> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 808](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355895) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/24229-1) LSID 24229-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491270) QID Q491270 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Örsted, Anders Sandö (Ørsted, Oersted) (1816-1872), Danish botanist and zoologist; Dr. phil. København 1854; high school teacher at København 1839-1844, travelled in Central America 1845-1848; lecturer, later professor of botany at the University of København 1851-1862. **Abbreviated name**: *orst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Oerst.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection C|C]]; American bryophytes in [[Collection BM|BM]]; other material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. Manuscripts also at [[Collection C|C]]; library dispersed by auction. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 120, 317, 345; Barnhart 3: 22; BM 3: 1478; Bossert p. 292; CSP 4: 696-697, 8: 537, 10: 949-950; De Toni 1: xeiii, 2: lxxxvii; Frank 3(Anh.): 73; GR p. 685; Hawksworth p. 185; Herder p. 469; Hortus 3: 1201 ("Ørst."); IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, 2: (in press); Jackson p. 23, 91, 102, 108, 142, 146, 148, 165, 166, 333, 338, 367; Kelly p. 163; Kew 4: 176-177; KR p. 793; Krempelh. 3: 204; Langman p. 549-550; LS 19411-19426; MW p. 360; NI 1462-1464; Nordstedt p. 25; PR 6805-6815 (ed. 1: 7610-7611); Rehder 5: 631; RS p. 121; Stevenson p. 1253; TL-2/443-444, 4182; Tucker 1: 526-527; Urban-Berl. p. 272, 309, 379; Zander ed. 10, p. 698, ed. 11, p. 796. - Anon., Bonplandia 1(4): 35. 1853; 3: 319-320. 1855 (publ.); Bot. Not. 1871: 69 (lecturer), 197 (journey Germany), 1872: 64 (lecturer), 126 (d.); Bot. Not. 1874: 31; Bull. Soc. bot. France 19 (bibl.): 95. 1872; J. Bot. 10: 320. 1872; Österr. bot. Z. 22: 340. 1872 (d.). - Brown, R., *in* Thomson, W., Trans. bot. Soc. Edinb. 11: 426-435. 1872 (obit., bibl., b. 21 Jun 1816, d. 3 Sep 1872). - Candolle, Alph. de., Phytographie 437. 1880 (coll.). - Christensen, C., Den Danske Bot. Hist. 1: 289, 303, 307, 314, 316, 319, 322, 342, 355, 377-420, (portr. on 399), 516, 526, 533, 534, 596, 646. 1924-1926, 2: 232-244, 270, 531. 1924-1925 (bibl.). - Durand, Th. & H. Pittier, Mém. Soc. r. Bot. Belg. 30(1): 13-41. 1891 (on Ö's expl. of Costa Rica) - Eggers, H., *in* Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 118-119. 1898. (on her Skildring af Naturen paa Jamaica, 1863). - Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 50 (Mexican pl.K.). - Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 406, 467. 1864. - Kiaerskou, H., Bot. Tidsskr. 23: 46-47. 1900 (b. 21 Jun 1816, d. 3 Sep 1872). - Koster, J. Th., Taxon 18: 556. 1969. - Lind, J., Danish fungi herb. E. Rostrup 17-18. 1913 (portr.). - Millspaugh, C. F., Publ. Field Mus. 68, Bot. 1: 454. 1902. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM (NH) 1: 171. 1904 (Costa Rican mosses, BM). - Papavero, N., Essays hist. neotrop. dipterol. 365-366. 1975. - Pedersen, M., Bot. Centralbl. 85: 343. 1901 (d.). - Poulsen, Bot. Zeit. 6: 875-881. 1848 (on Ö's C. Amer. journey). - Reichenbach, H. G., Bot. Zeit. 10: 932. 1852 (epon.). - Rydberg, P. A., Augustana Coll. Libr. Publ. 5: 37. 1907. - Stearn, W. T., J. Arnold Arb. 46: 268. 1965 (coll. used by Grisebach). - Trevisan, V. B. A., Saggio monogr. algh. coccot. 108. 1848. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 118-119. 1898; 3(1): 93-94. 1902. - Verdoorn, F., Pl. pl. sci. Lat. Amer. xxvi. 1945. - Warming, E., Bot. Tidsskr. 12: 162-171. 