> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 768](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355855) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24149-1) LSID 24149-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6015981) QID Q6015981 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nordstedt, Carl Fredrik Otto \["Otto"\] (1838-1924), Swedish phycologist of independent means; med. fil. kand. Lund 1861; amanuensis at the Lund botanical institute 1878-1886; curator at id. 1886-1909; Dr. phil. h.c. Lund 1881; Prof. id. 1903. **Abbreviated name**: *Nordst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nordst.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LD|LD]]; important collections also at [[Collection S|S]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection H|H]] (Bryoph.), [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection PI|PI]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection WELT|WELT]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. – *Exsiccatae*: (1) with Lars Johan Wahlstedt (1836-1917): *Characeae scandinaviae exisiccatae* fasc. 1-3, nos. 1-120, 1871-1874, sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection W|W]]. (Bot. Not. 1871: 37, 1872: 29, 1874: 42; see Sayre 1969). - (2) with Wittrock, V. B., (q.v.) and G. Lagerheim, *Algae aquae dulcis exsiccatae*, fasc. 1-35, 1877-1903. #### Bibliography and biography BL 2: 513, 553, 696; BM 3: 1446, 7: 936; Bossert p. 289; Cesati, saggio p. 56-57; Clokie p. 218; CSP 8: 515-516, 10:938, 12: 540-541, 17: 559-560; De Toni 1: xci-xciii, 4: xlii, lx; DTS 1: 213, xxii; Herder p. 469; IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, 2: (in press); Jackson p. 335; Kew 4: 158; Kleppa p. 328 \[index\]; KR p. 547-552 (main bibl.); Lenley p. 315; LS 2: 19082; Morren ed. 2, p. 31, ed. 10, p. 105; MW p. 358; NAF 11(1) 91, ser. 2. 3: 40, 6: 71, 8: 49; Nordstedt p. 24-25, suppl. p. 12; PR 6740; Rehder 5: 624-625; Saccardo 1: 118: SO 223, 2787a, 3505, 3515; TL-2/202, 717, 1705, see Elfving, F. E. V., Gomont, M. A., Hauck, F.; TR 955; Urban-Berl. p. 267, 272, 280. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1871: 15 (trip Skåne), 1885: 31 (trip Gr. Brit.), 1913: 1 (portr.), 1921: 292 (retires as editor; thanks), 1923: 64 (congratulations 85th birthday); Generalreg. Bot. Not. 1839-1938, p. 62-63. 1939 (bibl.); Hedwigia 65 (Beibl.): 95. 1925; J. Bot. 62: 150. 1924; Österr. bot. Z. 73: 160. 1924 (d.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 437. 1880 (coll.). - Christensen, C., Danske bot. hist. 2: 513. 1925 (bibl.). - Christiansen, W. & W., Bot. Schrifttum Schl.-Holst. C 18. 1936. - Fries, R. E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 58. 1950. - Fryxell, G. A., Beih. Nova Hedw. 35: 362. 1975 (diat. at LD). - Gertz, O., Bot. Not. 1924: 97-125, Revue algol. 2: 72-80, *pl. 1*. 1925 (obit., bibl., portr.; last algologist trained by G. G. Agardh), Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 43: (60)-(64). 1926 (grandson of Ulrica Charlotta Linnaeus, daughter of Samuel L.); Bot. Not. 1938: 14-38. - Groves, J. & Milde, E., J. Bot. 62: 289-291. 1924. - Hasslow, O. J., Bot. Not. 1933: 27-33. (N. and Characeae). - Hintze, N. O., Bot. Not. 1933: 24-26 (Otto Nordstedt's donation). - Hjelmquist, H., Bot. Not. 1958: 10-12 (botany at Lund). - Holmboe, J., Naturen 1921(1): 8-11. (portr.). - Jackson, B. D., Nature 113: 576. 1924 (b. 20 Jan 1838, d. 6 Feb 1924; descended from Samuel Linnaeus, Carl's brother); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 136: 55-57. 1924 (FMLS 2 Mai 1895). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 26/27: 56. 1925 (d. 6 Feb 1924). - Koster, J. Th., Taxon 18: 555. 