Engelbert Kaempfer and Ginkgo in NHM

Tweet on Twitter by Jo Wilbraham, curator Natural History Museum, London:

Engelbert Kaempfer, born #otd 1651, First European to describe #ginkgo after visiting Japan 1691-92. His collections are in #SloaneHerbarium pic.twitter.com/U1bqa04Rhk

— NHM Botany (@NHM_Botany) 15 september 2017

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