Johann Jakob Dillenius (1684 - 1747)
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Biography
Selected publications
Genera
Biography
1684 born in Darmstadt, Germany
1721 moves to England
1728 becomes first professor of Botany at Oxford University
Selected Publications
Johann Jakob Dillenius (1718) Catalogus Plantarum circa Gissam sponte nascentium (Catalogue of Plants Occuring Spontaneously Around Giessen)Treats 980 species of phanerogams, 200 "mosses", and 160 fungi. I've also seen the date given as 1719
Johann Jakob Dillenius (1741) Historia muscorum (Natural History of Mosses)re-issued in part in 1763, 1768, and 1811
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Genera
Boletus Dillenius: Fries
Bovista Dillenius: Persoon
Morchella Dillenius: Fries
Peziza Dillenius: Fries
Tremella Dillenius: Fries
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