Flora Japonica (1834 book)

The work, written in Latin, carries the full title of Flora Japonica; sive, Plantae Quas in Imperio Japonico Collegit, Descripsit, ex Parte in Ipsis Locis Pingendas Curavit.. Begun in 1835 by Siebold and Zuccarini, work continued until 1842.

After Zuccarini's death in 1848, Siebold discontinued his involvement with the work, and the materials accrued to Rijksherbarium [nl; de] in Leyden.

In service of the Dutch East India Company, Siebold was stationed on Dejima, the artificial island next to Nagasaki, which served as then-isolated Japan's gateway to the West.

During his stay in the Orient, he started a small botanical garden behind his home and amassed over 1,000 native plants.

[1] In a specially built glasshouse he cultivated the Japanese plants to endure the Dutch climate and he sent many herbarium specimens to Europe.