Herbarium Wolnyanum: Botanical collection in Sremski Karlovci Grammar School
Herbaria as botanical collections have an interesting historical background. What was considered a traditional old-school field of science in the 20th century has become one of the focal points of interest in new-age science at the beginning of the 21st century, closely related to biodiver...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Matica srpska
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-4906/2023/0352-49062344029R.pdf |
| Summary: | Herbaria as botanical collections have an interesting historical background.
What was considered a traditional old-school field of science in the 20th
century has become one of the focal points of interest in new-age science at
the beginning of the 21st century, closely related to biodiversity,
molecular screening and many other topics. Following the trend of
rediscovering botanical collections, the Serbian scientific community
invested in the process of acknowledging, renewing and presenting
collections of national importance. The herbarium of the Sremski Karlovci
Grammar School, protected under the name “Herbarium of Andreas Wolny”, is
the oldest herbarium collection in Serbia, dating back to the 18th century.
It was established as a collection for obvious and practical teaching, but
it grew beyond this scope due to the first systematic discoveries of the
plant species of Srem and Fruška Gora Mountain. The most famous collector is
Andreas Wolny, but besides him important teachers and botanists are Кarl
Georg Rumy, Grigorije Lazić, Dimitrije Petrović, Teofil Dimić and Jovan K.
Borjanović. Although only a few data are of floristic importance (data that
include both the location and date of collection), there is no doubt about
the botanical and historical importance of this collection. Moreover, this
botanical collection provides an overview of the events under which
education and the first scientific and museum collections were developed in
Serbia during the 18th and 19th centuries, and is thus an important
cultural-historical document. |
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| ISSN: | 0352-4906 2406-0828 |