Description:
Full title: 'Iter as Hortum Dei institutum a Fr. de Sauvages'; 'Journey to the Hortus, established by Fr. de Sauvages', in Linnaeus's handwriting.
Description of the plants of the mountains (now named Hortus and Pic St Loup) twelve lieus to the North of Montpellier.
The arrangement is topographical.
Binomial nomenclature.
Dating of the document:
- on 15 October 1751, Linnaeus wrote to Sauvages that he is doing his outmost to conclude "Flora Monspeliensis".
Carl Linnaeus to François Boissier de La Croix de Sauvages, 15 October 1751, The Linnaean correspondence, linnaeus.c18.net, letter L0657.
- on 29 July 1752, Linnaeus wrote to Back that he has just received Sauvages's "Methodus folium, seu plantae florae Monspeliensis..." (published 1751).
Carl Linnaeus to Abraham Back, 29 July 1752, The Linnaean correspondence, linnaeus.c18.net, letter L1452.
- on 10 January 1754, Linnaeus wrote to Jean-Baptiste Aymen, reporting on his work in compiling lists of plants from various regions, amongst which from Montpellier.
Carl Linnaeus to Jean-Bapstiste Aymen, 10 January 1754, The Linnaean correspondence, linnaeus.c18.net, letter L1703.
- on 15 June 1756, the thesis "Flora monspeliensis" was defended by Linnaeus's student, Theophilus Erdman Nathorst (1734-1804).
Title:
'Iter ad Hortum Dei'
Author(s):
Carl von Linné 1707-1778