Taxonomic Literature, 2nd Edition
Welcome to the online edition of the TL 2.
Order these booksThe TL-2, or "Taxonomic Literature - A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types - Second edition", edited by Frans Stafleu, Richard Cowan and later also Erik Mennega, consists of 7 volumes and 6 supplements and was published between 1976 and 1998 as part of the Regnum vegetabile series of the International Association of Plant Taxonomy.
The science of taxonomy is one of the few 'hard' sciences that relies intensely on the availability of the historical literature. The 13 TL-2 volumes totaling around 10,000 pages and listing about 30.000 works, assist taxonomists with their work by bringing together data on the main sources of information and by directing them to other specialist literature. The publications that are mentioned in the different volumes are books, pamphlets, series and other bibliographic independent and limited entities, such as preprints and reprints.
Even though the content of the TL-2 has now been made searchable in this online edition, you may want to acquire the actual volumes of the TL-2. These can be ordered from Koeltz Scientific Publishing.