Carl Borivoj Presl (Czech: Karel Bořivoj Presl; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist. The standard author abbreviation C.Presl is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
Carl Borivoj Presl | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 October 1852 58) | (aged
Alma mater | Charles University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Medicine |
Author abbrev. (botany) | C.Presl |
Biography
Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).[2] He made an expedition to Sicily in 1817,[3] and with his brother, published a "Flora bohemica" titled "Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis" in 1819.[4]
His older brother Jan Svatopluk Presl was also a noted botanist; the journal Preslia of the Czech Botanical Society is named in their honor.[5] The botanical genera Preslaea Mart., 1827 from the family Boraginaceae, (now a synonym of Euploca Nutt.[6] ) and Preslia Opiz, 1824 of the family Lamiaceae (it is also now a synonym of Woodsia R.Br.[7]) are dedicated to the two brothers.[2] In 2006, botanists (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend published Presliophytum, a genus of flowering plants from South America, belonging to the family Loasaceae which also honours Carl Borivoj Presl's name.[8]
He spent nearly 15 years producing the exsiccata "Reliquiae Haenkeanae" (published from 1825 to 1835), a work based on botanical specimens collected in the Americas by Thaddaeus Haenke.[9][10][11]
See also
- Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl (C.Presl)
- Jan Svatopluk Presl (J.Presl, 1791–1849) — Czech chemist/mineralogist/botanist, and older brother of Carl Presl.
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