Exsiccata is a work consisting of "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels". Typically, exsiccatae are consecutively numbered collections of dried herba
Digitized exsiccata specimen no. 199 Sphagnum subsecundum from the series Bryotheca Silesiaca, edited by Karl Gustav Limpricht; the imaged specimen is preserved in the National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg (LUX)
Digitized type specimen of Calicium adspersum subsp. australe, from Caliciales Exsiccatae no. 76 (fasc. IV), edited by Leif Tibell; exsiccata unit no. 76 was collected in Tasmania in 1981; the imaged specimen is preserved in the United States National Herbarium (US)
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The Regensburg Botanical Society, founded 1790 in the city of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, is the oldest extant scientific society focused on botany. It was initially supported by the Prince-Archbish
Exsiccata
…and botanist David Heinrich Hoppe started five years later to edit and distribute – finally twelve – exsiccatae, partly referring in the title to the Regensburg Botanical Society which he founded in 1790. An example is the series Herbarium vivum plantarum rariorum praesertim alpinarum exhibens plantas a Societatis botanici…
The Schutzfelsen (Protective rock) where the first meeting of the Regensburg Botanical Society took place.
Plaque about founding of the Regensburg Botanical Society.