> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 477](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120608) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1481-1) LSID 1481-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954771) QID Q954771 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Celsius, Olof (1670-1756), Swedish theologist at Uppsala, doctor's degree 1694, professor of theology 1736, amateur botanist, teacher and patron of Linnaeus. One of the founders of the Swedish academy of Sciences. **Abbreviated name**: *Celsius* \[standard form in IPNI: *Celsius*\] #### Herbarium and types *I. Flora uplandica* herbarium dated Uppsala 1730, 5 volumes, 716 plants collected by Cels and 49 plants collected by Linnaeus. This is the oldest Linnaeus collection (at [[Collection S|S]]). See KR p. 119. *2. Flora uplandica sive Catalogus* etc., dated 1733 (sic not 1753), 6 volumes, 815 plants (at [[Collection UPS|UPS]]), see KR p. 119. *3*. A few plants (19) collected by Cels are preserved in D. Rolander's *Herbarium för Consistorium* (at [[Collection LD|LD]]). *4*. Specimens by Celsius at [[Collection OXF|OXF]] in Dillenius and Sherard herbaria. *Ref*.: IH 2: 120. - Gertz, Bot. Not. 1925: 113, 1928: 348. - Gertz, Sv. Linné-Sällsk Årsskr. 3: 56-56. 1920, 6: 106-113. 1922, 16: 133-136. 1933. - Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 145. 1964. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 16; Barnhart 1: 326; GR p. 487-488; Kew 1: 501; KR p. 118-119; LS 4915; PR 1632-1636; Smit p. 1043. - Smith, Corresp. Linnaeus 2: 437-440. 1821. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 183. 1903, 3(3): 8. 1905. - Hulth, Bref skr. Linné 1 (5): 249-255, 260-264. 1911. - Gertz, Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 3: 36-56. 1920 (Fl. uplandica). - Gertz, Bot. Not. 1925: 113-149 (on his citation of localities in Fl. uplandica). - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 111. 1936. #### Eponymy *Celsia* Boehmer (1760); *Celsia* Linnaeus (1753); × *Celsioverbascum* K. H. Rechinger & H. Morath (1960). *Note*: *Celsa* Vellozo (1825) is dedicated "In memoriam Cornelii Celsi." (Aulus Cornelius Celsus 25BC-50AD). ### Publications ##### n.1072. Hierobotanicon **Title** *Hierobotanicon*, sive de plantis sacrae scripturae, dissertationes breves... Uppsala (Sumtu Auctoris) 1745-1747, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hierobotanicon*. **Notes** *Vol. 1*: 1745 (p. iv: 1 Mai 1745), p. \[i-xvi\], \[1\]-572. *Copy*: NY. *Vol. 2*: 1747, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-600. *Copy*: NY. *Amsterdam* issue (same sheets) (new t.p.) Amsterdam (J. Wetstenius) 1748. *Copy*: U. *Ref*.: Kew 1: 501; KR p. 119; PR 1636. - Anon., Nova Acta Upsal. 2: 306-307.