Published 2019
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William Trelease and the Macaronesian flora: an introduction to his trips, works and collections

Creators

  • 1. 1 Centro UNESCO de Gran Canaria, Gabinete Literario Plaza de Cairasco 1, 35002 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • 2. 2 CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Pólo dos Açores, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, 9501‑801 Portugal
  • 3. 3 cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, 9501-801 Portugal
  • 4. 4 Calle Guaidil 16, Urbanización Tamarco, Tegueste, 38280 Tenerife, Spain
  • 5. 5 International Center for Tropical Botany, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Cuban Research Institute, and Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199 USA 6 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida 33156 USA 7 Author for correspondence (ortegaj@fiu.edu)

Description

William Trelease (1857- 1945) was the first director of Missouri Botanical Garden and one of the most important botanists in the history of the United States. He visited the Azores (in 1894 and 1896), Madeira (in 1896), and the Canaries (in 1932). His expeditions to the two Portuguese archipelagos are well-known and resulted in: (1) a floristic monograph for the Azores (published by Trelease in 1897) and (2) taxonomic treatments for the native mosses of Madeira and the Azores [published by the French bryologist Jules Cardot (1860-1934) in 1897]. From his writings it seems that his two expeditions to the Azores were inspired by Darwin's work and findings in the Galapagos Islands. His three month visit to the Canaries (Tenerife) did not yield any particular publication and has not been the subject of historical research. Ba-
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