A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Prodromus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. prodromo: forerunner, preliminary work which should be followed by a more complete one (Stearn); “1. (obsol.)something that alerts or forewarns [cf. prodrome (Eng.noun) a premonitory symptom of a disease] 2, a preliminary publication or introductory work” (WIII) [> Gk. prodromos (s.m.II), precursor > prodromos,-on (adj.) running ahead, running forward with headlong speed; running before, going in advance (Liddell & Scott)].

NOTE: abbr. Pr. or pr.; also prodr.;

- B. Br. pr. 484. (F. Mueller), Robert Brown, Prodromus (page) 484.

- Alph. de Cand. pr. xiv. p. 684 (F. Mueller), [Augustin Pyramus de Candolle] prodromus [volume] XIV. pagina [= page] 684.

- Sprengelia propinqua. All. Cunn. in D.C. prodr. VII., 768. (F. Mueller), Sprengelia propinqua, All. Cunn. in [DeCandolle] Prodromus vol. VII, [page] 768.

NOTE: p., also pag. (abbrev.): pagina,-ae (s.f.I), ‘page’ (of a book); see ‘p.’

Brown, Robert. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae van-Diemen. Vol.1 1810.

Candolle [Augustin Pyramus de Candolle]: Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Paris 1823-1873, 17 vols.; introductory work of a natural system of the plant kingdom.

Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph: Florula Belgica, Operis Majoris Prodromus, a Florule of Belgium, the Preliminary of a Great Work.