> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 481](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355568) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6459-1) LSID 6459-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4292977) QID Q4292977 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Mikan, Johann Christian (1769-1844), Bohemian (Czech) botanist and entomologist; Dr. med. Praha 1793; professor of natural history Praha 1800-1831; travelled in Brazil with Pohl 1817-1819. **Abbreviated name**: *J. C Mikan* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.C.Mikan*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection W|W]]; dupl. [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection PRC|PRC]]. – The collections of the Austrian explorers of Brazil, Mikan, Pohl, Natterer and Schott were originally deposited at the Brazilian natural history museum "in der Johannisgasse im Graf Harrachischen Hause", under the responsibility of the "Hofnaturalienkabinett". The collections were later moved to the "Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum," now [[Collection W|W]]. (see e.g. Flora 5(2): 465-468. 1822). #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 601; Backer p. 372; Barnhart 2: 488; BM 3: 1310; Bossert p. 266; CSP 4: 384; Dryander 5: 38; Frank 3 (Anh.): 65; Futák-Domin p. 395; GF p. 68; Herder p. 225; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Mikan, f."); IH 2: 538; Jackson p. 371; Kew 3: 680; Klášterský p. 128; Lasègue p. 332, 477, 505; Maiwald p. 60, 62, 63, 281; NI 1367; PR 6217 (ed. 1: 6924-6927); RS p. 119; SO 11a, 576; TL-1/844; Tucker 1: 486; WU 18: 263-265; Zander ed. 10, p. 692, ed. 11, p. 789. - Anon., Bonplandia 8: 218. 1860 (coll. im sogennanten Brasilischen Kabinet,... Johannesgasse,...); Bot. Not. 1845: 32; Bot. Zeit., Regensb. 4: 157-158. 1805; Bot. Zeit. 3: 120. 1845; Flora 28: 112. 1845 (d. 28 Dec 1844); Portraiten-Gallerie berühmter Aerzte und Naturforscher des österreichischen Kaiserthumes (verstorbener und lebender). Wien 1838, portrait no. 24; Preslia 51 (1): 46. 1979 (b. 5 Dec 1769, d. 24 Dec 1844). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 33: 281. 1888 (Braz. coll. at W), 34 150. 1888. - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 258. 1977. - Kopetz, H. R. u. L. Kleinwächter, Mitt. nordböhm. Excurs.-Club Leipa 24: 396-297. 1901. - Kühnel, Thad. Haenke 20, 149. 1960. - Maiwald, P. V., Jahresber. öffent. Stifts-Obergymn. Braunau 1901: 13. (Die opizische Periode in der floristischen Erforschung Böhmens); see also Österr. National-Enzyklopädie 3: 66. 1835. - Mikan, J. C., *in* Martius, C. F. P., FLora 20, Beibl. 37: 95-170. (Reise-Notizen aus Brasilien). - Neilreich, A., Verh. zool. bot. Ver. Wien 5: 47. 1855 (coll. W). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 283-284. 1969 (b. 5 Dec 1769, d. 24/28 Dec 1844). - Papavero, N., Essays neotrop. dipterol. 1: 61, 118, 1971. - Paudler, A., Mitt. nordböhm. Exc.-Club Leipa 24: 139-143. 1901. - Poggendorff, J. C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 149. 1863. - Pritzel, G. A., Linnaea 19: 457-458. 1846 (b. 5 Dec 1769, d. 28 Dec 1844). - Sachs, J. v., Hist. botanique 398. 1892. - Sherborn, C. D., Ind. Anim. ser. 2. 1: xcccviii. 1925. - Skalický, V., Nov. bot. Inst. bot. Univ. Carol. Prag 1967: 37-44 (*iconography*). - Stearn, W. T., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 135-136. 1956 (on *Delectus*). - Urban, I., Fl. bras. 1(1): 64. 1906 (itin.). - Weitenweber, W. L., Lotos 2: 63-65. 1852. - Wetmore, A., Auk 42: 283. 1925. - Wettstein, R. v., Lehrkanz. syst. Bot. Prag 4, 7, 8, 9. 1899, Österr. bot. Z. 49(2): 42, 96. 1899 (coll. PRC). - Zuchold, E. A., Jahresber. naturf. Ver. Halle 5: 40. 1853. #### Iconography J. C. Mikan's unpublished iconography of the Bohemian flora is at the Library of Charles University, Prague. The drawings are by F. Čepelka (9) ańd by F. Seidel (1). See Skalický, V. (1967). ### Publications ##### n.6006. Delectus florae et faunae brasiliensis **Title** *Delectus florae et faunae brasiliensis* jussu et auspiciis Francisci I Austriae imperatoris investigatae. Auctore J. C. Mikan... Vindobonae \[Wien\] (sumtibus auctoris, typis Antonii Strauss) 1820\[-1825\]. Broadsheet. **Abbreviated title**: *Del. fl. faun. bras.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In four parts, p. \[1-52\], *24 col. pl. Copies*: FI, G, MO, NY; IDC 6069. – Twelve of the 24 unnumbered plates are botanical; the numbers are those assigned by Stearn (1956); nos. *1* and *7* as well as the analysis of no. *2* are by Ferd. Bauer; nos. *2, 9, 14* are by Buchberger (from living plants in Brazil), nos. *19, 20, 21* are by Satory. Each part contained 6 plates accompanied by 6 lvs. of text. The cover of the NY copy gives the contents of the 4 parts; this cover is dated 1823 (not 1825). Even so it is likely that fasc. 1, appeared only in 1825. (see e.g. Stearn 1956). |part |*plates* |dates | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-6 |1820, sero |2 |7-11a |1822, medio |3 |12-17 |Jul-Oct 1823| |4 |18-23 |1825| | | | |--- |--- | |1: |*Stifftia chrysantha* (1) | |*Conchocarpus macrophyllus* (2) | |*Dichorisandra thysiflora* (3) |2: |*Vellosia Candida* (7) | |*Esterhazya splendida* (8) | |*Oxalis rusciformis* (9) |3: |*Metternichia principis* (13) | |*Echitis tenuifolia* (14) | |*Griffinia tenuifolia* (15)| |4: |*Helicteres brasiliensis* (19)| | |*Passiflora amethystina* (20)| | |*Gloxinia schottii* (21)|