> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 544](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066884) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12044-1) LSID 12044-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73413) QID Q73413 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Zinn, Johann Gottfried (1727-1759), German (Franconian) physician and botanist; studied at Göttingen; Dr. med. 1749; in Berlin 1749-1753; e.o. professor of pharmacology and director of the botanical garden of Göttingen 1753, ord. prof. 1755. **Abbreviated name**: *Zinn* \[standard form in IPNI: *Zinn*\] #### Herbarium and types Some plants at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. Although the collections of Zinn may be expected to be at [[Collection GOET|GOET]], Dr. H.J. Beug kindly informed us that he failed to trace them. They may be among the anonymous eighteenth century collections, but there are no signs of any annotations by Zinn, neither have any manuscripts been traced. Further material in [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 45: 336; Backer p. 635; Barnhart 3: 542 (b. 4 Dec 1727, d. 6 Apr 1759); BM 5: 2393; Bossert p. 450; Dryander 3: 79, 118, 159, 231, 329, 409, 417, 421; Frank 3 (Anh.): 116; Hegi 6(1): 527; Herder p. 154; Hortus 3: 1207; Jackson p. 426; MW p. 549; PR 10502-10503; Rehder 1: 44, 142; RS p. 149; SO 637e; TL-1/1446-1447; Tucker 1: 759; Urban-Berl. p. 412; Zander ed. 10, p. 735, ed. 11, p. 839. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 263: 650-651. 1966. - Arnim, M., Mitgl.-Verz. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 1751-1929. 186. 1928. - Dandy, J.E., Regn. veg. 51: 19. 1967 (valid generic names in *Cat.*). - Fries, Th.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1 (4): 294. 1910, 1(6): 118. 1912. - Hulth, J.M. & A.H. Uggla, Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(2): 77, 78, 141. 1943. - J., *in* Dict. sci. méd. 7: 530. 1825. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 134 (suppl.): 21. 1923 (on pl. in LINN). - Meusel, Lex. d. teut. Schriftst. 15: 424-425. 1816. - Peter, A., *in* Festschr. 150-j. Besteh. K. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 370-371. 1901. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 1416. 1863, 7a(suppl.)(3): 793. 1971 (further biogr. bibl. lit.). - Sandifort, E., Nat. Geneesk. Bibl. 1(1): 169-172. 1765 (obit.). - Sprague, T.A., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1934: 217-219 (generic names in *Cat.*). - Waldeyer, *in* A. Hirsch et al., eds., Biogr. Lex. hervorrag. Ärzte ed. 3. 5: 1046. 1962. - Wilmott, A.J., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1935: 91 (proposal to treat the work as not "validly" published \[rejected at Amsterdam Congress 1935\]. #### Eponymy *Zinnia* Linnaeus (1759). ### Publications ##### n.18.697. Observationes quaedam botanicae **Title** *Observationes quaedam botanicae*, et anatomicae de vasis subtilioribus oculi et auris internae... Gottingae \[Göttingen\] (apud vid. Abr. Vandenhoeckii...) 1753. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1753 (p. 41: 24 Nov 1753; GGA 20 Dec 1753), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-41. *Copies*: B-S, NLM, NSUB; IDC 5822. ##### n.18.698. Catalogus plantarum horti **Title** *Catalogus plantarum horti* academici et agri *gottingensis*... Gottingae \[Göttingen\] (sumtibus viduae Abr. Vandenhoeck) 1757. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. hort. Gott.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Apr-21 Mai 1757 (p. x: 20 Apr 1757; GGA 21 Mar 1757), p. \[i-x\], \[1\]-441, \[443-454, index\], *1 pl. Copies*: BM, G, H-UB, HH, KU, M, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 361.