''De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum'', also known by its standard botanical abbreviation ''Fruct. Sem. Pl.'', is a three-volume botanic treatise by

Joseph Gaertner Joseph Gaertner (12 March 1732 – 14 July 1791) was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, '' De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum'' (1788-1792). Biography He was born in Calw, and studied in Göttingen under Albrecht von Hal ...

. The first volume was published in December 1788. The second volume was published in four parts, in 1790, 1791, 1791 and 1792 respectively. A third volume was published after Gaertner's death by his son

Karl Friedrich von Gaertner Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (or Carl Friedrich von Gärtner) (1 May 1772 – 1 September 1850) was a well-known German botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botan ...

from 1805 to 1807; this final volume is also known as Supplementum Carpologicae, abbreviated as ''Suppl. Carp.''. Most of the illustrations for the work were done by

Johann Georg Sturm Johann Georg Sturm (1742–1793) was a German natural history illustrator noted for the plates in Joseph Gaertner's ''De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum'', and for co-authoring ''Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen''. He was the father of Jacob Stu ...

(1742-1793).Australasian Herbaria
/ref> ''De Fructibus'' was based on specimens of over a thousand

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, including Australian and

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specimens from the collection of Sir Joseph Banks, and

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n specimens from the collection of

Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...

. It was essentially a study of fruits and seeds, but the resultant classification was outstanding for its time.

Julius von Sachs Julius von Sachs (; 2 October 1832 – 29 May 1897) was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He is considered the founder of experimental plant physiology and co-founder of modern water culture. Julius von Sachs and Wilhelm Knop ...

claimed that the work "forms an epoch in the history of botany", writing

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