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JOSEPH GAERTNER AND HIS CARPOLOGIA *
Author(s) -
Stafleu F. A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1969.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , taxonomy (biology) , work (physics) , computer science , ecology , engineering , biology , programming language , mechanical engineering
SUMMARY Joseph Gaertner (1732–1791) was the first to develop a carpological taxonomy in his book De fructibus et seminibus plantarum (1788–1791). The scope and background of this work are discussed; its history is sketched on the basis of the Banks correspondence at the British Museum; the main sources of material are listed. A brief outline of Gaertner's life is given, also mainly based on letters from him and his contemporaries to Joseph Banks.