Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 97. (Budapest 2005)

Barina, Z.: János Hanák and his Herbarium

MAIN FEATURES OF HANÁK'S HERBARIUM HANÁK's herbarium was deposited in the Botanical Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (BP) in 1950 (FEKETE & KOVÁTS 1974). It was estimated at 3000 sheets altogether. Then this collection was forgotten. Although KARL ( 1922) mentioned altogether 23 parcels in 1922, only 22 (21 of higher plants and one of lower plants) parcels were found in 2002. The fate of the missing one is still unknown. The material was in good condition without any or with negligible damages. The close wrapping protected the plants from the museum beetle. The plants were unmounted, placed between blotting papers or other types of paper. Labels were enclosed, but sometimes the data (date and place of collecting) were written on the covering paper. Each containing 100-200 plants parcel was wrapped into thicker paper. The plants were approximately in alphabetic order, but there were confusions too. A total of 3776 labelled plants were counted in the 22 parcels. Fig. 2. Collecting sites of JÁNOS HANÁK in Hungary (on the basis of the HANÁK'S herbarium). 1 = Vác, 2 = Vac: Naszály, 3 = Budapest: Buda, 4 = Budapest: Svábhegy, 5 = Budapest: Sas-hegy, 6 Noszvaj, 7 = Gödöllő, 8 = Budapest: Rákos, 9 = Budapest: Pest, 10 = Esztergom, 11 = Heves, 12 Budapest: Ördög-malom, 13 = Hanság, 14 = Ernőd, 15 = Göd, 16 = Jászberény, 17 = Kecskemét, 18 Keszthely, 19 = Vásárosnamény, 20 = Érd, 21 = Pécs, 22 = Sátoraljaújhely, 23 = Sopron, 24 = Szentendre, 25 = Tokaj