Genera et Species Asterearum
Genera et species asterearum. Recensuit, descriptionibus et animadversionibus illustravit
A German botanist and taxonomist who served as the President of the Akademie der Naturforscher "Leopoldina" (now the German National Academy of Sciences) from 1818 until his death in 1858, Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific researcher who described for science almost 7,000 species of plants. In the present work he set out the first full classification of the large and complex Aster genus. Although much revised by modern research, it still serves as an important reference for Smithsonian botanists studying the group.
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