Flora Indica or, Descriptions of Indian plants by William Roxburgh. Edited by William Carey. Published from Serampore: Printed for W. Thacker, Parbury & Allen London 1832. William Roxburgh (June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. This is his monumental work on Indian botany, illustrated by careful drawings made by Indian artists and accompanied by taxonomic descriptions of many plant species. Apart from the numerous species that he named, many species were named in his honour by his collaborators. In 1820, at the Mission Press in Serampore, William Carey posthumously edited and published vol. 1 of Dr. William Roxburgh's Flora Indica; or Descriptions of Indian Plants. In 1824, Carey edited and published vol. 2 of Roxburgh's Flora Indica, including extensive remarks and contributions by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich. My love for William Roxburgh and his Lithographic Prints of the Flora and Fauna is not unknown to my friends. I have inherited sets of Roxburgh Lithographs and am fond of William Roxburgh for his monumental work in recording the Flora and Fauna of India and have presented to my friends Original Lithographs to promote the work to keep the memory alive.
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