> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 33](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264722) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/30666-1) LSID 30666-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347903) QID Q347903 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Afzelius, Adam|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Afzelius, Adam (1750-1837), Swedish botanist, studied at Uppsala University from 1768, Dr. phil. ib. 1776, hon. Dr. med. 1797, lecturer oriental languages ib. 1777, adjunct philosophy 1780, id. medicine and botanical assistant 1785, professor of botany 1803-1805; professor of materia medica from 1812, visited Sierra Leone 1792-1793, and again 1794-1796, travelled in England and Scotland 1798. **Abbreviated name**: *Afzel.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Afzel.*\] #### Herbarium and types See TL-2/1: 11. – Additional sets in [[Collection PH|PH]] (small set acquired with herb. Gouan). #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 11; Barnhart 1: 18 (b. 8 Oct 1750, Larv, Västergötland, d. 30 Jan 1837, Uppsala); BB p. 2-3; BM 1: 14; Clokie p. 121; CSP 1: 22; Dawson p. 6-8, 821, 869, 915 (corr.); Desmond p. 4; Dryander 3: 168, 306, 351; Frank 3(Anh.): 3; GR p. 470; Hegi 4(2): 1035; Hortus 3: 1187; IH 2: 28; Jackson p. 250; Kew 1: 16-17; KR p. 5-7, 504 (d. 1836, err.); Lasègue p. 344, 355, 444, 504; LS 759-760, 30.478; NAF 9(6); NDB 1: 356; PR 25-32, ed. 1: nos. 56-62; Rehder 1: 490, 5(index): 6; SBC p. 114 ("Afz."); SO index p. 7; TL-2/see indexes; TR 8; Tucker 1: 30; Urban-Berl. p. 324; Zander ed. 10, p. 590, 627, ed. 11, p. 712. #### Biofile - Anon., K. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1836: 342-345; Flora 23(1): 107-112. 1840 (Bibl. from K. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1838), see also Flora 20(1): 112. 1837 (d.); The heritage from Newton and Linnaeus, Stockholm 1963, p. 87. - Blunt, W., The compleat naturalist 183, 236. 1971. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. resources Brit. Isl. 408. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 62: 358-359 (err. "350-351"), (taken from E.D. Clarke, Travels 6(3) (2): 174-175. 1823. - Carter, H.B., Sir Joseph Banks 295, 423-424, 503; Sir Joseph Banks and... Kew 8, 12, 16. 1974. - Coats, A.M., Plant hunters 26, 91, 247. 1969. - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 7-8. 1934 (letter, Afz. to J.E. Smith). - Eriksson, G., Bot. hist. Sverige 270-272, 286, 321, 325. 1969. - F.H., Nouv. biogr. gén. 1: 356. 1963. - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 63. 1876. - Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 30, *pl. 1.* 1950. - Fries, Th.M., Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(5): 330. 1911. - Hård av Segerstad, K.F., Med. Värml. naturhist. fören. 1: 5. 1928. - Högrell, B., Bot. Hist. 1: 227. 1886. - Juel, H.O., Levnadsteckningar över K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Ledam. 102, 1930, 37 p. (see also abstract by Harms, Bot. Jahrb. 65 (Lit.): 2. 1932). - Healey, B.J., The plant hunters 82 s.d. - Hepper, F.N. and F. Neate, Pl. coll. West Afr. 2. 1971. - Kilander, Sv. Linnésällsk. årsskr. 1984-1985: 146-147. 1985; Västgötalitteratur 1989: 79-100. 1989 (portr.). - Kup, A.P., ed., Adam Afzelius: Sierra Leone Journal 1795-1796. Stud. Ethnogr. Upsal. 27: i-xv, 1-181. 1967. - Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., Webbia 19(2): 861. 1965 (on A. material destroyed in B). - Lindroth, S., Lychnos 1944-45: 1-54. - Löwegren, I., Naturaliekabinett Sverige 198, 200, 201, 210, 216, 218-223, 325, 326, 328, 336 (on coll.), 364. 1952. - Lyte, C., Sir Joseph Banks 177. 1980. - Mabberley, D.J., Jupiter Botanicus 39, 331. 1985. - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19: 511. 