Christian Stenhammar

Christian Stenhammar

Christian Stenhammar (1783-1866) was a Swedish naturalist interested in lichens and an entomologist who specialised in Diptera.His collection is held by Uppsala University. He was a clergyman.

Works

Honours

They have been several genera named to honour Christian Stenhammar including;

Steenhamera Kostel. 1834, Stenhammaria Lilja 1843 and Stenhammaria Nyman 1881 (all from the Boraginaceae family) are all listed as 'doubtful' genera as they don't have any species listed.

The standard author abbreviation Stenh. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. 1 2 Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  2. ↑ "Lichenes exsiccati Sueciae, curante Chr. Stenhammar: IndExs ExsiccataID=763240575". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Lichenes Sueciae exsiccati, in primo editionis alterius fasciculo divulgati, curante Chr. Stenhammar: IndExs ExsiccataID=692486941". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Steenhammera Rchb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Stenhammaria Nyman". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  8. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Stenh.

Other sources

Eckhard K. Groll