Eduard Ludvik Pospichal (13 June 1838 – 24 April 1905) was an

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of Czech parentage born in Litomyšl in

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(today in the Czech Republic). Pospichal was a teacher at a

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in Trieste. He was the author of ''Flora des Oesterreichischen Küstenlandes'' (1897–99), a comprehensive treatise on flora found in regions on and around the northeast

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coast. Also, he was also the author a study of plants found along the banks of the

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and Mrdlina Rivers in

, titled ''Flora des Flussgebietes der Cidlina und Mrdlina'' (1881).

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