1881 (biogr. note, epon., bibl.). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 90-91. *pl. 117.* 1905 (portr.). #### Composite works See F. M. Liebmann, *Chênes de l'Amérique tropicale*, posthumously publ. by Ö. #### Eponymy *Oerstedella* H. G. Reichenbach (1852); *Oerstedina* Wiehler (1977). *Note*: The derivation of *Oerstedtia* V. B. A. Trevisan (1848) could not be determined. ### Publications ##### n.7012. Planterigets Naturhistorie **Title** *Planterigets Naturhistorie*, en almeenfattelig Fremstilling af de vigtigste Planter i deres Forhold til Menneskene og Jorden, naermest udarbeidet til Brug ved Underviisning i Realskoler og til Selvstudium af A. S. Örsted, cand. philos. Kjøbenhavn (Trykt paa Boghandler H. C. Kleins Forlag, i Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri...) 1839. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Planter. Naturhist.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1839, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-384, *pl. 1-34. Copies*: MO, NY. ##### n.7013. Beretning om en Excursion til Trindelen **Title** *Beretning om en Excursion til Trindelen*, en Alluvialdannelse i Odensefjord... Kjøbenhavn (Trykt hos J. G. Salomon) 1842. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1842, p. \[1\]-20, *pl. 7. Copy*: NY. – Naturh. Tidskr., København, ser. I. 3(4): 552-569. 1842. To be cited from journal. ##### n.7014. De regionibus marinis **Title** *De regionibus marinis*. Elementa topographiae historiconaturalis freti Öresund. Dissertatio inauguralis, quam ad honores magistri artium rite capessendos scripsit et die xxix mensis aprilis respondente ornatissimo E. Petit. Chir. mil. publice defendere studebit A. S. Örsted. Phil. cand. Hauniae \[København\] (typis excussit J. C. Scharling) 1844. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Reg. mar.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Apr 1844 (t.p.), p. \[i-x\], \[1\]-88, \[1-2, expl. pl., err.\], *pl. 1-2. Copies*: FI, MO, NY. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 3: 385-389. 6 Jun 1845 (extensive German summary). ##### n.7015. Centralamerikas Rubiaceer **Title** *Centralamerikas Rubiaceer*. (Bestemmelser og Bekrivelser mestendeels af G. Bentham.) Ved A. S. Örsted... \[København 1852\]. Oct. **Notes** *Identifications*: mainly by George Bentham (1800-1884). *Publ*.: Jun-Dec 1852 or 1853(?) (mss. submitted 12 Mai 1852; journal issue dated 1852; dated 1853 by Christensen 1925 p. 234), p. \[1\]-39. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Vid. Meddel. naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1852(2-4): 23-61. To be cited from journal. ##### n.7016. Mexicos og Centralamerikas Acanthaceer **Title** *Mexicos og Centralamerikas Acanthaceer*... Kjöbenhavn (Bianco Lunos Boktrykkeri) 1855. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1855, p. \[i\], \[1\]-69, *pl. 3-5* (liths., C. Thornam). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Vid. Medd. naturh. For. 1854: 113-181. ##### n.7017. Plantae novae centroamericanae **Title** (Af Naturhist. Foren. Vindensk. Meddelelser.) *Plantae novae centroamericanae*... \[København 1856-1857\], 3 parts. **Notes** *I*: 1856, p. \[1\]-6. Reprinted and to be cited from Vid. Meddel. Naturh. For. 1856: 27-32. *II*: 1856, idem p. 33-43. *III*: 1857, p. \[1\]-12. – Idem 1857: 187-198. *Copies*: G(3), US (1, 2). ##### n.7018. Centralamerikas Lobeliaceer **Title** Af Naturhist. Foren. Vidensk. Meddelelser, 1857) *Centralamerikas Lobeliaceer*... \[København 1857\]. **Notes** *Co-author*: Jules Emile Planchon (1823-1888). *Publ*.: 1857, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Vid. Meddel. Naturhist. For. 1857; 152-157. ##### n.7019. Centralamericas Gesneraceer **Title** *Centralamericas Gesneraceer*, et systematisk, plantegeographisk bidrag til Centralamericas Flora... Kjöbenhavn (Trykt i Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri ved F. S. Muhle) 1858. