> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 908](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190379) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8627-1) LSID 8627-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506075) QID Q506075 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rostafinsky, Józef Thomasz (Joseph Thomas) (1850-1928), Polish botanist, born in Warsaw; studied in Jena 1869-1870, Halle 1870-1872 and Strassburg 1872-1873; Dr. phil. Strassburg 1872-1873; Dr. phil. Strassburg (with A. de Bary) 1873; assistant ib. 1873-1876; lecturer at the University of Cracow 1876, e.o. professor of botany 1878, regular professor and director of the botanic garden 1881-1912. **Abbreviated name**: *Rost.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rostaf.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection KRA|KRA]]. – Other material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (Some types of Myxomycetes), [[Collection STR|STR]]. – Letters to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 12(1): 194; Ainsworth p. 234, 283, 319; Barnhart 3: 181 (b. 14 Aug 1850, d. 6 Mai 1928); BFM no. 3245; BJI 1: 49; BM 4: 1736, 8: 1094; Bossert p. 339; CSP 8: 786, 11: 225, 12: 632, 18: 310; De Toni 1: cviii-cxix; Frank 3(Anh.): 85; Futak-Domin p. 507; Hawksworth p. 185; Herder p. 200, 245; Jackson p. 156, 157, 171, 330; Kelly p. 195 LS 22550-22551; Moebius p. 74; Morren ed. 2, p. 13, ed. 10, p. 34; MW p. 419; Rehder 5: 738; Stevenson p. 1256; TL-2/1204-1205, 3285-3286; TR 239; Tucker 1: 608; Urban-Berl. p. 389. #### Biofile - Ainsworth, G.C., Dict. fungi ed. 6. 512. 1971. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 40: 786. 1882 (regular professor of botany Cracow); Hedwigia 68: (135). 1929 (d.); Mycol. Centralbl. 1: 162. 1912 (succeeded by M. Raciborski as prof. and dir. bot. gard. Cracow); Österr. bot. Z. 32: 310. 1882 (ord. prof. Cracow), 77: 240. 1928 (d. 6 Mai 1928). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 444. 1880 (types *Prodr. fl. polon.* still in his private herb.). - Dörfler, I., Botaniker-Adressbuch 118. 1896. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 316. 1938 (dir. bot. gard. Cracow 1876-1912). - Hryniewiecki, B., Précis hist. bot. Pologne 4, 5, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 34. 1930; Edward Strasburger 13, 47-49, 52, 55, 59, 94. 1938, Acta Soc. bot. Polon. 20 (suppl.): 47-76. 1951 (biogr., bibl., portr., in Polish; list of biogr. refs.). - Kulczynski, S., Acta Soc. Bot. Polon. 6: 391-395. 1929 (obit.). - Szafer, W., Concise hist. bot. Cracow 163 \[index\] 1969 (portr.); Regn. Veg. 71: 381, 386. 1970. - Szymkiewicz, D., Bibl. fl. Polsk. 16, 18, 41-42, 122. 1925. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 84-85, *pl. 23*. 1903 (portr.), 3(3): 69. 1905. #### Composite works - (1) With E. v. G. Janczewsky, *Obs. alg.* 1874, and *Obs. accrois. thalle phéosp.*, 1875, see TL-2/3285-3286. - (2) M.C. Cooke, *Contr. mycol. brit.* 1877, TL-2/1204 is "arranged according to the method of Rostafinsky", in part a translation from the Polish (Sluzowce (Mycetozoa) monographia). #### Eponymy *Rostafinsckia* \[sic\] Spegazzini (1880); *Rostafinskia* Raciborski (1884). ### Publications ##### n.9592. Florae Polonicae prodromus **Title** *Florae Polonicae prodromus*. Uebersicht der bis jetzt im Königreich Polen beobachteten Phanerogamen... Berlin (R. Friedländer & Sohn) 1873. Oct. (in fours). **Notes** *Publ*.: late 1872-Jan 1873 (rev. Flora 1 Feb 1873; "soeben" Bot. Zeit. Feb 1873), p. \[1\], \[1\]-128. *Copies*: FH, G, H, NY, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 22: \[81\]-208. 1872 \[1873?\]. The USDA copy has the above text on cover and separate t.p.; the other copies are straight reprints without such a t.p. BR has a reprint with original signatures and pagination. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 21(bibl.): 131-132. 1874. - Kn., Flora 56: 63-64. 1 Feb 1873. - Uechtritz, R.F.C. von, Bot. Zeit. 32: 204-207. 27 Mar 1874, 221-224. 3 Apr 1874 (rev.). ##### n.9593. Versuch eines Systems der Mycetozoen **Title** *Versuch eines Systems der Mycetozoen*. Inaugural-Dissertation der Philosophischen Facultät der Universität Strassburg im Elsass für Erlangung der Doctorwürde vorgelegt von Joseph Thomas von Rostafinski aus Warschau. Strassburg (Druck von Friedrich Wolff) 1873. