Jan Svatopluk Presl

Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a Czech natural scientist.

Jan Svatopluk Presl
Born	(1791-09-04)4 September 1791 Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy
Died	6 April 1849(1849-04-06) (aged 57) Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Alma mater	Charles University
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Chemistry
Author abbrev. (botany)	J.Presl
Signature

He was the brother of botanist Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852). The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia (founded in 1914). He is the author of Czech scientific terminology of various branches of science, including the Czech chemical nomenclature. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work, O Přirozenosti Rostlin. The brothers co-edited the exsiccata series Vegetabilia cryptogamica Boëmiae collecta a Joanne et Carolo Presl.^[1]

Selected publications

• Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820). O Přirozenosti Rostlin. Prague: Krala Wiljma Endersa.
• Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820–1835). O Přirozenosti Rostlin aneb rostlinář. Prague: Jos Krause.

See also

• Carl Borivoj Presl (C.Presl, 1794–1852) — Czech botanist, and younger brother of Jan Presl.
• Category:Taxa named by Jan Svatopluk Presl