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Centralamer. Gesner.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1858 (NY copy rd by Torrey 20 Mai 1859), p. \[i\], \[1\]-78, *pl. 1/2, 3-11* (by Augusta Thornam), map. *Copies*: G, MO, NY; IDC 6162. – Preprinted from K. Danske Vidensk. Skr. ser. 5. 5(1): 75-152, *11 pl*. map. 1859. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 18: 99-100. 1860. ##### n.7020. Palmae centroamericanae **Title** (Af Naturhist. Foren. Vidensk. Meddelelser 1858) *Palmae centroamericanae*... \[København 1859\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Palmae centroamer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mai 1859 (NY copy rd. by G. H. Post 20 Mai 1859; Bot. Zeit. 1860), p. \[1\]-54. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Vid. Meddel. naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1858: 1-54. 1859. ##### n.7021. Viburni generis adumbratio **Title** *Viburni generis adumbratio*... Hafniae \[København\] (typis Bianco Luno) 1861. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Viburn. adumbr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Jul 1861 (Bot. Zeit. 16 Aug 1861), p. \[1\]-39, *pl. 6-7* (uncol., Augusta Thornam). *Copies*: G, U. – Preprinted or reprinted from Vid. Meddel. naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1860: 267-305, *pl. 6-7.* 1861. Extensive summary by "J. G." in Bull. Soc. bot. France 8: 482-490. 1861. Journal article entitled: "Til belysning af Slaegten Viburnum."; the Latin title appears on the cover of the reprint. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 19: 238-239. 16 Aug 1861. ##### n.7022. Myrsinaceae centroamericanae **Title** (Af Naturhist. Foren. Vidensk. Meddelelser 1861) *Myrsinaceae centroamericanae* et mexicanae... \[København\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Myrsin. centroamer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1862, p. \[1\]-26, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. Chr. Thornam). *Copies*: G, MO, US. – Preprinted or reprinted from Vidensk. Meddel. naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn 1861: 117-142, *pl. 1-2.* 1862. ##### n.7023. Erindringsord til Forelaesninger over de naturlige Familier **Title** *Erindringsord til Forelaesninger over de naturlige Familier* naermest med hensyn til laegeplanter... Kjøbenhavn (Forlagt af den Gyldendalske Boghandling (F. Hegel)...) 1862. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Erindringsord*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1862, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-247, \[248\]. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.7024. L'Amérique centrale **Title** *L'Amérique centrale*. Recherches sur sa flore et sa géographie physique. Résultats d'un voyage dans les états de Costa Rica et de Nicaragua exécuté pendant les années 1846-1848 par A. S. Ørsted... Première livraison. Copenhague \[København\] (Imprimerie de Bianco Luno par F. S. Muhle) 1863. Fol. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Amér. centr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1863 (p. vi: 1 Jul 1863, BSbF 10 Jan 1864; Bot. Zeit. 15 Jan 1864; Flora 29 Feb 1864; J. Bot. Dec 1864), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-18, map, tab. phys. *1*, tab. physiogn. *1-2, pl. 1-18* (C. Thornam, nos. 3, 12, 13, 15, 16 partly col.), err. slip. *Copies*: B, BR, FI, G, MICH, MO, NY. *Ref*.: Seemann, B., J. Bot. 3: 162-163. 