> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 550](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066890) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12058-1) LSID 12058-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122596) QID Q122596 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Zollikofer, Caspar Tobias (1774-1843), Swiss physician, botanist and entomologist; studied medicine in Zürich, Halle a.S. and Edinburgh; Dr. med. Halle 1794; administrator in St. Gallen 1797-1802; practicing physician and pharmacist ib. from 1802. **Abbreviated name**: *Zollik.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Zollik.*\] #### Herbarium and types Nat. Hist. Mus. St. Gallen. Further material in [[Collection BR|BR]]. For his drawings see C. Bächler (1945). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 543 (b. 15 Mai 1774, d. 6 Dec 1843); BM 5: 2395; CSP 6: 516; Herder p. 181; Jackson p. 343; NI 2201, see indexes; PR 10504, ed. 1: 11461; Rehder 1: 433. #### Biofile - Attinger, V. et al., Dict. hist. biogr. Suisse 7: 452. 1933. - Bächler, E., Ber. Tätigkeit St. Gallen naturw. Ges. 71: 1-43. 1945 (portr., biogr. sketch; on water paintings and drawings). - Bossart, C, Schweizer Ärzte als Naturforscher 19. Jahrh. 16-17. 1979. - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. souvenirs 357. 1862. - Fischer, E., Bibl. natl. suisse 4(5): 79, 80, 136, 137, 138, 174, 187, 188. 1901 (bibl.). - Jäggli, A.E., Mitt. schweiz. entom. Ges. 31(2): 201-202. 1980 (note on entomological watercolors). - Meyer, D., Verh. schweiz. naturf. Ges. 29: 238-255. 1845 (obit.). #### Eponymy *Zollikoferia* C.G.D. Nees (1825); *Zollikoferia* A.P. de Candolle (1838). ### Publications ##### n.18.715. Tentamen florae alpinae Helvetiae **Title** *Tentamen florae alpinae Helvetiae* iconibus lapide incisis et descriptionibus illustratae... Versuch einer Alpen-Flora der Schweiz... \[St. Gallen (in Commission bei Huber und Comp.) 1828\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Tent. fl. alp. Helvet.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Mai 1828 (cover p. 2: Mar 1828; Flora rd. 15 Mai-28 Jun 1828), cover, p. \[i, t.p.\], *10 pl*. (col. liths.) with text p. \[1-20\]. *Copies*: B, FI, H-UB, NY (has 2 plates in dupl.).