The forgotten first checklist of the Iowa Flora: John Henry Rauch's 1851 "report" to the state medical and chirurgical society

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Volume 7, Issue 1, 27 August 2013, Pages 405-433

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Lammers, T.G. 

 

Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, United States 

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Abstract

The first major account of Iowa's flora has never been cited in the literature. Compiled in 1851 by Dr. John Henry Rauch of Burlington at the behest of the Iowa State Medical and Chirurgical Society, it was published a full two decades before the supposed first effort toward a state flora by Charles Bessey. Rauch listed 516 species in 93 "natural orders," which equate to 501 species in 84 families as recognized today. This represents 23% of the species known to be native to Iowa plus 15% of the non-native. Eighty-six species not currently documented from Iowa were reported, some of which may represent early extirpations of peripheral populations. Rauch's report was a major achievement, and provides the modern reader with valuable insights into Iowa's flora and the status of botanical work there, just five years after statehood.

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  Lammers, T.G.; Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, United States; email:lammers@uwosh.edu
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