1865. - Fournier, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 10: 444-445. 1864. - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 24: 288-289. 1866. ##### n.7025. Om sygdomme hos Planterne **Title** *Om sygdomme hos Planterne*, som foraarsages af Snyltesvampe, navnlig om Rust og Brand, og om Midlerne til deres Forebyggelse. Fire Ahhandlinger,... Kjøbenhavn (J. H. Schubothes Boghandling. Thieles Bogtrykkeri) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sygd. Plant.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863 (p. \[iv\]: 11 Oct 1863), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-146, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-3* (partly col.). *Copy*: NY. – On p. 125-143 a reprint of J. C. la Cour, Sygdommene i Kornet, with a postscript by C. on p. 145-146, see Christensen, C. (1925) p. 263, no. I. *Swedish transl*.: 1865 (p. vi: Apr 1865), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-109, *pl. 1-3. Copies*: FH, MO, NY. – Translated by Carl Hartman, see KR p. 793, no. 5. "*Om växtsjukdomar*, som orsakas af parasitsvampar,..." Örebro (N. M. Lindh) 1865. Oct. ##### n.7026. Frilands-traevaexten i Danmark **Title** *Frilands-traevaexten i Danmark*. Veiledning til Kundskab om de Traeer og Buske, som kunne dyrkes i Friland i Danmark... Kjöbenhavn (Th. Linds Forlag. Trykt hos J. H. Schultz.) 1864. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Frilands-traevaext.* **Notes** *Første Hefte*: 1864, p. \[i\], \[1\]-96; *Andet Hefte*: 1867, p. 97-240. – *Copies*: B, NY. – *Salix* by N. J. Andersson. ##### n.7027. Iagttagelser **Title** *Iagttagelser*, anstillede i løbet af vinteren 1863-64, som have ledet til opdagelsen af de hidtil ukjendte Befrugtningsorganer hos Bladsvampene... Kjøbenhaven (Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri ved F. S. Muhle) 1865. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1865 (presented Jan 1865; Hedwigia Sep 1865), p. \[1\]-15, *2 pl*. (uncol.). *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted from Overs. Vidensk. Selsk. Förh. 1865: 11-23, *2 pl*. To be cited from journal. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 12(bibl.): 228-232. 12 Nov 1865. - Bary, A. de, Hedwigia 4: 134-135. 1865. ##### n.7028. Nouvelles observations sur un champignon parasite **Title** *Nouvelles observations sur un champignon parasite*, dont les générations alternantes habitent sur deux plantes hospitalières différentes... Copenhague (Imprimerie de Bianco Luno par F. S. Muhle) 1866. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1866, p. \[1\]-16, *pl. 3/4* (uncol.). *Copies*: FH, H. French summary of a paper published in Danish in Overs. Vidensk. Selsk. Förh. 1866: 185-196, *pl. 3/4.* 1866. To be cited from Danish original in journal. ##### n.7029. Løvsporeplanterne **Title** *Løvsporeplanterne*. En morfologisk og systematisk udsigt over denne plantegruppe... Kjøbenhavn (P. G. Philipsens Forlag. Thieles Bogtrykkeri) 1867-1871. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Løvsporepl.* **Notes** *Part. 1*: 1867, p. \[1\]-48. *Part 2*: 1871, p. \[i\*-iv\*\], \[i\]-lvi, 49-104, \[i\]-xxix. *Copies*: C, LD. – For Swedish (*Bålsporväxterna*, 1872) and German (*Syst. Pilze*, 1873) versions see below. – The first part was possibly issued with the tide "Sporeplanterne", however, we have seen no such t.p. (inf. O. Almborn). ##### n.7030. Recherches sur la classification des Chênes **Title** *Recherches sur la classification des Chênes*... Copenhague (Imprimerie de Bianco Luno. – F. S. Muhle) 1867. