[Taxacom] Inquiry: Countries for localities mentioned in Species Plantarum?

[John McNeill]

Stearn, Botanical Latin has a 30-page chapter (XVII) on “Geographical Names”. The third edition of the work is on the web in various formats at: https://archive.org/stream/BOTANICALLATINWILLIAMSTEARN/BOTANICAL%20LATIN%20WILLIAM%20STEARN_djvu.txt

For example a searchable pdf is at https://ia600805.us.archive.org/3/items/BOTANICALLATINWILLIAMSTEARN/BOTANICAL%20LATIN%20WILLIAM%20STEARN_text.pdf

Stearn does discuss Linnaeus’s use of geographical terms that are at variance with modern assumptions, e.g. “Aethiopia” being an area near the Cape of Good Hope, not in northeastern Africa

John McNeill

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Dear all,

Does anyone know if there is a database listing the localities  that were mentioned in Species Plantarum and current countries they belong to?

Thanks so much!

Alina.

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