A History of BotanyLandmarks of Botanical History. A Study of Certain Epochs in the Development of the Science of Botany. Edward Lee Greene

1910 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 379-382
Author(s):  
E. J. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Botanical History ◽  
History Of

Adam Zalužanský’s “De sexu plantarum” (1592): an early pioneering chapter on plant sexuality

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Funk
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
English Translation ◽  
History Of Botany ◽  
Main Work ◽  
Botanical History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

In the history of botany, Adam Zalužanský (d. 1613), a Bohemian physician, apothecary, botanist and professor at the University of Prague, is a little-known personality. Linnaeus's first biographers, for example, only knew Zalužanský from hearsay and suspected he was a native of Poland. This ignorance still pervades botanical history. Zalužanský is mentioned only peripherally or not at all. As late as the nineteenth century, a researcher would be unaware that Zalužanský’s main work Methodi herbariae libri tres actually existed in two editions from two different publishers (1592, Prague; 1604, Frankfurt). This paper introduces the life and work of Zalužanský. Special attention is paid to the chapter “De sexu plantarum” of Zalužanský’s Methodus, in which, more than one hundred years before the well-known De sexu plantarum epistola of R. J. Camerarius, the sexuality of plants is suggested. Additionally, for the first time, an English translation of Zalužanský’s chapter on plant sexuality is provided.

scholarly journals Recent research advances and ethno-botanical history of miang , a traditional fermented tea ( Camellia sinensis var. assamica ) of northern Thailand

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chartchai Khanongnuch ◽  
Kridsada Unban ◽  
Apinun Kanpiengjai ◽  
Chalermpong Saenjum
Keyword(s):  
Camellia Sinensis ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Botanical History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Eriophyoid studies in Turkey: review and perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evsel Denizhan ◽  
Wiktoria Szydło ◽  
Anna Skoracka
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Rich Diversity ◽  
Botanical History ◽  
Eriophyoid Mites ◽  
History Of

AbstractAlthough the geographical location and botanical history of Turkey make the country a perfect place for a potentially rich diversity of eriophyoid mites, little is known about the Turkish eriophyoid fauna. The current paper is a brief review of the existing records of eriophyoid mites found so far in Turkey, with additional information on 6 grass-associated eriophyoid species recorded recently. The 134 eriophyoid species collected in Turkey come from only ca. 1.2% of all Turkish plant species. The role of collecting ecological and molecular data and studying economically significant eriophyoid mites species in this area is particularly stressed.

scholarly journals The Story of the Tulip That Went Wild: Tracing the History of Introduction of Tulipa Sylvestris in Sixteenth-Century Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Stefanaki ◽  
Tilmann Walter ◽  
Tinde van Andel
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Southern France ◽  
As Species ◽  
Botanical History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract Tulipa sylvestris, commonly called the “wild tulip”, was introduced from the Mediterranean to northern Europe in the sixteenth century and became widely naturalized. Research has focused on tulips that came from the Orient, but the introduction path of this native European, early ornamental tulip is unclear, and so is its taxonomic status: three subspecies are provisionally accepted, sometimes treated as species. Here we elucidate the history of introduction of T. sylvestris and discuss its taxonomy based on our historical findings. The first bulbs came from Bologna (northern Italy) and Montpellier (southern France) in the 1550s-1570s. Several renown botanists were involved in their introduction, namely Gessner, Wieland, Aldrovandi, De Lobel, Clusius, and Dodoens. There were various introduction routes, including one from Spain which was apparently unsuccessful. The strong sixteenth-century Flemish botanical network facilitated the introduction and naturalization of T. sylvestris across Europe. Based on the latest tulip taxonomy, the diploid subspecies australis is native in the Mediterranean, and the tetraploid sylvestris is naturalized over Europe, but our historical findings show that both sylvestris and australis were introduced. This underlines the need to reconsider the taxonomic status of T. sylvestris, highlighting the importance of botanical history in understanding the complex taxonomy of naturalized cultivated plants.

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