Title
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
,
Ro San Juan
,
San Carlos
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.148899
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