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### Author
Post, Hampus Adolf von (1822-1911), Swedish botanist, geologist, mycologist, phytogeographer and phytosociologist; Prof. h.c. 1875; Dr. phil. h.c. Uppsala 1877, agricultural and soil chemist at Ultuna Lantbruksinstitut 1848-1851 and 1869-1892; director of a glass factory at Reijmyre 1852-1869.
**Abbreviated name**: *H. v. Post* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.Post*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection S|S]] (fungi; rd. 1911), including his unpublished drawings and descriptions. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 102; BL 2: 546, 557, 704; BM 4: 1602; Collander hist. p. 72, 75, 77; CSP 4: 993, 8: 649, 11: 51, 17: 979; KR p. 577-578 (b. 15 Dec 1822, d, 16 Aug 1911); Morren ed. 10, p. 107; NI 2: 204; PR p. 7277; Quenstedt p. 343; Rehder 5: 684; TL-2/1894.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Generalreg. Bot. Not. 66-67. 1939; Hedwigia 52: (83). 1912 (d. 14 Aug 1911); Mycologia 4: 157. 1912 (herb. drawings to S).
- Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 70, 136. 1950.
- Grönwall, K.A., Sv. uppslagsbok ed. 2. 23: 170-171. 1952 (portr.).
- Hesselman, H., Levnadsteckningar K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Ledam. 7: 117-178. 1942 (printed 1943) (portr., bibl.).
- Osvald, H., *in* R.E. Fries, Short hist. bot. Sweden 70, 136-137. 1950 (see also Fries on p. 70).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1061. 1898 (b. 15 Dec 1822, biogr.).
- Post, L. von, Sv. män o. kvinnor 6: 164-165. 1949 (portr., bibl.).
- Romell, L., Mycologia 4: 103. 1912 (obit.).
- Sernander, R., Geol. Fören. Förh. 34(1): 139-177. 1912 (obit., portr., bibl., b. 15 Dec 1822, d. 16 Aug 1911); Sv. bot. Tidskr. 6: 318-325. 1912 (port., bibl.).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 66-67, *pl. 5.* 1902, 3(3): 49, *pl. 110.* 1905.
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#### Commemorative coin
K. Sv. Vetenskapakademien skådepenning 1942.
#### Eponymy
*Postia* E.M. Fries (1874) according to Donk, Persoonia 1: 273. 1961.
### Publications
##### n.8192. Försök till en systematisk uppställning of vextställena
**Title**
*Försök till en systematisk uppställning of vextställena* i mellersta Sverige... Stockholm (Adolf Bonnier) 1862. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Förs. uppställn. vextställena*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1862 (p. \[3\]: Apr 1862), p. \[1\]-41, \[42-43\]. *Copies*: LD, NY. – The paper was written in 1857 and intended for Botaniska Notiser. This journal, however, was not issued in 1859-1862 and the paper was printed separately. It is a pioneerwork in plant sociology (O. Almborn).