''Historia Plantarum'' (
Latin
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: ''History of/Treatise on Plants'') has been used as all or part of the name of several books, which include:
* ''
Historia Plantarum (Theophrastus)
Theophrastus's ''Enquiry into Plants'' or ''Historia Plantarum'' (, ''Peri phyton historia'') was, along with his mentor Aristotle's ''History of Animals'', Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History (Pliny), Natural History'' and Pedanius Dioscorides, ...
'' (also called ''Enquiry into Plants''), a book on plants by Theophrastus, written between c. 350 BC and c. 287 BC
* ''
Historia Plantarum (Gessner)
''Historia Plantarum'' (also called ''Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum'') is an extensive botanical encyclopedia by the Swiss natural scientist, Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner (; ; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician ...
'' (also called ''Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum''), a book on plants by Conrad Gessner, written between 1555 and 1565, published in 1750
* ''Historia Generalis Plantarum'' (
Daléchamps), 1586
* ''Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis'', unfinished work by
Robert Morison
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Biography
Born in Aberdeen, Morison w ...
, first volume published in 1680, second volume completed by
Jacob Bobart the Younger
Jacob Bobart, the younger, (2 August 1641 – 28 December 1719), was an English botanist.
Background
Bobart was the younger son of Jacob Bobart. He was born at Oxford, and succeeded his father as superintendent of the Physic Garden, and on the ...
and published in 1699
* ''
Historia Plantarum (Ray)
''Historia Plantarum'' (''The History of Plants'') is a botany book by John Ray, published in 1686.
Publication
''Historia Plantarum'' was published in three volumes: vol 1 in 1686, vol 2 in 1688, vol 3 in 1704. The third volume lacked plates, ...
'', a book by John Ray, published in 1686
* ''Historia Plantarum Rariorum'' (''A History of Rare Plants''), a book by
John Martyn
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, published in 1728–1737
* ''Historia Plantarum in Palatinatu Electorali'', a book by
Johan Adam Pollich
Johan Adam Pollich or Johann (1 January 1741, Kaiserslautern – 24 February 1780) was a German doctor, botanist and entomologist.
He studied medicine in Strasbourg, and following graduation he practiced medicine for a short period of time. From ...
, published in 1776–1777
* ''Nomenclator ex Historia Plantarum Indigenarum Helvetiae Excerptus Auctore'' by
Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave and Jacob Winslow, he is sometimes r ...
, an index (nomenclator) to his book ''Historia Stirpium Indigenarum Helvetiae Inchoata'', published in 1768
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