Flora Brasiliensis is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22,767 species, mostly Brazilian angiosperms.

The work was begun by Stephan Endlicher and Martius.^[1] Von Martius completed 46 of the 130 fascicles before his death in 1868, with the monograph being completed in 1906.

Contents 1 Book's structure 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Book's structure

This Flora's volumes are attempt to systematically categorise the known plants of the region.

• 15 volumes
  • 40 parts
    • 10,367 pages.

[edit] See also

• Historia naturalis palmarum

[edit] References

1. ^ "Endlicher, Stephan L. (1804 - 1849)". Collectors & Illustrators. Australian National Herbarium. 13 November, 2007. http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/endlicher-stephan.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 

[edit] External links

• Flora Brasiliensis in English

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