Carl Fredrik Nyman
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Carl Fredrik Nyman was a Swedish botanist who was a native of Stockholm
. The plant genus Nymania is named in his honor.
Nyman was curator
at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
in Stockholm. With Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
(1794-1865) and Theodor Kotschy
(1813-1866), he was editor of Analecta Botanica (1854). Among his publications are the following:
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The plant genus Nymania is named in his honor.
Nyman was curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
Swedish Museum of Natural History
The Swedish Museum of Natural History , in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg....
in Stockholm. With Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott was an Austrian botanist well known for his extensive work on the aroids ....
(1794-1865) and Theodor Kotschy
Theodor Kotschy
Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy was an Austrian botanist and explorer who was a native of Ustroń, in Austrian Silesia. He was the son of theologian Carl Friedrich Kotschy .-Biography:...
(1813-1866), he was editor of Analecta Botanica (1854). Among his publications are the following:
- Conspectus Florae Europaeae, (volume 1- September 1878, volume 2- October 1879, volume 3- July 1881, volume 4- October 1882, addendum- December 1885).
- Sylloge Florae Europaeae, (1854–1855).