> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 588](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120719) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1955-1) LSID 1955-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21509717) QID Q21509717 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dahlberg, Carl Gustav (*fl*. 1753), Swedish soldier in Suriname, collector for Linnaeus. **Abbreviated name**: *Dahlberg* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dahlb.*\] #### Herbarium and types Dahlberg came to Suriname as a mercenary, obtained a commission, married a well-to-do widow who owned two plantations, and made such a fortune that he could make three return journeys to Sweden. During his first "leave" in 1754 he made the acquaintance of Linnaeus who made him take his pupil Rolander to Suriname. Rolander stayed only for six months. Dahlberg returned to Sweden in 1761 bringing with him the *Lignum Quassiae*. On his third trip (1771-1775) he brought back a collection of 186 specimens which were first given to Gustav III of Sweden and subsequently (1774) transferred to Linnaeus. These plants were the basis of Linnaeus's *Plantae surinamenses*, a dissertation defended by Jacob Alm in 1775. Further descriptions of these plants appeared in Linnaeus f. *Supplementum* (1781) and in an article by C. G. Rottbøll, in *Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn.* 1778: 267-394. Although there has been doubt about the fate of Dahlberg's collections, it is certain that they are in the Linnaean herbarium ([[Collection LINN|LINN]]) (although difficult to recognize) and in Alströmer's herbarium (which incorporates the herbarium of Linnaeus f.) now at [[Collection S|S]]. The Thunberg herbarium ([[Collection UPS|UPS]]) also contains several sheets "Dahlberg e Surinamo." *Ref*.: IH 2: 150. - Dahlberg, Catalogus der Vlessen, van de Boom, Struik, Plant en rankgewassen, dewelke ik, in Spiritus vini bewaard heb. (Manuscript LINN, copy BM-U). - Lindman, Ark. Bot. 7(3): 8. 1907. - Sack, Pharmac. Weekblad 1911: 1152-1157, 1175-1186. - Jackson, Index to the Linnean herbarium 11. 1912. - Lanjouw et Uittien, West Indische Gids 17(6): 173-190. 1935. - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 158. 1936. #### Eponymy *Dahlberga* Cothenius (1790, *orth. var.*); *Dalbergia* \[sic\] Linnaeus fil. (1781, also dedicated to his brother Nils E. Dalberg or Dahlberg (1736-1819), Swedish physician); *Dalbergiella* E. G. Baker (1928); *Dalbergites* O. Kuntze (1903). *Note*: *Dalbergaria* Tussac (1808-1813) is dedicated to prince Karl von Dalberg (1744-1817), german patron of science.