> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 692](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355779) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6865-1) LSID 6865-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560790) QID Q560790 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nathorst, Alfred Gabriel (1850-1921), Swedish palaeobotanist; Dr. phil. Lund 1874; lecturer at Lund 1874-1879; with the Swedish geological survey 1879-1884; from 1885-1917 professor and director of the palaeobotanical division of the Naturhistoriska Museum. **Abbreviated name**: *Nath.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nath.*\] #### Herbarium and types (incl. fossil coll.): [[Collection S|S]] and [[Collection S|S]]-PA; other material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LY|LY]]. – Nathorst's correspondence is at the Library of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 306-307; Barnhart 2: 539; BJI 2: 42, 2: 122-123; BL 2: 458, 513, 694; BM 3: 1394-1396, 7: 896-897; Bossert p. 282; Collander hist. p. 86, 87, 94; CSP 8: 482, 10: 900-901, 12: 532-533, 17: 456-458; DSB 9: 617-618; Frank 3(Anh.): 70; Herder p. 468; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 188, 498; Kew 4: 111; Kleppa p. 328; KR p. 519-530 (main bibl.); Lenley p. 306; LS 37327; Morren ed. 10, p. 103; PH 132; Quenstedt p. 309; Rehder 5: 607; SO 885, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1082, 1083, 1387a, 1410, 1411, 2924; Tucker 1: 511; Zander ed. 10, p. 696, ed. 11, p. 794. - Andersson, G., Ymer, Stockholm 41: 47-55. 1921 (obit.). - Andrews, H. N., The fossil hunters 129, 133, 266-270. 1980. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 11: 34. 1882 (exp. Spitzbergen), 21: 31. 1885 (director palaeobot., Riksmus.); 41: 191. 1890 (corr. memb. Danz. naturf. Ges.); Bot. Jahrb. 6 (Beibl. 12): 2. 1885; Bot. Not. 1871: 15(to Spitsb.), 1883: 115; 1884: 138, 1897: 44, 1898: 167 (polar exp.), 1912: 148 (Wahlberg medal); 1917: 304 (retirement), 1921: 21 (obit.). 1931: 160 (monument); Generalregister Bot. Not. 1839-1938. 56-57, 110. 1939; Geol. Magaz. 57: 481. 1920 (d.); Nat. Nov. 22: 245. 1900 (memb. Akad. Berlin), 30: 362 1908 (F.M.L.S), 34: 653. 1912 (memb. Akad. München), 43: 27. 1921 (d.); Verh. bot. Ver. Brandenburg 63: 123. 1922 (d. 20 Jan 1921). - Bergdolt, E., Karl von Goebel ed.2. 261 \[index\]. 1941. - Christensen, C., Danske bot. hist. 1: 493, 784, 828. 1926. 2: 373. 1924, 514. 1925. - Forsstrand, G., Ymer, Stockholm 41: 56-66. 1921 (obit.). - Fries, R. E., Short hist. bot. Sv. 47, 65-66, 75. 1950. - Glass, B. et al., Forerunners of Darwin 242. 1968. - Halle, T. G., Fauna och Flora 16: 33-40. 1921 (portr. obit., b. 7 Nov 1850); Geol. Fören. Förhandl. 43 (3-4): 241-311. 1921 (main biogr., evaluation, bibl.). - Hjelmquist, H., Bot. Not. 1958: 12. - Holmboe, J., Naturen 45: 33-40. 1921 (portr.). - Jackson, B. D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 133: 50-51. 1921 (obit.). - Kurck, C., Bot. Not. 1933: 37, 39-40, 42 (portr.). - Lundblad, B., Fauna och Flora 64: 269-274. 1969 (portr.). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 248, 298, *fig*. 131. 1973 (portr.). - Nathorst, A. G., Ann. Rep. Smithson. Inst. 1908: 711-743 (Carl von Linné as a geologist). - Poggendorff, J. C., Biogr.-Lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 957-958. 1898, 4(2): 1056-1058. 1904, 6(3): 1828-1829. 1938. - Rydberg, P. A., Augustana Coll. Lib. Publ. 5: 33. 1907. - Seward, A. C., Bot. Gaz. 71: 462-465. 1921 (portr. obit.), Nature 107: 112-113. 1921, Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 77: lxv-lxvi. 1921. - Wille, N., Overs. Vid. Selsk. Møter, Kristiania 1922: 98-103. 