> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 326](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189797) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7803-1) LSID 7803-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5893926) QID Q5893926 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Polakowsky, Helmuth (1847-1917), German botanist; until 1880 in Berlin. **Abbreviated name**: *Polak.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pol.*\] #### Herbarium and types material from Costa Rica at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destroyed), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection QK|QK]], [[Collection W|W]] (301), [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]] (lich.). Bryophyte types were in herb. Müller ([[Collection B|B]], destroyed). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 96; BL 1: 147, 313; CSP 11: 41, 12: 582, 17: 947-948; GR p. 121; Herder p. 225; Hortus 3: 1201 (Polak.); Kew 4: 322; LS 21054-21054a; Morren ed. 10, p. 7; Rehder 5: 681; SBC p. 129; Tucker 1: 563; Urban-Berl. p. 268, 280, 289, 310, 384. #### Biofile - Anon., Hedwigia 59: (141), 1917 (d. 23 Jan 1917). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 150. 1888 (material at W). - Hemsley, J.B., Biol. centr. amer. 4: 137. 1887. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 174. 1904 (pl. BM). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977. #### Eponymy *Polakowskia* Pittier (1910). ### Publications ##### n.8131. La flora de Costa Rica **Title** *La flora de Costa Rica*. Contribución al estudio de la fitogeografia centro-americana por el Dr. H. Polakowsky. Traducido del alemán por Manuel Carazo Peralta y anotado por H. Pittier. San José de Costa Rica (Tip. Nacional) 1890. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Costa Rica*. **Notes** *Annotations*: Henri François Pittier (1857-1950). *Translator*: Manuel Carazo Peralta. *Publ*.: 1890 (Bot. Centralbl. 27 Mai 1891; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1891; MO copy signed by author 9 Nov 1891; TBC 10 Feb 1892; BSbF 12 Jun 1891), p. \[1\]-76, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY. – Reprinted from Anal. Inst. fis.-geogr. nac. 2: 177-201. 1890. – Original text: *Die Pflanzenwelt von Costa-Rica*, Jahresber. Ver. Erdk. Dresden 16 (Wiss.): 25-124. Dec 1879 (map). See also Polakowsky, Linnaea 41: 545-598. 1877 (enum. pl.), Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 19: 58-78. 20 Oct 1877 (id.). *Ref*.: Schiffner, V., Bot. Centralbl. 52: 413-414. 1892.