Supplementum Primum Prodromi Florae Novae Hollandiae
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Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae ("First supplement to the Prodromus of the flora of New Holland") is an 1830 supplement to Robert Brown
's Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
. It may be referred to by its standard botanical abbreviation Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.
The supplement published numerous new Proteaceae
taxa, mainly those discovered by William Baxter
since the publication of the original Prodromus in 1810.
Robert Brown (botanist)
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
's Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen is an 1810 flora of Australia by botanist Robert Brown. Often referred to as Prodromus Flora Novae Hollandiae, or by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland., it was the first attempt at a survey of the Australian flora...
. It may be referred to by its standard botanical abbreviation Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.
The supplement published numerous new Proteaceae
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises about 80 genera with about 1600 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea,...
taxa, mainly those discovered by William Baxter
William Baxter (botanist)
William Baxter was an English gardener who collected in Australia on behalf of English nurserymen and private individuals. He had developed his horticultural reputation as gardener to the Comtesse de Vandes in Bayswater, London, many of the plants he had nurtured being used for illustrations in...
since the publication of the original Prodromus in 1810.