Jan Svatopluk Presl
Jan Svatopluk Presl was a Czech natural scientist.
He was the brother of botanist Carl [Borivoj Presl]. The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia. He is the author of Czech scientific terminology of various branches of science, including the Czech [chemical nomenclature]. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work, O Přirozenosti Rostlin. The brothers co-edited the exsiccata series Vegetabilia cryptogamica Boëmiae collecta a Joanne et Carolo Presl.