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### Author
Poech, Josef \[Alois\] (1816-1846), Bohemian botanist, born at Snedovice (Wegstädl) nr Praha, studied medicine, assistant to the botanical cabinet of Praha University; associated with Opiz.
**Abbreviated name**: *Poech* \[standard form in IPNI: *Poech*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PR|PR]] (main set), [[Collection REG|REG]] (see Flora 1846), and [[Collection W|W]] (musci; Austrian plants).
*Exsiccatae*: *Musei bohemici*, nos. 1-100, Prag 1846 (see Sayre 1971).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 94 (b. 22 Mai 1816, d. 20 Jan 1846); BM 4: 1590; CSP 4: 949; Hortus 3: 1201 (Poech); Jackson p. 314; Kew 4: 327; Klášterský p. 145; Maiwald p. 69, 119, 144, 145, 189, 256; PR 7221 (ed. 1: 8093); Rehder 5: 679; SBC p. 129; Tucker 1: 561; Zander ed. 10, p. 702, ed. 11, p. 801.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Zeit. 4: 255. 1846 (d.); Flora 27: 256. 1844 (asst. Praha), 29: 94-95. 1846 (herb. to REG).
- Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 150. 1888.
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 440. 1880 (at W).
- Matouschek, F., Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien 50: 373-381. 1900 (on the *Musci bohemici*).
- Pfund, J., Flora 29: 94-95. 1846 (obit., d. 20 Jan 1846, of tuberculosis; herbarium left to Regensb. bot. Ges.).
- Pritzel, G.A., Linnaea 19: 459. 1846 (d. 20 Jan 1846).
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 239. 1971 (on *Musci bohemici*); Bryologist 80: 515. 1977.
#### Eponymy
*Poechia* P.M. Opiz (1852). Although the author does not give the etymology for *Poechia* Endlicher (1848), the name likely honors Poech.
### Publications
##### n.8085. Enumeratio plantarum hucusque cognitarum insulae Cypri
**Title**
*Enumeratio plantarum hucusque cognitarum insulae Cypri*... Vindobonae \[Wien\] (Typis Caroli Ueberreuter) 1842. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. Cypr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1842 (p. 6: 23 Jul 1842), p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: FI, G, MO, NY.
*Ref*.: Fürnrohr, A.E., Flora 27: 240 (rd. Mar 1844), 453-454. 1844.