Jan Svatopluk Presl

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Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791-1849) was a Bohemian botanist. He is the brother of the botanist Karel Borivoj Presl (1794-1852). The Czech botanical Company commemorated the memory of these two brothers by naming his principal Preslia publication (founded in 1914).

The standard author abbreviation J.Presl may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.