Personal data of the Czech botanist Eduard Ludvík Pospíchal (13. 6. 1838, Litomyšl, eastern Bohemia – 24. 4. 1905, Belluno, N Italy), a secondary school teacher of Latin and Greek, are provided and his importance is assessed. He published floristic reports from Bohemia, Czech Republic. More importantly, he is an author of an extensive flora of the NE Adriatic coast and its surroundings.