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### Author
Gessner, Johannes (1709-1790), Swiss naturalist, correspondent of Linnaeus, friend of Haller.
**Abbreviated name**: *Gessner* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gessner*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection P|P]]-HA, [[Collection Z|Z]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 222.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 9: 103-106; Barnhart 2: 42; HU 521; NI 702; PR 3307-3310; Quenstedt p. 160.
- Hirzel, Denkrede auf Johannes Gessner. Zürich 1790 (portr.), 161 p.
- Hall, Episcolae ineditae Caroli Linnaei. Groningen 1830 (letters by Gessner to Linnaeus), viii, 268 p.
- Wolf, Johannes Gessner, der Freund und Zeitgenosse von Haller und Linné. Zürich 1846 (portr., bibl.), 27 p. (copy NY), also Biogr. Kulturgesch. Schweiz 1: 281-322. 1858.
- Rudio, Viertelj. Schr. naturf. Ges. Zürich 41: 58-64. 1896 (portr.)
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Bergiani 3(2): 150-151. 1903, 3(3): 162. 1905.
- Milt, Gesnerus 3: 103-124. 1946.
- De Beer, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 161: 225-241. 1949 (corr. with L.)
### Publications
##### n.2003. Tabulae phytographicae
**Title**
Johannes Gessneri *Tabulae phytographicae* analysin generum plantarum exhibentes, cum commentatione edidit Christ. Sal. Schinz, med. doct. Zürich (Johann Heinrich Fuessli, filii) 1795-1804, 2 vols. Fol.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tabul. phytogr.*
**Notes**
*Editor*: Christoph Salomon Schinz (1764-1847).
*Vol. 1*: 1795 (pref.: Jan 1795), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-225, *pl. 1-26. Copy*: NY. – Published in parts, possibly 1795-1802.
*Vol. 2*: 1804, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-118, *pl. 27-64. Copy*: NY. – Idem, possibly 1804-1811.
*Ref*.: BH; NI 702; PR 3310.