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

• 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 exsiccati Sueciae, curante Chr. Stenhammar, 1825-1833)
• Lichenes Sueciæ exsiccati editio altera (Ã¥tta delar, 1856-66) (schedae are belonging to the exsiccata Lichenes Sueciae exsiccati, in primo editionis alterius fasciculo divulgati, curante Chr. Stenhammar, 1855-1865).
• Skandinaviens copromyzinæ (1853)

Honours

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

• Steenhammera (Boraginaceae), a synonym of Mertensia,
• Stenhammara (Lichenes), a synonym of Ropalospora lugubris,
• Stenhammara (Fungi) ,a synonym of Stenhammarella
• Stenhammarella (Lichen in Lecideaceae family).

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

References

Other sources

Eckhard K. Groll