Karel Bořivoj Presl (17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czech botanist.

Carl Borivoj Presl
Born	(1794-02-17)17 February 1794 Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy
Died	2 October 1852(1852-10-02) (aged 58) Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Alma mater	Charles University
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Medicine
Author abbrev. (botany)	C.Presl

He lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the University of Prague (1833–52).[1] He made an expedition to Sicily in 1817,[2] and with his brother, published a "Flora bohemica" titled "Flora čechica: indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis" in 1819.[3]

His older brother Jan Svatopluk Presl was also a noted botanist; the journal Preslia of the Czech Botanical Society is named in their honor.[4] The botanical genera Preslaea Mart., 1827 from the family Boraginaceae, (now a synonym of Euploca Nutt.[5] ) and Preslia Opiz, 1824 of the family Lamiaceae (it is also now a synonym of Woodsia R.Br.[6]) are dedicated to the two brothers.[1] 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.[7]

He spent nearly 15 years producing the "Reliquiae Haenkeanae" (published from 1825 to 1835), a work based on botanical specimens collected in the Americas by Thaddaeus Haenke.[8]

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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.

References

• WorldCat

Bibliography

• Carl Bořivoj Presl: "Reliquiae Haenkeanae : seu descriptiones et icones plantarum, quas in America meridionali et boreali, in insulis Philippinis et Marianis collegit Thaddaeus Haenke". J.G. Calve, Prague, 1825 to 1835.[1]
• "Flora sicula, exhibens plantas vasculosas in Sicilia aut sponte crescentes aut frequentissime cultas, secundum systema naturale digestas", 1826.
• "Symbolae botanicae, sive, Descriptiones et icones plantarum novarum aut minus cognitarum", 1832.
• "Catalogue of Ferns: After the Arrangement of C. Sprengel", 1841; Whittaker and Company, 1841.[2]
• Hymenophyllaceae, 1845 – Monograph on Hymenophyllaceae.
• "Supplementum Tentaminis Pteridographiae", 1847.
• Die Gefässbündel im Stipes der Farrn, 1848 – The vascular bundles in the stipes of ferns.[3]

External links

• Media related to Carl Borivoj Presl at Wikimedia Commons
• Works by or about Carl Borivoj Presl at Wikisource
• Data related to Karel Bořivoj Presl at Wikispecies

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[de] Karel Bořivoj Presl

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