Johann Adam Pollich

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Johann Adam Pollich (born January 1, 1741 in Kaiserslautern ; † February 24, 1780 ibid) was a German doctor and naturalist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Pollich ".

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Pollich studied medicine at the University of Strasbourg and practiced after receiving his doctorate. med. initially as a doctor. From 1764 he devoted himself exclusively to natural history, especially botanical research of the Palatinate.

As a result of his research he published the three-volume Historia plantarum in Palatinatu electorali ... , the first volume of which appeared in 1776, the two following volumes in 1777. Because of the exemplary plant descriptions in this work, it was highly appreciated by its contemporaries. It is also particularly noteworthy that Pollich was one of the first to value which plant appeared with which, i.e. published the beginnings of plant sociology. Pollich published the results of his zoological studies in two further papers.

Honors

The working in the Palatinate Association for Nature Research and Care Association was in his honor Pollichia named, as are the plant genus Pollichia cabinet from the family of Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae). From 1778 Johann Adam Pollich was a member of the Leopoldina .

Fonts

  • 1763: Dissertatio physiologico-medica de nutrimento incremento statu ac decremento corporis humani . 20 S. Argentorati: Heitz (medical dissertation)
  • 1776–1777: Historia plantarum in Palatinatu electorali sponte nascentium incepta, secundum systema sexuale digesta . Vol. 1: 454 p .; Vol. 2: 664 p .; Vol. 3: 320 pp. - Mannhemii, apud Christian Friedrich Schwan
  • 1779: Description of some insects that are still missing in the Linnaeus system and occur around Weilburg .
  • 1781: Of the insects that are not in Linne's natural system . Remark. Kuhrpfälz. phys.-oek. Ges., 1779: 252-287.
  • 1783: Descriptio insectorum Palatinorum . Act. Leopoldina VII.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 2021. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pollich, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1780
Place of death Kaiserslautern