OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH HISTORY OF THE HIGHER FLORA OF VAS COUNTY (WESTERN HUNGARY)

Abstract

The paper reviews the research history of the higher flora of Vas County (Western Hungary) from the mid-16th century to recent times. We refer to the most important or topic-specific publications of the individual researchers in the text, while the literature sources mentioned in places, preferably more recent, regarding the work of people from Vas County in particular, are included in footnotes. In the case of deceased persons, biographical data are also given. - The Hungarian version of this study (Balogh 2022) was published as a chapter of the volume Protected plants of Vas County (Kulcsár et al. 2022), the foreword of which was written by academician Tamás Pócs, the greatest scientist alive today in researching the flora and vegetation of Vas County. With the English version of the study, the author - also on behalf of the author community of the included volume - greets Professor Pócs on the occasion of his 90th birthday.