TAFALLA NAVASCUÉS, Juan José
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Flora Huayaquilensis sive descriptiones et icones plantarum Huayaquilensium secundum systema linneanum digestae, auctore Johanne Tafalla. Tomus 1: Introductio historica et adnotationes ab Eduardo Estrella confectae et descriptiones. Tomus II: Icones.Madrid: Instituto para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ICONA)-Real Jardín Botánico, 1989.Juan José Tafalla Navascués, a Spanish pharmacist, explored botany in Peru, Chile and Ecuador from 1780 to 1788 as part of the Expedición Botánica al Virreinato del Perú under the direction of Hipólito Ruiz López y José Pavón. Eduardo Estrella discovered the unpublished manuscripts of Tafalla's work, including beautiful paintings, in the Real Jardín Botánico archives in Madrid, and edited them for first publication roughly 200 years after they were created. Digital facsimile of vol. 1 from Bibliotheca Digital Real Jardín Botánico CSIC at this link; of vol. 2 at this link. Subjects: BOTANY, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Ecuador, PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Materia medica / Herbals / Herbal Medicines |