1923. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 62-63, *pl. 8.* 1903 (portr.), 3(3): lxxii-lxxiii, 46, 208. 1903. - Wulff, E. V., Intr. hist. pl. geogr. 20, 21, 23. 1943. - Zittel, K. A. von, Hist. geol. palaeontol. 150, 392, 439, 447. 1901. #### Eponymy *Nathorstia* O. Heer (1880); *Nathorstia* A. C. Seward (1894). *Note*: The etymology for *Nathorstiana* Richter (1909) and the related genus *Nathorstianella* M. F. Glaessner et V. R. Rao (1955) could not be determined. ### Publications ##### n.6638. Bidrag till Sveriges fossila Flora **Title** *Bidrag till Sveriges fossila Flora*... Stockholm (P. A. Norstedt & Söner,...) 1876-1878, 2 parts. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bidr. Sver. foss. fl.* **Notes** *Part* \[*1*\]: 1876 (mss. presented 10 Feb 1875), p. \[1\]-82, *pl. 1-16* (by A. W. Westergren). *Copies*: BR, US. – Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 14(3). *Part II*: 1878 (mss. presented 28 Mai 1878), p. \[1\]-53, \[1-2\], *pl. 1-8* with text. *Copies*: BR, US(2). – Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 16(7). *Floran vid Höganäs och Helsingborg*. Also publ. as Sv. geol. Undersökn. C, nr. 29 (*Copy*: USGS). *German* (part 1): Jan-Feb 1878 (Bot. Zeit. 1 Mar 1878; J. Bot. Apr 1878), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-34, *pl. 1-16. Copy*: USGS. – *Beiträge zur fossilen Flora Schwedens*... See also Verh. geol. Reichsanst. Wien 1876: 95-101 (abstract). ##### n.6639. Om floran i Skånes kolförande bildningar **Title** Sveriges geologiska undersökning. *Om floran i Skånes kolförande bildningar*... I. Floran vid Bjuf. Stockholm (P. S. Nortstedt & Söner,...) 1878-1886, 3 parts. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Skånes kolför. bildn.* **Notes** *1*: 1878, p. \[1\]-52, *pl. 1-10*, Afh. Sv. geol. unders. C, no. 27. *2*: 1879, p. \[53\]-82, *pl. 11-18*, id. C, no. 33. *3*: 1886 (Bot.Jahrb. 29 Aug 1887), p. \[83\]-131, *pl. 19-26*, id. C, no. 85. *Copy*: USGS. – For part II, *Floran vid Höganäs*... see above Bidr. Sv. foss. fl., part II. ##### n.6640. Contributions à la flore fossile du Japan **Title** *Contributions à la flore fossile du Japan*... Stockholm (Kongl. Boktryckeriet...) 1883. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. fl. foss. Japan*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1883 (mss. presented 7 Jun 1882), p. \[1\]-92, *pl. 1-16* (uncol. by W. E. Behm). *Copies*: BR, G, USGS. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 20(2). For follow-up publ. see KR p. 522, no. 26. *Swedish*: Bidrag till Japans fossila flora, *in* Vega-exp. vet. iakt. 2: 119-225, *pl. 4-19*. 1882, publ. Jan-Feb 1883. (reprint *copy*: USGS). *Ref*.: Saporta, A. de, Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 6. 15: 149-167. 1883. - Nathorst, A. G., Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. ser. 6. 15: 337-341. 1883. - Ettingshausen, C. v., Sitz.-Ber. Acad., Wiss., Wien 88(1): 851-864. 1883. - Nathorst, A. G., Sv. Vet.-Akad. Bih. 9(18); 18 p. (reply to Ettingshausen). - Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 4: 463-466. 28 Aug 1883. ##### n.6641. Nya bidrag till kännedomen om Spetsbergens kärlväxter **Title** *Nya bidrag till kännedomen om Spetsbergens kärlväxter*, och dess växtgeografiska förhållanden... Stockholm (Kongl. Boktryckeriet...) 1883. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nya bidr. Spetsb. kärlväxt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1883 (t.p.; mss. submitted 10 Jan 1883; Bot. Zeit. 29 Aug 1884; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1884), p. \[1\]-88, 2 maps. *Copies*: BR, G. