Details - Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 4, Peru

Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 4, Peru

Title

Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 4, Peru

Title Variants

Alternative: Original notebooks of the botanist, volumes 1 - 16, Peru, New South Wales (Australia), Samoa Islands group, Tonga Islands group, Fiji Islands group, and Hawaiian Islands group (William Dunlop Brackenridge) (1-4 notebooks)

Related Titles

Contained In: United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1885

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: SIA RU007186

By

Brackenridge, William D. (William Dunlop), 1810-1893

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1838-1842

Notes

The 4 notebooks document William Dunlop Brackenridge's botanical collecting efforts in Peru during United States Exploring Expedition Collection, 1838-1842. The notes are undated. The notebooks contain a list of plants observed (possibly collected). There are reference to specific plants not collected. Entries are listed by scientific or common name, and details include a description, and addition comments. Some of these comments refer to location, environment, length, whether common, whether a introduced species, if seeded, and how they might be used (whether planted or considered a weed). Locations in the notebooks are listed per book and are in the vicinity of the province, town, or river listed. The First notebook covers Rio Negro, Yanga, Callao, and Lima. Second notebook covers Amancas, Obrajillo, Yanga, Lima, Callao, Rimac River. Third notebook includes Obrajillo, Baos, and Alpamarca. Fourth notebook includes Obrajillo, Baos, and Alpamarca.