> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 478](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258956) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3512-1) LSID 3512-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155761) QID Q3155761 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Györffy, István|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Győrffy, István (latter often abbreviated "J.") (1880-1959), Hungarian bryologist, born 19 Dec 1880 in Hidasnémeti, studied in Makó, lived in Löcsén and collected mosses in the Tatra Mts., habilitation 1913 Franz-Joseph Univ. in Cluj (then Kolozsvár in Hungary, now Romania) and became prof. there from 1915 until Transylvania became Romanian and the Univ. moved to Szeged (1919-1940) where he founded a new inst., a botanical garden and a botanical journal (*Folia Cryptogamica*), returned to Cluj (Kolozsvár) 1940-1945, after W.W.-II took refuge in Salzburg, Austria but moved again, died 19 Apr 1959 in Csákvár (or Székesfehévár?). **Abbreviated name**: *Győrffy* \[standard form in IPNI: *Györffy*\] #### Note - (1) His wife, Irma Győrffy (née Greisiger) (1882-1947), was also a botanist but published outside the period of our concern. - (2) With the first name initialed, both Győrffy and his wife could be confused with the Hungarian ethnologist István Győrffy (1884-1939). #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection H|H]]-BR, [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection W|W]]. *Exsiccatae* (with M. Péterfi) widely distributed (see Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 31(3-4): 283. 1962, for what happened after 1919; and TL-2/4: 192). *Bryophyta Regni Hungariae Exsiccata*, for an index, see: A "Bryophyta regni Hungariae exsiccata" részére begyűtött és Klozsvárott rekedt fajok jegyzéke, Folia Crypt. 1: 25-40. 7 Mai 1924. *Copy*: [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 251; Barnhart 2: 104; Biol.-Dokum. 89.089-89.095; BM 6: 420; Bossert p. 157 (as "Istvón"); Collander p. 131; Futak-Domin p. 226-229; GR p. 658; Hirsch p. 108; IH 2: 247; KR p. 251; Lenley p. 191; LS 33.963; LS suppl. 10.440-10.444; Portr. 3: 518; SBC p. 121; TL-2/1: 1027, indices 2/3, 2/4 (as "Györfy"); Tucker 3: 129; Urban-Berl. p. 301. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 219. 1931. - Boros, A., 1959. Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 28: 400-408. (bibl., portr.) - Charpin, A. & J. Timbal, 2007. Acta Bot. Gallica 154: 455. (as "Györffy, Itsvan") - Dörfler, I., 1909. Botaniker-Adressbuch, ed. 3: 216. - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond (eds.), 1970. Index collectors Edinburgh Herb.: 87. - Kenyeres, Á. (ed.), 1967. Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1: 641-642. (d. "Csákvár") - Nelson, E.C., 1980. Glasra 4: 49. (specimens at DBN) - Sayre, G., 1971. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 208-209. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed to L. Loeske, *Laubm. Eur.*... 1913-1914 (TL-2/3, nr. 4941). - (2) Editor, *Folia Cryptogamica*, vol. 1 (fasc. 1-10), vol. 2 (fasc. 1-5) (1924-1939 \[i.e. 1942\]). *Facsimile*: announced by Flück-Wirth 1968. – *Note*: The issues dated 1935-1939 were published in 1936-1942. - (3) Editor, *Acta Univ. Szeged., Sect. Sci. Nat., Pars Bot.*, n.s., vol. 5 (1939). ### Publications ##### n.37.596. Bryologiai adatok a Magas-Tátra Flórájához **Title** *Bryologiai adatok a Magas-Tátra Flórájához* \[=Bryologische Beiträge zur Flora der Hohen Tatra\]... Magyar Bot. Lapok... 1908-1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*7*\]: 15 Jul 1908 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-58, \[alternate pagination, p. 140-197\], *pl. 4-7* (uncol. lith., both double & with 2 pl. nrs. each). *Copies*: FH, NY (as serial). – Reprinted and to be cited from Magyar Bot. Lapok 7(4/8): 140-197, *pl. 4-7.