Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
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Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is an 1810 flora of Australia by botanist Robert Brown.[1] It is often referred to as Prodromus Flora Novae Hollandiae, or by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland..[2]
Brown's Prodromus was the first attempt at a survey of the Australian flora; it described over 2040 species, over half of which were published for the first time.[3] Sales of the Prodromus were so poor, however, that Brown withdrew it from sale. A second edition was released in 1821, and a supplement, Supplementum Primum Prodromi Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1830. The commerical failure of the first volume meant that Brown never produced additional volumes that he had planned.
[edit] References
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London: Richard Taylor & Son.
- ^ Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae van-Diemen. International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
- ^ Orchard, A. E.. (1999). "Introduction". Flora of Australia (2nd edition) 1: 1–9. Ed. A. E. Orchard. Australian Biological Resources Study. ISBN 0-643-05965-2.
[edit] External links
- Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. botanicus. Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
