> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 389](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189860) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7947-1) LSID 7947-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379593) QID Q379593 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1791-1849), Czech physician and botanist at Praha; professor of botany at the medical faculty. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Presl* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Presl*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PR|PR]] and [[Collection PRC|PRC]]. *Exsiccatae*: *Vegetabilia cryptogamica Boëmiae* collecta a Joanne et Carolo Presl, fasc. 1-2, nos. 1-50, Pragae 1812 (Mar, Mai 1812) see Sayre (1969). Other material at [[Collection H|H]] (herb. Steven). #### Name Svatopluk: "Heavenly Host" (Barneby 1963). #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(2): 279; Barnhart 3: 108; BM 4: 1611-1612; CSP 5: 7-8; Futák-Domin p. 487; Herder p. 472; Hortus 3: 1202 (J. Presl); IH 1 (ed. 2): 200. (ed. 3): 126, (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 240, 2: (in press); Klásteršký p. 149 (b. 4 Nov 1791, d. 6 Apr 1849) (many details and biogr. refs.); Kew 4: 361; LS 21213; Maiwald p. 178-179, 282 \[index\]; PR 631, 7306-7309 (ed. 1: 8198-8200); Quenstedt p. 345; Rehder 5: 687; RS p. 134; SO add. 826a; TL-1/992-993; TL-2/432-433, see Haenke, T.P.X.; Tucker 1: 568; WU 23: 270-275; Zander ed. 10, p. 703; ed. 11, p. 802. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 7: 536. 1849 (obit.), 9: 96. 1851; Flora 33: 284. 1850 (d.). - Barneby, R., Garden J. 13: 142. 1963. - Eiselt, J.N., Gesch. Syst. Lit. Insektenk. 92-101. 1836 (J.S. P's entom. system). - Hoffmannová, E., Jan Svatopluk Presl, Karel Borivoj Presl, Praha, 1973, 299 p. (biogr., portr., extensive discussion of publications). - Kittner, R., Casopis pro mineralogii a geologa 11(4): 491-495. 1966 (portr.). - Kolari, V., Jan Svatopluk Presl und die Tschechische botanische Nomenklatur. Eine lexikalisch-nomenklatorische Studie, Helsinki 1981, xxxii, 422 p. (Ann. Acad. Sci. fenn., diss. human. Litt. 25). - Kops, J., Zdrav. Prac. 25: 558-559. 1975 (n.v.). - Kühnel, J., Thaddaeus Haenke 76, 162. 1960. - Lamson-Scribner, F., Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 10: 35-59, *pl. 1-54.* 7 Jun 1899 (Grasses in the Bernhardi herb. descr. by J.S. Presl). - Lindemann, E.v., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61: 57. 1886. - Matouschek, F., Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 50: 276-386. 1900; Bot. Centralbl. 85: 54-55. 1901 (on exsicc.). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 90. 1906. - Nemec, B., Cas. nár. Mus., Praha 109: 89-92. 1935. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 521. 1863 (b. 4 Sep 1791, d. 6 Apr 1849). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 41. 1969 (exsicc.). - Slavik, B., Preslia 51: 340. 1979. - Stohandl, F.C., Z. mähr. Landesmus. 1(1/2): \[3 p.\]. 1901 (lists coll. Franzensmuseum, Brno, now BRNM, with e.g. a set of Veget. crypt. Boëmiae: fide F. Matouschek, Bot. Centralbl. 88: 283-284. 1901; see also Matouschek 1900). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 4: 188. 1938. - Weitenweber, W.R., Abh. k. böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5. 8(2): 1-27. 1854 (Denkschrift über die Gebrüder Joh. Swat. und Carl. Bor. Presl). #### Composite works with Friedrich Berchtold (1781-1876): - (1) *O prirozenosti rostlin*, 1820, TL-2/432. Another copy of this rare book is at WU (with minor differences; inf. W. Gutermann): p. \[ii, iii, title pages\], \[1\]-322, \[1-2, errata\]. See also Flora 7: 192. 