* 1908. *10*: 1911 (NY serial rec'd. 27 Mai 1911),... Közlemény – Mitteilung, p. 204-214. *Copy*: no reprint seen. – Id. 10(4/7): 204-214. *11*: 5 Jun 1912 (in journal), p. 1-4, *pl. 5* (uncol. lith., "ad nat. del. Győrffy"). *Copies*: FH (n.v.), G, NY (as serial). – Id. 11(1/4): 64-66, *pl. 5.* 1912. *13*: 15 Jun 1925 (in journal), p. 81-86. *Copy*: NY. – Id. 23(1/12): 81-86. 1925. *Note*: While there are at least 13 parts to this work, we have seen only those reprints cited and traced a few other parts (e.g. part X). ##### n.37.597. Bryologische Seltenheiten **Title** *Bryologische Seltenheiten*. III... Sonderabdruck aus Hedwigia... 1911. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Apr 1911 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. 287-293, *pl. 8* (uncol. lith., "Györffy ad nat. del."). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Hedwigia 50(5/6): 287-293, *pl. 8.* 1911. *14*: Mai 1931 (in journal),... Dresden (Verlag von C. Heinrich), cover (identif.), p. \[133\]-138, *pl. 4* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: Gr-V, NY. – Id. 71(1/2): 133-138, *pl. 4.* 1931. *Ref*.: P.A., Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 7(1-2): 133. 15 Sep 1934. - *Note*: All 14 parts in this series appeared in Hedwigia, i.e. I-II: Hedwigia 49: 101-105, *pl. 5.* 1910 \[i.e. 6 Oct 1909\]; III: (see above); IV-XII: Id. 54: 1-13, *pl. 1-2.* 1914 \[i.e. 1 Oct 1913\]; XIII: Id. 63: 48-49. 1922 \[i.e. 8 Aug 1921\]; XIV: (see above), but we have seen only the two parts analyzed here as reprints. ##### n.37.598. Kurze Notiz **Title** *Kurze Notiz* über *Allioniella cryphaeoïdes* Broth.... Ofversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societens Förhandlingar... 1911. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911, p. \[1\]-4, *1 pl*. (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: BM (as serial?), G, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Oefvers Förh. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. 53 (Afd. A, nr. 14): 1-4, *1 pl*. 1911. *Ref*.: Anon., Rev. Bryol. 39(2): 31. 1912 (noticed). ##### n.37.599. Néhány **Title** *Néhány* szó *Simonkai* két *mohájaról*. Einige Worte über *zwei Moose* von *Simonkai* ... Budapest... 1911. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911, cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[17\]-22 + \[3\]-5 \[=German abstract\]. *Copies*: G, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Közlem. 1911 (Heft 1-2): 3-5, 17-22. 1911. ##### n.37.600. Enumeratio muscorum **Title** *Enumeratio muscorum* a Gy. E. *Nyárády* in Hungaria, Halicia, Bosnia etc. alibique collectorum... Separatabdruck aus den Ungarischen Botan. Blätter... 1911. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Nyárády, Erasmus Julius (1881-1966), see TL-2/3: 787-788 and IH 2: 608. *Publ*.: 12 Oct 1911 (in journal), p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: G, NY (as serial). – Reprinted and to be cited from Magyar Bot. Lapok 1911(8/10): 333-343. 1911. *Ref*.: Anon., Rev. Bryol. 39(2): 31-32. 1912 (noticed). ##### n.37.601. Pleurozygodon sibiricum **Title** Über das *Pleurozygodon sibiricum* Arnell... Uppsala (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri) 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Mar 1914 (in journal, read 14 Jan 1914, printed 23 Feb 1914), p. 1-3, *pl. 1* (uncol. lith.). – *Copies*: BM (as serial?) (n.v.), G, U; IDC mf. 108 (E-8562/1). – Reprinted and to be cited from Ark. Bot. 14(2): 1-3, *pl. 1.* 1914. *Ref*.: Anon., Rev. Bryol. 41(4): 74. 1914 (noticed). ##### n.37.602. Bryologiai adatok hazánk florájéanak ismeretéhez **Title** *Bryologiai adatok hazánk florájéanak ismeretéhez* \[or\] *Bryologische Beiträge zur Flora Ungarns*... Különnyomás a Magyar Botanikai Lapok... 