Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 97. (Budapest 2005)
Barina, Z.: János Hanák and his Herbarium
HANÁK' S BOTANICAL ACTIVITY The first mention in scientific papers on the herbarium of JÁNOS HANÁK derives from KARL ( 1 922). At that time the collection was at the Secondary School of Piarists' in Budapest. KARL (1922) gave full particulars of HANÁK's contacts with the botanists of the reform era: with LAJOS VÁGNER, JÓZSEF GYÖRGY, JÓZSEF SADLER, JÁNOS BOLLA, GYULA KOVÁCS, KÁROLY NENDTVICH and TAMÁS NENDTVICH. On the evidence of herbarium data HANÁK was in connection with JÓZSEF DORNER (BUNKE 1999) too. As a consequence of his extensive personal relations the origin of some of his herbarium specimens is doubtful: they may be either his own ones or coming from exchanges (Pécs, Vienna etc.). Due to his exchange relations with the botanists of that era some of his specimens can be found in BP beside his here shown herbarium. MATERIAL AND METHODS An unknown collection was found in the corridor of Herbarium Carpato-Pannonieum (Hungarian Natural History Museum, BP) in HAYNALD's glass-case in October 2002. It was bundled and put into bags, and stored among dry stalks of weeds, litter of rabbits and other waste. After cleaning the bundles LAJOS FELFÖLDY scrutinised them and concluded that it might be the collection of JÁNOS HANÁK. After a short effort it turned out that he had been right. Some days later an additional package came to light from Collectio Historica with the note of ZSUZSANNA BUNKE: Collection of Piarists, collected by JÁNOS HANÁK, JÓZSEF GYÖRGY, GYULA KOVÁTS and BERNÁT MÜLLER. After discovering HANÁK's herbarium in 2002,1 started to work it up in 2003. At first all the labels were digitally archived (scanning or taking on digital photos), and additional labels were printed for the duplicates. Data of labels were set into database, containing the name of the species, the place and date of collection, the name of collector, further information and comments. The plants were mounted and then the specimens have been revised by the author. The places within the territory of Hungary today where HANÁK collected plants are enumerated and the collected vascular plant species from all places are listed. The main features of this collection are also presented. The species collected outside the boundary of Hungary (Mármaros Mts, Upper Hungary, Bánság, Fiume and Dalmatian islands etc.) will be presented in a following paper.