1824. – A copy was offered by Ronald Meesters (list 24, spring 1980). - (2) Idem, 1823-1835, 3 vols., TL-2/433. Vol. 1 is by both authors; vols. 2 and 3 are by J.S. Presl alone. #### Eponymy (genera): *Preslaea* C.F.P. von Martius (1827) and *Preslia* Opiz (1824) are dedicated to both J. Presl and his brother K. Presl, q.v.; *Preslea* K.P.J. Sprengel (1827, *orth. var.* of *Preslaea* C.F.P. von Martius); (journal): *Preslia*, Vestnik Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti. Vol. 1-x, 1914-x. (Also named for K. Presl, q.v.). ### Publications ##### n.8287. Flora cechica **Title** *Flora cechica*. Indicatis medicinalibus, oeconomicis technologicisque plantis. Kwetena Ceská. Spoznamenánjm lekarských, hospodarských a remeselnických rostlin ... Pragae \[Praha\] (in comissis apud J.G. Calve) 1819. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. cech.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Karel Borivoj \[Boriwag\] Presl (1794-1852). *Publ*.: 1819 (p. xiv: 2 Jan 1819; rev. Beck Mai-Jun 1820), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[xv-xvi\], \[1\]-224. *Copies*: FH, FI, G, MO, NY, Stevenson; IDC 5051. *Other issue*: 1820 (t.p.) copy seen in Domín's library at PR by J. Dostál (in lit.). ##### n.8288. Deliciae pragenses **Title** *Deliciae pragenses*, historiam naturalis spectantes... volumen primum. Pragae \[Praha\] (sumptibus Calve) 1832. †. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Delic. prag.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Karel Borivoj \[Boriwag\] Presl (1794-1852). *Publ*.: Jul 1822 (see Flora 5: 576; sent to booksellers Jul 1822; p. vi: 1 Jul 1821; Beck 15 Sep 1822; Cat. Easter fair, Leipzig 1822), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-244. *Copies*: FI, MO, NY; IDC 276. ##### n.8289. Wšobecný rostlinopsis **Title** Jan Swatopluka Presla,... *Wšobecný rostlinopsis*, cili: popsání rostlin we wšelikém ohledu užitecných a škodliwých... W Praze \[Praha\] (W kommissí u Kronbergra a Riwnáce) 1846. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Wšobecný rostl.* **Notes** *1*: 1846, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-1006. *2*: 1846, p. \[i\], 1007-2072, \[1-2, err.\]. *Copies*: G, L, NY; IDC 5148. – The NY copy has a second title page facing the regular t.p.: "Nowoceska bibliothéká,... cislo 7...." For a study on the unlisted binomials see Merrill (1950). \[approximate English title (Merrill): Universal botany, or descriptions of plants from all parts of the world, especially of useful and harmful species\]. Merrill discusses the link with L. Oken, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte, Bot. vols, 1, 2; the binomials of which seem to have been cited almost exclusively by Presl. *Ref*.: G.P., Bot. Zeit. 5: 153. 26 Feb 1847. ##### n.8290. Pocátkowé rostlinoslowí **Title** *Pocátkowé rostlinoslowí*... w Praze \[Praha\] (w kommissi u Kronbergra a Riwnáce) 1848. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pocatkowé rostl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1848, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-564, \[1-2, err.\]. *Copy*: L. ##### n.8291. Prwopocátk\[fix\]um rostlinoslowi **Title** Tricet a dwa obrazy k *Prwopocátk\[fix\]um rostlinoslowi*... w Praze \[Praha\] (Tiskem knížecí arcibiskupské knihtiskárny w Sem\[fix\]inári) 1848. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Porwopoc. rostl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1848, p. \[i\], \[1\]-30, *pl. 1-32* (uncol.). *Copy*: L.