1921 \[i.e. 1922\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922, p. \[44\]-52. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Magyar Bot. Lapok 20(1-12): 44-52. 1921 \[i.e. 1922\]. ##### n.37.603. Pflanzenwelt **Title** Die *Pflanzenwelt* der *Hohen Tatra*... Késmárk-Budapest (Verlag "Turistik und Alpinismus") 1922. 12×17 cm. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922, frontisp., p. \[1\]-79, 1 schema (fold.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US. – In series, Handbücher des "Turistik und Alpinismus", nr. 2. ##### n.37.604. Floristicai töredékek **Title** *Floristicai töredékek* a *Magas-Tátra* ismeretéhez. *Fragmenta phytochorologica montium Tatraënsium*... Ung. Bot. Bl.... 1925 \[i.e. 1926\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Oct 1926 (in journal, p. 28 signed 21 Nov 1925), p. \[23\]-28. *Copies*: K (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Magyar Bot. Lapok 24(1-12): 23-28. 1925 \[i.e. 1926\]. *Note*: The author numbered these Fragmenta, i.e. I-XX, each number being a different plant species. ##### n.37.605. Notationes bryologicae **Title** *Notationes bryologicae* I-IV... Paris (Imp. Louis Jean, Gap) 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1928 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[81\]-86, \[ii, identif.\]. *Copies*: G, Gr-V, NY(2), WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. Bryol. 55(2): 81-86. 1928. ##### n.37.606. Novitas bryologica **Title** *Novitas bryologica*. – V... \[Reprinted from The Bryologist\] 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Nov 1929 (in journal), p. \[62\]-65, *pl. 3-4* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: G, Gr-V, NY(2), WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bryologist 32(2): 62-65, *pl. 3-4.* 1929. *Note*: English abstract by "Mrs. Dr. Győrffy" (viz. Győrffy, Irma (née Greisiger) (1882-1947), see above). *Ref*.: V.A., Rev. Bryol., sér. 2, 3(1-2): 96-97. 14 Aug 1930 (rev.). - *Note*: This is a series of at least seven parts, the only one seen as a reprint analyzed here. - The other parts also appeared in the Bryologist, i.e. \[I\]: as "Novitas cryologica (sic)", Bryologist 14(3): 41-43, *pl. 6.* 19 Mai 1911; II: Id. 25(1): 18. 27 Apr 1922; III, IV: Id. 26(4): 38-39. 21 Aug 1923; V: (see above); VI: Id. 37(2): 44-46, *pl. 2* \[=p. 45, in part\]. 15 Jul 1934; VII: Id. 61(2): 132-136. 31 Jul 1958. ##### n.37.607. Monstruoses Sporophyton **Title** *Monstruoses Sporophyton* von *Tetraplodon bryoïdes* aus Suomi... Helsinki... 1929. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Dec 1929 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[299\]-319, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: Gr-V, NY, WU. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. Vanamo 9(7): 299-319, *pl. 1-3.* 1929. ##### n.37.608. Funaria mediterranea **Title** *Funaria mediterranea*: Monstruositäten aus Italien... Firenze (Tipografia Mariano Ricci) 1934. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1934, cover-t.p., p. 134-141, *pl. 1* (draw.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nuovi Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 41(1): 134-141, *pl. 1.* 1934. ##### n.37.609. neuer Bürger **Title** Ein *neuer Bürger* der *Mooswelt* von *Pieniny* und der Hohen-Tátra: *Catharinaea haussknechtii* (Jur. & Nilde) Broth.... Szeged (Hungaria)... 1936. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1936, p. 121-122. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Folia Cryptog. 2(1): 121-122. 1936. *Ref*.: Boros, A., Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 10(4): 164. 25 Apr 1938 (brief rev.).