1969. - Ljungström, E., Bot. Not. 1933: 8-11, 46 (N. and Lund bot. Soc.), 1938: 223-234 (centenary birth). - Nilsson-Leissner, Bot. Not. 1933: 58, 59, 62, 66 (bot. Excurs.). - Rydberg, P. A., Augustana Coll. Libr. Publ. 5: 28. 1907. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 90. 1969; Bryologist 80: 514. 1977. - Simmons, H. G., Bot. Not. 1938: 1-13 (personal memoirs, portr.). - Tedin, O., Bot. Not. 1933: 71, 76 (plant exchange). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 117. 1898. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 65. *pl. 9*, 1903 (portr.), 3(3): 47, *pl. 105*. 1905 (portr.). - Wood, R. D., Monogr. Charac. 1: 799, 830-831. 1965 (bibl. Charac.). #### Composite works - (1) Editor *Botaniska Notiser* 1871-1921 (Heft 6). - (2) *Desmidiaceae*, in E. Warming, *Symb. fl*.*bras*. 5: 195-234, *pl. 2-4*. 1 Jun 1870. - (3) *Characeae, in* Oeder, *Fl. danic*. 17 (fasc. 49): 12-14, *pl. 2927-2930* (see under Oeder). - (4) Editor, A. Braun, *Fragm. monogr. Charac*. 1882, TL-2/717 (Nordstedt added certain entries; these are marked by brackets; the *Clavis synoptica Characearum* is also by N. – "Autoreferat" Nordstedt, Bot. Centralbl. 13: 41-46. 1883. - (5) Collaborator, E. Askenasy, *Algen, in* A. Engler, *Forschungsr. Gazelle*, Sep 1888, p. \[1\]-58 (Conjugatae, Characeae), see TL-2/1705; (extensive review by Ludwig (Greiz), Bot. Centralbl. 37: 112-121. 1889, first announcement 35: 377. 17-21 Sep 1888). #### Memorial issue The Jubileumsskrift of *Botaniska Notiser* 1933 (Häfte 1-3) was dedicated to the memory of Nordstedt; and it contains four papers on Nordstedt (Simmons, Gertz, Hintze, Hasslow). #### Eponymy *Nordstedtia* Borzi (1892). ### Publications ##### n.6864. Bidrag till kännedomen om sydligare Norges Desmidiéer **Title** *Bidrag till kännedomen om sydligare Norges Desmidiéer*... Beskrifning öfver en ny art af slägtet Spirogyra... Lund (Berlingska Boktrykeriet) 1873. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bidr. Norg. Desmid.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Aug 1873 (t.p. reprint; J. Bot. Mar 1874 "published" September, 1873), p. \[i\], \[1\]-51, *2 pl*., \[Beskr.... Spirogyra:\] \[1\]-2. *Copies*: BR, FH, H. – Preprinted or reprinted from Lunds Univ. Årsskr. 9(10): 1873. *Ref*.: Archer, W., J. Bot. 12: 89-95, 124. 1874. ##### n.6865. De algis aquae dulcis **Title** *De algis aquae dulcis* et de Characeis *ex insulis sandvicensibus* a Sv. Berggren 1875 reportatis... Lundae \[Lund\] (typis excudit F. Berling reg. acad. typographus) 1878. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Alg. ag. dulc. Sandvic.* **Notes** *Collector*: Sven Berggren (1837-1917). *Publ*.: On or shortly before 3 Oct 1878 (publ. on occasion of centenary Lund physiogr. Sällsk.: Hedwigia Nov 1878), p. \[i\], \[1\]-24, *pl. 1-2* (with text; uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: BR, FH, H, NY. – Preprinted or reprinted from Minneskr. Lund, Fysiogr. Sällsk. 3 Oct 1878, no. 7. ##### n.6866. De algis et characeis **Title** *De algis et characeis*... Lundae \[Lund\] (Typis Berlingianis) 1880. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Alg. charac.* **Notes** *1-2*: as above, 15 Nov 1880 (t.p. reprint), p. \[1\]-20, *pl. I. Copies*: BR, FH, NY. – Preprinted or reprinted from Lunds Univ. Årsskr. 16: \[1\]-20. 1880. *3-6*: 1889 (Bot. Zeit. 29 Nov 1889; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1889), p. \[i\], \[1\]-41, *pl. 1* (uncol.). Idem 25: 1-41, *pl. 1*. 1889. *Copies*: BR, H, NY. ##### n.6867. Fresh-water algae **Title** *Fresh-water algae* collected by Dr: S. Berggren *in New Zealand and Australia*... Stockholm (Kongl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & Söner) 1888. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fresh-water alg. New Zealand*. **Notes** *Collector*: Sven Berggren (1837-1917). *Publ*.: 1888 (mss. submitted 8 Jun 1887; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1888), p. \[1\]-98, *pl. 1-7* (uncol.). *Copies*: B, H, MO, NY, US. – K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. 22(8). 1888. ##### n.6868. Australasian Characeae **Title** *Australasian Characeae* described and figured by Otto Nordstedt. Part I. Lund (Berlingska Boktryckeri- och Stilgjuteri-Aktiebolaget.) 1891. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Australas. Charac.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1891 (ÖbZ Jan 1892; Bot. Centralbl. 26 Jan 1892; J. Bot. Apr 1892; Bot. Zeit. 26 Feb 1892; Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1892; "so eben" Bot. Zeit. 29 Jan 1892), p. \[i-iv\], *pl. 1-10* with text. *Copies*: G, H, NY, US, USDA. – See also Nordstedt, Proc. R. Soc. Victoria ser. 2. 31: 1-6. Dec 1918 (synopsis). – "Autoreferat": Nordstedt, O., Bot. Centralbl. 49: 311-312. 9 Mar 1892. *Ref*.: Migula, W., Bot. Zeit 50: 547-548. 29 Aug 1892. - Morot, L., J. Bot., Bull. Bibl. 6(2): vi-vii. 16 Jan 1892 (rev.). ##### n.6869. Index Desmidiacearum **Title** *Index Desmidiacearum* citationibus locupletissimus atque bibliographia auctore C. F. O. Nordstedt... Lundae (Typis Berlingianis), Berolini (Fratres Borntraeger) 1896. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Index Desmid.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Nov 1896 (t.p.; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1896; Bot. Zeit. 1 Jan 1897; Bot. Gaz. 24 Mar 1887; J. Bot. Mar 1897), p. \[i\], \[1\]-310. Some copies without the Lund imprint. *Suppl*.: 30 Mar 1908 (t.p.; Bot. Zeit. 1 Aug 1908), p. \[i\], \[1\]-149. *Copies*: B(2), BR, G, H, KNAW, NY, UC, US, USDA; IDC 6385. *Ref*.: West, G. S., J. Bot. 35: 105-106. 1897. - Karsten, Bot. Zeit. 55(2): 141-142. 1897. ##### n.6870. Motion au Congrès international de botanique **Title** *Motion au Congrès international de botanique*. Troisième session. Bruxelles 1910. \[Lund (Berlingska Boktryckeriet) 1909\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Motion Congr. int. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909, p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: FAS. – Proposal to accept as starting points for the nomenclature of Desmidiaceae: Ralfs 1848, and for Oedogoniaceae: Hirn 1900 (as now incorporated in ICBN 13. 1(g).). ##### n.6871. Förteckning öfver Skandinaviens växter **Title** *Förteckning öfver Skandinaviens växter* utgifven af Lunds botaniska Förening. 3. *Alger*. (Tryckt som manuskript). Lund (C. W. K. Gleerup) 1912. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fört. Skand. växt., Alger*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1912, p. \[1\]-77, \[78, err.\]. *Copies*: FAS, LD. – Note by O. Almborn: Manuscript delivered by N. to Lund botanical Society on 13 Apr 1912 (minutes council society); 1000 copies were ordered to be printed (id. 27 Apr 1912). Tryckt som manuskript ("printed as manuscript") means that the author did not definitely accept the nomenclature used. This would mean that new combinations and changes of rank are not validly published. \[This would also explain the fact that Nordstedt's name is not mentioned in the publication itself, F. A. S.\]. Copies of the book were still available from the Botanical Museum, Lund Dec 1979. ##### n.6872. Prima loca plantarum suecicarum **Title** *Prima loca plantarum suecicarum* första litteraturuppgift om de i Sverige funna vilda eller fövildade kärlväxterna... Lund (Berlingska Boktryckeriet) 1920. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Prima loca pl. suec.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 7 Dec 1920 (as supplement to Bot. Not. 1920), p. \[i\]-iv. 1-95. *Copies*: BR, MO, NY. – Addenda, Bot. Not. 1921: 282.