Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a
Czech
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natural scientist.
He was the brother of botanist
Carl Borivoj Presl
Carl Borivoj Presl (; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist.
Biography
Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).Czech chemical nomenclature. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work, '' O Přirozenosti Rostlin''. The brothers co-edited the
exsiccata
Exsiccata (Latin, ''gen.'' -ae, ''plur.'' -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels". Typically, exsiccatae are numbered collections of dried herbarium Biological specimen, spe ...
series ''Vegetabilia cryptogamica Boëmiae collecta a Joanne et Carolo Presl''.
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See also
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Carl Borivoj Presl
Carl Borivoj Presl (; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist.
Biography
Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).:Taxa named by Jan Svatopluk Presl