> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 236](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265433) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/878-1) LSID 878-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2037491) QID Q2037491 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Blytt, Mattias Numsen|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Blytt, Matthias Numsen (1789-1862), Norvegian botanist, studied natural sciences and law at the University of Christiania \[Oslo\], travelled in W. Europe and studied with A.P. de Candolle, Genève 1829-1832, lecturer in botany at the University of Christiania, professor of botany ib. 1837-1862, director University Botanical Garden 1843-1862. **Abbreviated name**: *Blytt* \[standard form in IPNI: *Blytt*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection O|O]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WAG|WAG]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. − *Exsiccatae*: *Plantae norvegiae, praesertium alpinum rariores*, ca. 1856. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 159; Barnhart 1: 205 (b. 26 Apr 1789, d. 26 Jul 1862); BL 2: 631 (index); BM 1: 180; CSP 1: 443; Frank 3(Anh.): 11; GR p. 716; Hegi 6(2): 1214; Hortus 3: 1188; IH 2: 80; Jackson p. 334; Kew 1: 273; Kleppa p. 319 (index, biogr. notes p. 3); KR p. 91; Lasègue p. 394, 502; PR 851-854, ed. 1: 961; Rehder 5(index): 91; SBC p. 116; SO 850 ad; TL-2/1: 242-243; Tucker 1: 89; Urban-Berl. p. 285; Zander ed. 10, p. 636, ed. 11, p. 723. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1841: 158, 1844: 64, 1863: 96 (herb.); Bot. Zeit. 14: 119-120. 1856 (exsicc.), 18(36): 304. 1860 (note on B's \[University\] botanical garden); Bull. Soc. bot. France 9: 494. 1863 (herb. of B. offered for sale); Gartenflora 12(1): 27. 1863 (d. 26 Jul 1862). - Blytt, M.H., Blyttia 1: 16-18. 1943 (autobiogr. fragm.). - Christensen, C., Danske bot. Hist. 1: 103, 214, 220. 1924, 2: 564. 1926. - Christophersen, E., Blyttia 1: 19-20. 1943 (bibl.). - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 434. 1877. - Fries, E., Lefnadsteckningar öfver Kongl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Ledamöter 1: 329-336. 1869-1873 (major biogr., bibl.). - Gjaerevoll, O., K. Norsk Vid. Selsk. Forh. 1980: 41-46. 1981. - Högrell, B., Bot. Hist. 1: 239. 1886 (biogr. data). - Holmboe, J., Blyttia 1: 2-15. 1943 (biogr., portr.). - Parlatore, F., Parole in morte di Matteo Blytt, Firenze 1863, 8 p. - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 20(41): 340. 10 Oct 1862 (brief obit.). - Sunding, P. and F.E. Eckblad, Blyttia 45: 102. 1987 (eponymy). - Seemann, W.E.G., Bonplandia 10: 292. 1862 (obit. not.). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 168. 1903, 3(3): 183. 1905 (portr.). #### Composite works - (1) Fortegnelse over de in Kongeriget Norge vildvaxende Traearter og Buskväxter, *in* J.W. Hornemann, *Fors. oecon. Plantel.* ed. 3. 2: 323-338. 1837 (see also TL-2/3045). #### Eponymy *Hypoblyttia* Gottsche (1857), see ING 2: 859; *Blytia* Endlicher 1840, ed. 1: 212; see also TL-2/1: 242. ### Publications ##### n.21.645. enumeratio plantarum vascularum **Title** Solennia academica die iv mensis julii augustissimi regis Oscari primi natali celebran-' da indicit collegium academicum. Inest *enumeratio plantarum vascularum*, quae *circa Christianiam* sponte nascuntur, auctore M.N. Blytt, botanices in Universitate Christianiensi professore. Christianiae (Typis Christophori Gröndahl) 1844. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. vasc. Christian.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Jul 1844 (date of reading text), p. \[1\]-76. *Copies*: B-S, G, L, NY, US. ##### n.21.646. Plantgeografisk sammenligning **Title** *Plantgeografisk sammenligning* imellem *Dovrefjeld* og Val d'Eynes med omliggende Fjelde i Östpyraeerne... \[Forh. Skand. Naturf. Möde... 1857\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1857, p. \[1\]-29. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted from Forh. Skand. Naturf. Möde 8, Bilag Q 3-29. 1857. − The p. \[1\] of the reprint has only the title (n.d.!).