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### Author
Brereton, John Andrew (1787-1839) American navy, later army, physician and botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Brereton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Brereton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 247; Kew 1: 355; ME 3: 543 \[index\].
### Publications
##### n.738. Florae columbianae prodromus
**Title**
*Florae columbianae prodromus*, exhibens enumerationem plantarum, quae hactenus exploratae sunt: or a prodromus of the flora columbiana, exhibiting a list of all the plants which have as yet been collected. Washington (Jonathan Elliot) 1830. Oct. (in fours)
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. columb. prodr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1830 (p. 6 Oct 1830), p. \[1\]-86. *Copies*: Ewan, US.–Meisel (3: 422) mentions "Botany of the District of Columbia," in William Elliott, The Washington Guide, Washington 1837, p. 295-310, obviously a different text.–The *Fl. columb. prodr.* is not mentioned in any of the commonly used bibliographies. The book is probably only of historical value.
*Ref*.: Barnhart 1: 247; Kew 1: 355.