Template:Did you know nominations/Characteres generum plantarum
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:35, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
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Characteres generum plantarum
Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster, by Francis Rigaud, 1780
- ... that 43 of the 94 botanical names published in 1775/76 by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster (pictured) in Characteres generum plantarum are still in use today? Source: Nicolson, Dan H; Fosberg, F. Raymond (2004). The Forsters and the botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772-1775), p. 15
- ALT1:... that Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster (pictured) apologised for only including 75 new genera in their work Characteres generum plantarum about the botany of the second voyage of James Cook? Source: Preface of the book, translated here. Mentioned also in Hoare, Michael Edward (1982). The Resolution journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775, p. 82.
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- Comment: Better hook ideas always welcome.
Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Self-nominated at 10:51, 30 July 2021 (UTC).
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All points check out, image is in public domain, ready to go with either hook, but ALT1 seems the better one to me. Moonraker (talk) 08:53, 4 August 2021 (UTC)