis. Amstel. 1750. oct.
Danty d’Isnard, Antoine-Tristan. (Text unidentified: journal article?)
Listed asIsnard : acta parisina.
Monnier = Louis Guillaume le Monnier (sometimes shown as Lemonnier). (Text unidentified)
Listed asMonier Lud. Guil. : cat. des pl. en Auvergne &c. Par. 1745. q.
Monti, Gaetano Lorenzo. (Text unidentified; “Aldrovandæ” may be an error for “Aldovrandæ”)
Listed asMonti Cajet : Genus Aldrovandæ &c. Inst. Bonon. Vol. 2.
Plumier, CharlesNova plantarum americanarum genera.Description des plantes de l’Amérique(Sources uncertain)
Listed asPlumierii : Genera, Species, Americana, Filices.
Sesler, Leonhard. (Text unidentified)
Listed asSeslerus Leonh. : Epistola de vitaliana. Venet. 1750. fol.
Vaillant, Sébastien.Botanicon Parisiense(Texts uncertain)
Listed asVaillantii : Acta parisina. Flora parisina.
Fewillæi : peruviana.
Michelii : Genera nova.
Monti : Gramina. (Text unidentified; author may be the Gaetano Monti listed above)
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
The original Errata list appears at the end of the second volume. All changes have been made andmarked. The six items that apply to the present selection are:
page 6 no. 3forVirginiareadvirginicaThe passage cited occurs on page 4, not page 6.
page 30 no. 14forpetatumreadpeltatumThe text to be corrected reads “pelatum”.
page 59 no. 9forfiliformæreadfiliformeThe passage cited occurs on page 57, not page 59.
page 61 MILIUM 1.forfoliis dispermisreadfloribus dispermisThe text to be corrected reads “foliis dispersis”;“foliis” was changed to “floribus” but “dispersis” was retained.
page 63 no. 1forspicatumreadindicumThe name is feminine; “spicata” was changed to “indica”.
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