1970 (A. coll. in Lambert herb.; a set of 400 species was acquired by Klotzsch for B at the Lambert sale). - Moberg, R. et al., Taxon 35: 347, 548. 1986 (drawings of plants collected by A. in Sierra Leone, preserved at UPS). - Rix, M., The art of the botanist 94. 1981. - Scheutz, N.W.J., Bot. Not. 1863: 66. - Steele, A.R., Flowers for the King 13. 1964. - Vallot, J., Bull. Soc. bot. France 29: 172. 1882 (coll., publ. on Guinea). - Widstrand, C.G., Stud. Ethnogr. Upsal. 27: xi-xv. 1967 (note on A.). - Wit, H.C.D. de, Ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van de biologie 2: 948. 1989. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 26. 1903, 3(3): 1. 1905 (on portr.). #### Composite works - (1) A. Afzelii... *Fungi Guineenses*,... praeside Mag. E. Fries... pp. C.M. Nyman, Pars 1, Uppsala 1837. q.v. *Addition* to no. 31, *Gen. pl. guin.*: IDC 8528. *Addition* to no. 34, *Reliq. afzel.*: see review in ÖBZ 12: 100. 1862 (on distribution of the plates). #### Handwriting Västgötalitteratur 1989: 99, 100. ### Publications ##### n.18.901. Svamp-Slägtet Helvella **Title** *Svamp-Slägtet Helvella*, beskrivet af... \[Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens nya Handlingar\]... 1783. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1783, p. 299-313, *pl. 10.* – *In*: K. Vet. Acad. nya Handl. 4: 299-323. 1783. – KR no. 1. No reprint seen. *German transl*.: Schwed. Akad. Wiss. N. Abh. 4: 291-304, *pl. 10a.* 1785. ##### n.18.902. De Rosis svec. **Title** De Rosis svecanis tentamen primum \[- undecimum\], Upsaliae (Typis Edmannianis) 1804-1813. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *De Rosis svec.* **Notes** *1*: 14 Jun 1804 (date of defense thesis; text Adamus Afzelius, co-defendens Carolus Stenhammer), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-8. *2*: 12 Dec 1805 (id., co-def.: Johannes Jacobus Råbberg), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-8. *3*: 11 Jun 1806 (id., co-def.: Daniel Ericus Naezén), p. \[i-iv\], 9-16. *4*: 31 Jan 1807 (id., co-def.: Gustavus Adolphus Drakenberg), p. \[i-ii\], 17-24. *5*: 15 Jun 1807 (id., co-def.: Arvidus Augustus Afzelius), p. \[i-iv\], 25-30. *6*: 12 Dec 1807 (id., co-def.: Eduard Theodor Goës), p. \[i-iv\], 31-36. *7*: 20 Apr 1808 (id., co-def.: Johannes Brisman), p. \[i-ii\], 37-44. *8*: 27 Mai 1809 (id., co-def.: Andreas Thomas Hedlund), p. \[i-iv\], 45-52. *9*: 26 Mai 1810 (id., co-def.: Nicol. Olav. Schagerström), p. \[i-ii\], 53-60. *10*: 12 Dec 1810 (id., co-def.: Petrus Hemm. Odhner), p. \[i-iv\], 61-68. *11*: 24 Apr 1813 (id., co-def.: Laurentius Edwall), p. \[i-ii\], 69-74. *Copies*: G, NY. – KR no. 7. ##### n.18.903. De origine Myrrhae controversa **Title** *De origine Myrrhae controversa*. Specimen primum \[quintum\]... Upsaliae (Excudebant Zeipel et Palmblad) 1818-1819. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *De orig. Myrrhae controv.* **Notes** *1*: 28 Feb 1818 (praeses and author: A. Afzelius; defendens Daniel Molmberg), p. \[i\], \[1\]-8. *2*: 18 Mar 1818 (id.; def.: Andreas Georgius Frank), p. \[i-iv\], 9-16. *3*: 9 Dec 1818 (id.; def.: Olavus Gothén), p. \[i-iv\], 17-24. *4*: 20 Apr 1825 (id.; def.: Carolus Magnus Åkerblom), p. \[i\], 25-32. *5*: 12 Jun 1829 (id., def.: Andreas Holmblad), p. \[i\], 33-40. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.18.904. Stirpium in Guinea medicinalium species novae **Title** *Stirpium in Guinea medicinalium species novae*. Quarum fasciculum primum \[secundum\]... praeside Adamo Afzelio,... p.p. Ericus Samuel Wennberg... \[Fredericus Ol. Widmark\] in Audit. Gust. die xii Dec mdcccxviii \[xxix April mdcccxxix\]. Upsaliae (Excudebant Zeipel et Palmblad). 1818-1819. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Stirp. Guinea med. sp. nov.* **Notes** *1*: 12 Dec 1818, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-8. *Copy*: B. Peterson. – KR no. 12b. *2*: 29 Apr 1829, p. \[i-ii\], \[9\]-16. *Copy*: B. Peterson. – KR no. 12b.