From Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh   28 Feb 1889

28/2/89

Da Sie, geehrter Herr Professor, [eine]1 vollständige Bibliothek dort haben, werden Sie so freundlich sein, nachzusehen, ob Nymphaea Capensis in Thunbergs prodromus oder erst in seiner Flora Capensis beschrieben wurde u mir Jahr u Seitenzahl davon geben.

Ihr

Ferd von Mueller

28/2/89

As you, esteemed Professor, have a complete library there, will you be so kind to check whether Nymphaea capensis was described in Thunberg's Prodromus2 or first in his Flora Capensis3 and give me year and page number of it.4

Your

Ferd von Mueller

Nymphaea capensis

editorial addition.

Thunberg (1794-1800); the species was described at vol. 2, p. 92.

Thunberg (1807-13) does not include this species.

M appears to have been seeking information for his Second systematic census (B89.12.03) but there is no entry in this for Nymphaea capensis.

Please cite as “FVM-89-02-28a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/89-02-28a