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rech. Chênes*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1867 (Soc. bot. France rd. after 27 Apr 1867; Casparyrd his copy (now NY) on 13 Jan 1868), p. \[1\]-11, Danish text: \[1\]-80, *pl. 1-2* (uncol.). *Copies*: G. H, NY, USDA. – Preprinted or reprinted from Vid. Selsk. Skr. 1866: 11-96, *2 pl*. with French summary. 1867. A more detailed french extract came out as "Aperçu sur la classification des chênes – Chênes de l'Amérique 1-21. 1868" (fide Christensen, no. 73b), see also below under Chênes de l'Amérique tropicale (1868). *Ref*.: H. S., Bot. Zeit. 26: 345-351. 22 Mai 1868. ##### n.7031. Bidrag til Kundskab om Egefamilien **Title** *Bidrag til Kundskab om Egefamilien* i Nutid og Fortid... Kjøbenhavn (Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri ved F. S. Muhle) 1871. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bidr. Egefam.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1871 (t.p.), but 1872 (back cover), p. \[1\]-208, *pl. 1-8* (by Christ. Thornam), 1 map. *Copies*: B, L, MICH, NY. – Preprinted from K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. ser. 5. Skr. 9(B): \[331\]-538, *pl. 1-8.* 1873, of which p. 335-538 have a french summary: *Études préliminaires* *sur les Cupulifères* de l'époque actuelle... also reprinted, 1873, with special cover and p. \[i, iii\], 335-538, *pl. 1-8*, map. (*Copy*: G). ##### n.7032. Bålsporväxterna **Title** *Bålsporväxterna*. En morfologisk och systematisk öfversigt öfver denna växtgrupp af A. S. Örsted... öfversatt af Johan Hulting... Stockholm (Iwar Haeggströms Boktrykkeri) 1872. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bålsporväxterna*. **Notes** *Translation*: Johan Hulting (1842-?). *Ed. 1*: 1872, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-191, \[192, err.\], err. slip. *Copies*: C, H, LD (inf. O. Almborn). – Swedish translation of *Løvsporeplanterne*, 1867. *Ed. 2*: 1905, p. \[1\]-81. *Copies*: LD, NY. – Andra, fullständigt omarbetade upplagan... Stockholm (Beijers Bokförlags-aktiebolag) \[1905\]. ##### n.7033. Praecursores florae centroamericanae **Title** *Praecursores florae centroamericanae*. Fragmentum posthumum,... Hauniae \[København\] (apud Th. Lind. Typis Bianco Luno.\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Praecurs. fl. centroamer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1873, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-99. *Copies*: Stevenson, US, USDA. – See Christensen no. 105. – A note in Bull. Soc. bot. France (22(bibl.): 153-154. 1875) mentions a first commercial distribution of loose sheets of p. 1-96, "now \[1875\] brought up to 99." These sheets were mentioned in Bull. 19(séances): 248. 1873. *Ref*.: G. K., Bot. Zeit. 32: 365. 5 Jun 1864. ##### n.7034. System der Pilze **Title** A. S. Oersted's *System der Pilze*. Lichenen und Algen. Aus dem Dänischen. Deutsche vermehrte Ausgabe von A. Grisebach und J. Reinke. Mit 93 Figuren in Holzschnitt. Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1873. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. Pilze*. **Notes** *Translation by*: August Heinrich Rudolph Grisebach (1814-1879), Johannes Reinke (1849-1930). *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1873 (p. vi: 29 Sep 1872; Bot. Zeit. 25 Apr 1873), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-194. *Copies*: FH, MICH, NY, Stevenson, USDA. For Danish original see above: *Løvsporeplanterne* (1867), (Swedish) *Bålsporvåxterna* (1872). *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Zeit. 31: 272. 1873.