Plukenet published
Phytographia (London, 1691–1696) in four parts in which he described and illustrated rare exotic plants. It is a copiously illustrated work of more than 2 700 figures and is frequently cited in books and papers from the 17th century to the present. He collaborated with
John Ray in the second volume of
Historia Plantarum (London, 1686–1704).
Paul Dietrich Giseke (1741–1796) compared Plukenet's species with those of
Linnaeus in
Index Linnaeanus (Hamburg, 1779).
Pluk. mant., refers to the third volume (London, 1700) of the first edition of
Historia Plantarum, the whole of which was published 1691–1705. ==Works==