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Vers. Syst. Mycetozoen*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1873 (p. 22: Jan 1873; "neu" Bot. Jahrb. 9 Mai 1873; Hedwigia Mar 1873, Grevillea Apr 1874), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-21, \[22, curr. vitae; b. 14 Aug 1850\]. *Copies*: G, H, NY, Stevenson. *Ref*.: Anon., Hedwigia 13: 24-26. Feb 1874 (rev.). - G.K. \[Klebs\], Bot. Zeit 31: 375-383. 13 Jun 1873 (rev.). ##### n.9594. Quelques mots sur l'Haematococcus lacustris **Title** *Quelques mots sur l'Haematococcus lacustris* et sur les bases d'une classification naturelle des algues chlorosporées... Cherbourg (Imp. Bedelfontaine et Syffert,...) 1875. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875 (Hedwigia Sep 1875; Flora rd. by 1 Sep 1875), p. \[i\], \[137\]-154. *Copies*: FH, FI, G. – Reprinted with special t.p. from Mém. Soc. natl. Sci. nat. Cherbourg 19: \[137\]-154. 1875. *Ref*.: G.K. \[Klebs\], Bot. Zeit. 33: 753-754. 12 Nov 1875. ##### n.9595. Sluzowce **Title** *Sluzowce* (Mycetozoa) *monografia* przez Dra Józefa Rostafinskiego. Paryz \[Paris\] (Nakladem Biblioteki Kórnickiej) 1875. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Sluzowce monogr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1874-1875 (in journal; reprint 1875; Bot. Zeit. 21 Jan 1876), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-432, *pl. 1-13* (*1-12* uncol. liths. auct., *13* photo). *Copies*: FH, FI, G, H, NY, PH, Stevenson. – Issued as Pamiet. Towarz. Nauk. Sci. Paryzu 5(4): 1-215. 1874, 6(1): 216-432, *pl. 1-13*. 1875 (the Stevenson copy has the original division). *Suppl*.: 1876 (read 3 Feb 1876), p. \[1\]-43, \[1, bibl.\]. *Copies*: NY, PH. "Dodatek I do monografi Sluzowców" reprinted from Pamiet. Towarz. Nauk. Sci. Paryzo 8(4): 1-42. *1 pl*. 1876. *English translation* (p.p.): 1877, iv, 96 p., *24 pl*. London (n.v.). – *Contributions to Mycologia britannica*. The Myxomycetes of Great Britain. Adaptation by M.C. Cooke. ##### n.9596. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Tange **Title** *Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Tange*... Heft i. Ueber das Spitzenwachsthum von Fucus vesiculosus und Himanthalia lorea... Leipzig (Verlag von Arthur Felix) 1876. †. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Kenntn. Tange*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1876 (Bot. Zeit. 14 Apr 1876), p. \[i\], \[1\]-18, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: G, U. ##### n.9597. Über Botrydium granulatum **Title** *Über Botrydium granulatum*... Leipzig (Verlag von Arthur Felix) 1877. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Michael Stepanowitch Woronin (1838-1903). *Publ*.: 12, 19 Oct 1877 (in Journal), p. \[1\]-18, *pl. 1-5* (1-4 uncol., 5 col. liths.). *Copies*: BR, FH, FI, G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Zeit. 35: col. 649-664. 12 Oct. 1877, 665-671, *pl. 7-11.* 19 Oct 1877. ##### n.9598. Hydrurus i jego pokrewienstwo **Title** *Hydrurus i jego pokrewienstwo*. Monografija... Kraków (w drukarni Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego,...) 1882. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1882 (Bot. Centralbl. 19-23 Jan 1882; Grevillea Sep 1882; J. Bot. Jan 1883; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1882; Bot. Zeit. 30 Jun 1882; Hedwigia Jul 1882), p. \[1\]-34, *1 pl. Copies*: G, H, PH. – Page 1: reprint t.p., p. 3-29 reprinted from Rozpr. Akad. umiej., Wydz. mat.-przyr. 10: 59-86. *pl. 2.* 1882, p. \[31\]-34 German resumé: *Hydrurus und seine Verwandtschaft*. *Ref*.: Anon., Hedwigia 21: 148-149. Oct 1882. - Klebs, G., Bot. Zeit. 40: 683-687. Oct 1882 (rev.). - N.L., Bot. Zeit. 40: 433. 30 Jun 1882. - Richter, P.G., Bot. Centralbl. 13: 394-395. 1883 (rev. and summary). ##### n.9599. Slownik polskich imign **Title** *Slownik polskich imign* rodzajów oraz wyzszych skupien roslin poprzedzony historyczna rozprawa o zródlach... w Krakowie (Nakladem Akademii Umiejetnosci ...) 1900. 'Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stwon. polsk. imign*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1900 (p. iv: 7 Jul 1899), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-834, \[835-836\]. *Copy*: NY. – Materialy do historyi jezyka i dyalektologi polskiej. torn. 1.