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 20(6). – N's first essays on this subject were published in Bot. Not. 1871: 105-177, Bot. Jahrb. 4: 432-448, 616. 1883. ##### n.6642. Artocarpus Dicksoni **Title** Ueber die Reste eines Brotfruchtbaums, *Artocarpus Dicksoni* n.sp., aus den Cenomanen Kreideablagerungen Grönlands... Stockholm (Kongl. Boktryckeriet, P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1890. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Artocarpus Dicksoni*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar-Mai 1890 (mss. presented 12 Feb 1890; Bot. Zeit. 27 Jun 1890), p. \[1\]-10, *pl. I. Copies*: BR, US. ##### n.6643. Zur palozoischen Flora der arktischen zone **Title** *Zur palozoischen Flora der arktischen zone* enthaltend dic auf Spitzbergen, auf der Bären-Insel und auf Novaja-Zemlja von den schwedischen Expeditionen entdeckten paläozoischen Pflanzen... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1894. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Paläoz. fl. arkt. zone*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1894 (mss. presented 7 Jun 1893; Bot. Zeit. 16 Jul 1894), p. \[1\]-80, \[1\], *pl. 1-16 *(uncol., C. Hedelin). *Copies*: BR, G, US. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 26(4). – German abstract in Jahrb. geol. Reichsanst., Wien 44: 87-98. 1894. *Re-issue*: 1914, in *Foss. fl. Polarländer*, vol. 1 (first paper). *Copy*: G. (with follow-up "Nachträge"). ##### n.6644. Zur mesozoischen Flora Spitzbergens **Title** *Zur mesozoischen Flora Spitzbergens* gegründet auf die Sammlungen der schwedischen Expeditionen... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1897. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Mesoz. Fl. Spitzberg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Sep 1897 (mss. presented 9 Jun 1897; Bot. Zeit. 16 Oct 1897), p. \[1\]-77, *pl. 1-6 *(uncol., A. Ekblom) with text. *Copies*: BR, G, U, US, USGS. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 30(1). – *Nachträgliche Bemerkungen, in* K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Öfvers. 54: 383-387. 1897. *Re-issue*: 1914, in *Foss. Fl. Polarländer*, vol. 1 (second paper). *Copy*: G. ##### n.6645. Zur oberdevonischen Flora der Bären-Insel **Title** *Zur oberdevonischen Flora der Bären-Insel*... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1902. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Oberdevon. Fl. Bären-Ins.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1902 (mss. presented 4 Jun 1902; p. 60: 26 Aug 1902, printed), p. \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-14 *(uncol.; Th. Ekblom). *Copies*: BR, G, US. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 36(3). *Re-issue*: 1914, in *Foss. Fl. Polarländer* vol. 1 (third paper). *Copy*: G. ##### n.6646. Beiträge zur Kenntnis einiger mesozoischen Cycadophyten **Title** *Beiträge zur Kenntnis einiger mesozoischen Cycadophyten*... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1902. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. mesoz. Cycadoph.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Nov 1902 (mss. presented 10 Sep 1902; Bot. Zeit. 1 Dec 1902), p. \[1\]-28, *pl. 1-3 *(uncol., C. Hedelin & Th. Ekblom). *Copy*: US. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 36(4). Solms-Laubach, H., Bot. Zeit. 60(2): 360-361. 