Collections of 18th Century Vilna Botanists in the Józef Jundziłł Herbarium

Abstract

Summary The herbarium of Jσzef Jundziltl (1794–1877), a professor of botany at Vilna University, contains plants of the 18th century Vilna botanists: Jean Emmanuel Gilibert (1741–1814)and Johann Georg Forster (1754–1794). The collection of J. G. Forster consists of 51 sheets, and there are 29 sheets of J. E. Gilibert. J. G. Forster's plants are South African species, which could have been collected during James Cook's second voyage (1772–1775). There are no data connected with the J. E. Gilibert collection.