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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 13, 2020

Outlines of the geographical distribution of British plants; belonging to the division of vasculares or cotyledones.

Publication Details

Edinburgh: Printed for Private Distribution, 1832 CE.

“Watson's major botanical endeavour was producing several versions of a work first entitled Outlines of the Geographical Distribution of British Plants (1832); it reached its most extensive form as Cybele Britannica, or, British Plants, and their Geographical Relations (4 vols., 1847–59). Volume four contains his most detailed phytogeographical conclusions. After publishing several supplements, he summarized his data in Topographical Botany: being Local and Personal Records towards shewing the Distribution of British Plants (2 vols., 1873–4). He was working on a second edition of it when he died; it was completed by John G. Baker and William W. Newbould (1883)” (ODNB).

Digital facsimile of the 1832 edition from the Hathi Trust at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11642
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/13843
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLoutlines-of-the-geographical-distribution-of-british-plants

Geographic Context

Publication place: Edinburgh