About “Characteres generum plantarum”
Characteres generum plantarum is a 1775/1776 book written by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster. It documents the botanical discoveries made by the two men during the second voyage of James Cook. The book focuses on the classification and description of plant species collected during the expedition. It was published in two parts, with the first part appearing in 1775 and the second in 1776. The work is considered an important contribution to the field of botany. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1775
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