Botanical notes, Nicaragua, 1892-1893 (notebook 1 of 6)

Title Variants

Alternative: Botanical notes, Nicaragua, 1892-1893 (notebooks I-VI)

Related Titles

Contained In: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936

Series: SIA RU007082

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1892-1893

Notes

The botanical notebook (1 of 6) documents Bohumil Shimek's work in Nicaragua, 1892-1893. Entries are headed with location or specimen number (1-122). Entries describe type of plant, sources of specimens, locations where found (terrain, environment), sometime notes about used of plants for medicinal purposes, and descriptions of characteristics (color, size) by part (leaf, flower, fruit). Includes extensive illustrations of plant parts with notes. At the end is a list of collected specimens (with quantities) from San Carlos, dated January 1893. Locations include the vicinity of Isla de Omotepe, Moyogalpa, and San Carlos in Nicaragua.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Illustrations , Moyogalpa , Nicaragua , Ometepe, Isla de , R’o San Juan , San Carlos

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.148899