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.

Christian Stenhammar

Works
  • Försök till Gruppering och Revision af de Svenska Ephydrinae af Chr. Stenhammar. Stockholm , P.A. Nordstedt, 1844. online
  • Schedulæ criticæ de lichenibus exsiccatis Sueciæ (1845) (schedae are belonging to the exsiccata series Lichenes Sueciæ exsiccati)
  • Lichenes Sueciæ exsiccati editio altera (åtta delar, 1856-66) (exsiccata).
  • Skandinaviens copromyzinæ (1853)

Honours

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

  • Steenhammera Rchb. 1831 (Boraginaceae), a synonym of Mertensia,[1]
  • Stenhammara Flot. ex Körb. 1855 (Lichenes), a synonym of Ropalospora lugubris,[2]
  • Stenhammara A.Massal. ex Zahlbr. 1924 (Fungi) ,a synonym of Stenhammarella
  • Stenhammarella Hertel 1967 (Lichen in Lecideaceae family).[3]

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.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Stenh. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References
  1. "Steenhammera Rchb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. "Stenhammaria Nyman". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Stenh.

Other sources

Eckhard K. Groll

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