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### 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.).