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### Author
Froelich, Joseph Aloys von (1766-1841), German physician, "Medizinalrath" and botanist at Ellwangen, Württemberg.
**Abbreviated name**: *Froel.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Froel.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown; sale announced Flora in 1842. Some material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MW|MW]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 211.
- Anon., Flora 25(1) Int. Bl. 12. 14 Feb 1842 (sale).
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 5(1): 359, 12(3): 335; Barnhart 2: 14; BM 2: 628; GSP 2: 733; DTS 1: 79, 6(4): 140; GR p. 78; MD p. 114; PR 3131.
- Anon., Flora 24: 176. 1841.
- Stafleu, The great Prodromus 27. 1966.
- Familler, Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 11: 12. 1913.
#### Composite works
DC, *Prodr*.: *Crepis*, 7: 164-172. Apr 1838; *Hieracium* 7: 199-240. Apr 1838.
#### Eponymy
*Froelichia* Moench (1794); *Froelichiella* R. E. Fries (1920). *Note*: *Froelichia* M. Vahl (1797) [^1] is dedicated to Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Frölich (1769-1845), Danish botanist.
### Publications
##### n.1906. De Gentiana dissertatio
**Title**
*De Gentiana dissertatio* quam summi numinis auspiciis ex decreto gratiosae facultatis medicae in Academia regia Friderico-Alexandrina pro gradu doctoris summisque in utraque medicina honoribus legitime obtinendis publico eruditorum examini subjicit Josephus Aloysius Froelich... d. januar. mdcclxxxxvi. Erlangen (Typis Kunstmannianis) \[1796\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Gentiana*
**Notes**
*Thesis*: Jan 1796 (p. iv: 30 Dec 1795), p. \[i, t.p. of thesis\], \[i-iv\], \[1\]-141, \[142, add.\], 1 col. copper engr. J. Sturm. *Copy*: NY.
*Trade ed*.: Erlangen (W. Walther) 1796, publ. Jan-Apr 1796, (p. vi: 30 Dec 1795), \[i-vi\], \[1\]-141, \[142, add.\], 1 col. copper engr. J. Sturm. *Copies*: G, M. – "De Gentiana libellus sistens specierum cognitarum descriptionibus cum observationibus."
*Ref*.: BM 2: 628; DTS 1: 79; PR 3131, PR ed. 1: 3420.
[^1]: "*Froelichia* Vahl 1797 (Rubiaceae) \[is dedicated to\] Joseph Aloys von Frölich (1766–1841), German physician (“Hofmedizinalrat”), botanist, entomologist, in Ellwangen. Vahl (1797: \[vii\], 13.) mentioned Frölich’s thesis *De Gentiana dissertatio*."
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