Article ID: CBB371269926

A Contribution to the History of the Herbaria of George Clifford III (1685–1760) (2018)

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The herbarium of the wealthy banker George Clifford III, who lived near Haarlem in the Netherlands, was studied by Linnaeus. It forms the basis for Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), one of the principal works on which his famous Species plantarum (1753) was founded. It is this close relationship between Clifford's herbarium and Hortus Cliffortianus together with the frequency with which Linnaeus cited species accounts from that work in the synonymy of accounts in Species plantarum which makes it highly important in the light of the typification of Linnaean plant names. It is well known that the main body of Clifford's herbarium is held at the Natural History Museum, London. Less well known is the existence of a much smaller collection now held at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Most of the plants in the London set are mounted with printed vases and ribbons, and have decorative labels. Similar ornaments also occur in the Leiden Clifford herbarium. The use of such ornaments was widespread in the Nethe...

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Authors & Contributors
Mark D. Tomasko
Canington, Stephanie L.
Florence Fearrington
Bettina Dietz
Rogers, Ethan S.
Strekopytov, S.
Concepts
Collections
Botany
Herbals and bestiaries
Natural history
Collectors and collecting
Specimens
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
16th century
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Netherlands
Germany
England
Great Britain
South Asia
Bath (England)
Institutions
Museum Boerhaave (Leiden)
East India Company (English)
Dutch East India Company
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