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.
Subjects
Alpamarca
,
Baos
,
Botanists
,
Botany
,
Callao
,
Canta
,
Field notes
,
Lima
,
Negro, Ro
,
Peru
,
Rimac
,
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
,
Yanga
BHL Collections
BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.132243
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51407144
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