Flora Svecica

In this article, we will explore the impact that Flora Svecica has had on different aspects of society. Since its emergence, Flora Svecica has generated a wide range of debates and controversies, while leaving its mark on culture, technology, politics and other areas. Over the years, Flora Svecica has demonstrated its ability to influence the way we live, work, and relate to others. Through detailed analysis, we will examine how Flora Svecica has shaped the world we know today and what its impact may be in the future.

Title page of Linnaeus's Flora Svecica (1745).

Flora Svecica ("Flora of Sweden", ed. 1, Stockholm, 1745; ed. 2 Stockholm, 1755) was written by Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist and naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).

This was the first full account of the plants growing in Sweden and one of the first examples of the Flora in the modern idiom. The full title of the publication was Flora Svecica: Enumerans Plantas Sueciae Indigenas Cum Synopsi Classium Ordinumque, Characteribus Generum, Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Citationibusque Selectis - Locis Regionibusque Natalibus - Descriptionibus Habitualibus Nomina Incolarum Et Qualitat.

Bibliographic details

Full bibliographic details including exact dates of publication, pagination, editions, facsimiles, brief outline of contents, location of copies, secondary sources, translations, reprints, manuscripts, travelogues, and commentaries are given in Stafleu and Cowan's Taxonomic Literature.

See also

Flora Lapponica

References

Bibliography

  • Frodin, David 2002. Guide to Standard Floras of the World, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
  • Stafleu, Frans A. & Cowan, Richard S. 1981. "Taxonomic Literature. A Selective Guide to Botanical Publications with dates, Commentaries and Types. Vol III: Lh–O." Regnum Vegetabile 105.

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