1902. ##### n.6647. Svenska växtnamn **Title** *Svenska växtnamn*... Stockholm (1: Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner; 2-5: Arkiv för Botanik) 1903-1904, 5 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sv. växtnamn*. **Notes** *Publ*.: in five parts. *Copies*: BR, G, H, U. *1*: 1903 (printed 10 Feb 1903), p. \[1\]-72. *Copy*: U. – Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 28(III, 9). – *Erratum* in Bot. Not. 1903: 98; popular account "Låt oss behålla våra svenska växtnamn," Stockholm 1905, 30 p., n.v. – *History*. *2*: Dec 1903-Jan 1904 (printed 23 Dec 1903; Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1904), Ark. Bot. 1: \[497\]-513. – *History, bibl*.. *3*: 11-29 Feb 1904 (p. \[108\]: printed 11 Feb 1904; Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1904), Ark. Bot. 2(1): \[1\]-179, \[180\]. – *List standard vernacular names*. *4*: Apr-Mai 1904 (p. 12: 8 Apr 1904; Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1904), Ark. Bot. 2(8): \[1\]-12. – *Linnaeus' position*. *5*: Jun 1904 (p. 31: 31 Mai 1904; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1904), Ark. Bot. 2(9): \[1\]-31. – Annot. list of names in early lit. See KR p. 527 for a list of reviews and criticisms. N. contributed also a list of vernacular names to Krok & Almquist, *Sv. fl. Skolor* 1, ed. 9, 1903. *Revised ed. of part 3*: Mar-Jul 1905 (p. iv: Mar 1905; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1905), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-112. *Copies*: NY, USDA. – "*Svenska växtnamn* förteckning på Sveriges viktigaste kärlväxter med svenska namn på arter, släkten, familier och klasser..." ny reviderad upplaga. Stockholm (P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag), s.d. Oct. ##### n.6648. Paläobotanische Mitteilungen **Title** *Paläobotanische Mitteilungen*... Uppsala & Stockholm (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B.) 1907-1912. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Paläobot. Mitt.* **Notes** *Publ*.: A series of 11 papers published as issues of K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. (KSVH). *Copy*: US(2) *1* & *2*: 1907 (p. 20: printed 5 Jul 1907; Bot. Jahrb. 3 Mar 1908), p. \[1\]-20, *pl. 1-3.*– KSVH 42(2) *3*: 1908 (mss. presented 11 Mar 1908; US rd. 30 Nov 1908; Bot. Zeit. 1 Dec 1908), \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-2.* KSVh 43(3) *4-6*: 1908 (mss. presented 27 Mai 1908; US rd. 30 Nov 1908), p. \[1\]-32, *pl. 1-4.*- KSVH 43(6) *7*: Dec 1908 or early 1909 (mss. presented 2 Dec 1908; t.p. 1908; US rd. 23 Sep 1909), p. \[1\] 20, *pl. 1-3.*– KSVH 43(8). *8*:Nov-Dec 1909 or early 1910 (mss. presented 10 Nov 1909; t.p. 1909; US rd. 5 Mai 1910), p. \[1\]-37, *pl 1-8*. – KSVH 45(4). *9*: 1911 (mss. presented 22 Feb 1911; US rd. 6 Jan 1912),p. \[1\]-33, *pl.1-6.*– KSVH 46(4). *10*: 1911 (mss. presented 26 Apr 1911; US rd. 6 Jan 1912), p. \[I\]-11, *pl. 11.*– KSVH 46(8). *11*: 1912 (mss. presented 6 Dec 1911; t.p. 1912; US rd 11 Dec 1912), p. \[1\]-14, *pl. 1-2.*-KSVH 48(2). *Ref*.: Solms, Bot. Zeit. 66(2): 371-372.1908 ##### n.6649. Zur fossilen Flora der Polarländer **Title** *Zur fossilen Flora der Polarländer*... Erster Teil enthaltend:... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1914. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Foss.fi. Polarländ.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914, a reissue of nos. 6643, 6644, 6645 with a (4) *Nachträge zur Paläozoischen Flora Spitzbergens. Copy*: G. *Preface*: p. \[i-iii\], (*1*): \[1\]-80, \[81\] *pl. 1-16*; (2): \[1\]-77, \[1\], *pl. 1-6*; (3): \[1\]-60, *pl. 1-14 and* (*4*): \[i-iii\], \[1\]-110, *pl. 1-15.* *Zweiter Teil, I. Lief*.: Oct-Dec 1920 (p. 45: printed 27 Sep 1920; Nat. Nov. Feb 1921), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-45, *6 pl. Copy*: Geol. Bureau Heerlen. –*Zur Kulm flora Spitzbergens*, Stockholm (id.) 1920. Qu. (*Kulmfl. Spitzb.*).