Christian Stenhammar (1783-1866) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

naturalist interested in

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who specialised in

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

.His collection is held by

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.He was a clergyman.

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 Exsiccata (Latin, ''gen.'' -ae, ''plur.'' -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels". Typically, exsiccatae refer to numbered collections of dried herbarium specimens respectivel ...

). * ''Skandinaviens copromyzinæ'' (1853)

Honours

They have been several genera named to honour Christian Stenhammar including; * ''Steenhammera'' (

Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...

), a synonym of ''

Mertensia ''Mertensia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are perennial herbaceous plants with blue or sometimes white flowers that open from pink-tinged buds. Such a change in flower color is common in Boraginaceae and is ca ...

'', * ''Stenhammara'' (Lichenes), a synonym of '' Ropalospora lugubris'', * ''Stenhammara'' (Fungi) ,a synonym of ''Stenhammarella'' * '' Stenhammarella'' (Lichen in

Lecideaceae The Lecideaceae are a family of lichens in the order Lecideales (Ascomycota, class Lecanoromycetes). Genera According to a recent (2022) estimate, the Lecideaceae comprise 29 genera and about 260 species. The following list indicates the genus n ...

family). ''Steenhamera'' , ''Stenhammaria'' and ''Stenhammaria'' (all from the

family) are all listed as 'doubtful' genera as they don't have any species listed.

References

Other sources

Eckhard K. Groll
Swedish entomologists 1866 deaths 1783 births Dipterists Swedish lichenologists {{Authority control