"On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae", also published as "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu", was a paper written by Robert Brown on the taxonomy of the plant family Proteaceae. It was read to
The first page of On the Proteaceae of Jussieu
Plate 3, depicting Dryandra formosa (now Banksia formosa)
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest de
On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae
…On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae", also published as "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu", was a paper written by Robert Brown on the taxonomy of the plant family Proteaceae. It was read to the Linnean Society of London in the first quarter of 1809, and published in March 1810…
Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill
Brown as a young man
Brown in 1855