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### Author
Pollich, Johann Adam (1740-1780), German botanist and physician at Kaiserslautern; Dr. med. Strassbourg 1763; from 1764 devoting himself solely to natural history.
**Abbreviated name**: *Poll.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pollich*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 26: 393; AG 2(1): 317; Backer p. 456; Barnhart 3: 96; BM 4: 1593; Dryander 3: 156, 546; Frank 3(Anh.): 78; GR p. 37, cat. p. 69; Hawksworth p. 185; Hegi 4(1): 224; Herder p. 187; Hortus 3: 1201 (Pollich); Kelly p. 178-179; Kew 4: 334; Krempelh. 1: 481; LS 21078; PR 7247 (ed. 1: 8129); Rehder 1: 374; SBC p. 129; SO add. 675a; Zander ed. 10, p. 703, ed. 11, p. 801 (b. 1 Jan 1740, d. 24 Nov 1780).
#### Biofile
- J., Dict. Sci. med., Biogr. méd. 6: 469. 1824.
- Blättner, Dr. Johann Pollich und seine Zeit, Mitt. Saarpfälz. Ver. Naturk. Natursch. Pollichia ser. 2. 8. 1940.
- Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 371. 1864.
- Jung-Stilling, Rhein. Beitr. Gelehrsamkeit 1: 397-413. 1780 (n.v.), repr. Jahresber. Pollichia 22: 1-11. 1866 (b. 1 Jan 1740, d. 24 Dec 1780).
- Kirschleger, F., Fl. Alsace 2: xliii-xliv. 1857.
- Meusel, J.G., Lex. teut. Schriftst. 10: 495-496. 1810 (b. 1 Jan 1740, d. 24 Feb 1780).
- Schultz-Bipontinus, C.H., Jahresber. Pollichia 22: 11-18. 1866 (add. biogr. details).
#### Eponymy
(genera): *Polichia* Schrank (1781, *nom. rej.*); *Pollicha* Cothenius (1790, *orth. vor.* of *Polichia* Schrank); *Pollichia* Medikus (1784, *nom. rej.*); *Pollichia* Willdenow (1787, *orth. var. of Polichia* Schrank); No etymology is given for *Pollichia* W. Aiton (1789, *nom. cons.*); (journal): *Pollichia*, ein naturwissenschaflicher Verein der Rheinpfalz (title varies). Dürkheim. Vol. 1-x. 1843-x.
### Publications
##### n.8137. Historia plantarum in Palatinatu electorali
**Title**
Johannis Adami Pollich... *Historia plantarum in Palatinatu electorali* sponte nascentium incepta, secundum systema sexuale digesta... Mannhemii \[Mannheim\] (apud Christ. Frid. Schwan...) 1776-1777, 3 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Hist. pl. Palat.*
**Notes**
*1*: 1776 (p. x: 28 Nov 1774), p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-454, *2 pl*. (uncol. copp. Egb. Verhelst).
*2*: 1777, p. \[1\]-664, *1 pl*.
*3*: 1777, p. \[1\]-320, *1 pl*., \[1-16, index\].
*Copies*: B, BR, G, L, MICH, MO, NY, US; IDC 7133.