> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 190](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120321) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/690-1) LSID 690-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2612272) QID Q2612272 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bergius, Peter Jonas (1730-1790), Swedish physician and botanist, pupil of Linnaeus, professor of natural history and pharmacy at the Collegium medicum in Stockholm (1766-1790). **Abbreviated name**: *Bergius* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.J.Bergius*\] #### Herbarium and types Bergius left his collections and library to the Swedish Academy of Sciences together with an ample endowment, thus providing the basis for the Bergianska Trädgården (founded in 1791) ([[Collection SBT|SBT]]). This herbarium contains also most of his types; others are at [[Collection S|S]]. Other material in [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]] and [[Collection UPS|UPS]] (Thunberg herb.) – Some of the most important collectors represented in the Bergius herbarium are (for a complete list see Wittrock 1891): A. Afzelius (Musci, Sweden), G. Alströmer (Italy, Spain), P. J. Bergius (Sweden), P. J. Bladh (Cape), C. M. Blom (Cape), O. Celsius (Sweden), N. Collin (Philadelphia), Ph. Commerson (Bougainville Voyage), C. G. Ekeberg (Cape), F. Ehrhart (Germany), A. Gouan (S. France), M. Grubb (Cape), F. Hasselquist (Egypt, Palestine), Alb. von Haller (Switzerland), G. F. Kjellmann (N. America), J. G. König (East Indies), E. Laxman (Siberia), C. Linnaeus (*ex herb.*), P. Löfling (Spain), J. A. Murray (Germany), J. C. Mutis (Spain), F. P. Oldenburg (Cape), P. Osbeck (China), C. J. Ortega (Spain), P. A. Pourret (France), P. S. Pallas (Siberia), A. J. Retzius (Sweden), D. Rolander (Suriname), G. Rothman (Tripolitania), A. Sparrmann (New Zealand, Cape), O. Swartz (West Indies), J. F. Séguier (France), P. Sonnerat (France), J. C. D. Schreber (*ex herb.*), E. Sandifort (Holland), C. P. Thunberg (Japan, East Indies, Cape, Ceylon), A. Thoulin (France), C. P. Wrangel (N. America), C. H. Wänman (Cape). *Ref*.: IH 2: 69; Lasègue p. 562 \[index\]. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 1(1). 1-31. 1890 (portr.) (on Bergius foundation). - Wittrock, Bot. Not. 1891: 121-124. - Wittrock, Bot. Centralbl. 47: 231-233. 1891. - Fries, Acta Horti Berg. 11(1): 1-11. 1931 (portr.) - Fries, Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 18: 109-123. 1935. - Löwegren, Naturaliekabinett i Sverige under 1700-talet 338, 401 \[index\]. 1952. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(2): 162; Barnhart 1: 169; BM 1: 142, 6: 82; Bossert p. 35; Dawson p. 47, 592, 729, 799; GR p. 487; IF p. 681; Jackson p. 349; Kew 1: 223; KR p. 75-77 (bibl.); PR ed. 1, 763-766, ed. 2, 671-674; Zander ed. 10, p. 634. - Anon., Läkaren & Naturf. 11: 12-14. 1794. - T., Dict. Sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 2: 169. 1820. - Wikström, Conspectus 29-30. 1831. - Scheutz, Bot. Not. 1863: 67. - MacOwan, Trans. S.Afr. philos. Soc. 4: xxxiv. 1887. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 1(1): 1-31. 1890, 3(2): 32, *pl. I.* 1903, 3(3)15. 1905 (portr.) - Fries, Linné 2: 78-82, 172-177. 1902 (portr.) - Fries and Hulth, Sv. biogr. Lexikon 3: 565-573. 1922 (portr., bibl.) q.v. for further biogr. refs. - Hulth, Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 14: 1-11. 1931 (portr.) - Fries, Acta Horti Berg. 11(1): 1-11. 1931. - Holmberg, Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 35: 71-85. 1952 (trip to Dalecarlia). - Hylander, Bull. Jard. bot. État. Bruxelles 28: 451-453. 1958. - Holmberg, Acta Horti Berg. 20(1): 1-55. 1960 (P. J. Bergius Trädgårdsjournal 1773-1790). - Vos de, Suid-Afrikaanse biografíese woordenboek 1: 72-73. 1968 (q.v. for the literature on Bergius and South Africa). - Stafleu, *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 21: 96. 1972. #### Composite works Bergius' thesis, *Semina muscorum* (1750), must be attributed to Linnaeus (q.v.). #### Eponymy *Bergella* (A. Gray) Schnizlein (1843-1870) \[sic\]; *Bergia* Linnaeus (1771). ### Publications ##### n.458. Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei **Title** *Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei*, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, et synonymis auctorum justis. Secundum systema sexuale ex autopsis concinnavit atque sollicite digessit. Stockholm (Laur. Salvius) 1767. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. pl. Cap.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1767 (Lärda Tidn. 24 Sep 1767), p. \[i-xxxvi\], \[1\]-360, \[361-368\], *pl. 1-5.* *Copies*: BR, G, L, MO, NY. – Antedating Linnaeus' Mantissa prima which was published Nov 1767. A Leipzig 1768 issue (n.v.) is reported by Comm. reb. sci. nat. med. 20(1): 190. 1774. This may not have a different imprint; "Leipzig" in the announcement is probably simply a reference to the German agent for Salvius; KR (p. 75, no. 6) does not mention this Leipzig issue either. *Ref*.: BM 1: 142; DA 1967; Jackson p. 349; Kew 1: 223; Plesch p. 139; PR 673; SO 649d.; IDC 2232. - Sprague, Kew Bull. 1929: 88-89. - Stearn, Introduction to facsimile edition Linnaeus, Mantissa, (Weinheim) vii-viii. 1961. - Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 146-147. 1971. - Stafleu, Taxon 21: 96. 1971. - Sotheby, Catal. Stiftung Botanik 44, 45. 1975 (sold at *£* 300). ##### n.459. Materia medica **Title** *Materia medica* e regno vegetabili, sistens Simplicia officinalia, pariter atque culinaria. Secundum systema sexuale, ex autopsia & experientia, fideliter digessit Petrus Jonas Bergius... Stockholm (Petrus Hesselberg) 1778. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mater. med.* **Notes** *1* : 1778, p. \[i-xiv\], \[1\]-448, \[1, err.\]. *Copy*: HU. *2* : 1778, p. \[i-ii\], 449-908, \[16, ind.\]. *Copy*: HU. *Ed. 2*: 1782, 2 vols., 1: \[i-xiv\], \[1\]-471, 2: \[i\], 473-972. Stockholm (id.), n.v. *Ref*.: KR p. 76 (no. 23); PR 674.