> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1049](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190520) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8800-1) LSID 8800-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6088004) QID Q6088004 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Saelan, \[Anders\] Thiodolf (1834-1921), Finnish physician and botanist; Dr. med. Helsinki 1865; amanuensis at the Botanical Museum ib. 1859-1866; practicing physician 1861-1865; physician (1865) and head-physician at Lappvik hospital 1868-1904; professor's title 1877; Dr. phil. h.c. 1907. **Abbreviated name**: *Saelan* \[standard form in IPNI: *Saelan*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection H|H]]. – Manuscripts and some correspondence at [[Collection H|H]]; 124 letters from Saelan to Nylander and 289 from Nylander to Saelan at [[Collection H|H]]-UB. #### Bibliography and biography AG 12(1): 156; Barnhart 3: 198 (b. 20 Nov 1834, d. 24 Jun 1921); BJI 1: 56, 2: 151; BL 2: 61, 63, 67, 70, 85, 92; BM 4: 1780, 8: 1121; Bossert p. 344; Collander p. 464-465 (bibl.); Collander hist. p. 157 \[index\]; CSP 11: 256, 18: 399; GR p. 622; Herder p. 201, 294, 305, 331, 332, 337; IH 2: (files); Kew 4: 561; KR p. 614; LS 23488, 38685; Morren ed. 10, p. 97; PR 5570, 6781, 7963, 7964; Rehder 5: 751; Saelan p. 435-445 (bibl.); SBC p. 131; TL-2/4927, 6935, 6926, see A.H. Hjelt, A. Kihlmann, S.S. Murbeck; TR 1223-1226; Tucker 1: 617. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1921: 173 (d.); Medd. Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 48: I. 1925 (portr.). - Carpelan, T. & L.O. Th. Tudeer, Helsingin yliopisto 2: 830-835. 1924 (fide Collander). - Elfving, F., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 50: 108, 225. 1921 (portr.); Soc. Sci. fenn., Årsbok 1(B, 8): 1-16. 1923 (biogr., portr., bibl.). - Fagerström, L., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 71(2): 1-20. 1954 (on p. 8-12 account of S.'s excursion to eastern Nyland, 1856). - Häyrén, E., Finska Trädgårdsodl. 15: 162-163. 1921 (fide Collander). - Hagelstam, J. Finska läkaresällsk. Handl. 63: 503-511. 1921 (fide Collander). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 516. 1977 (coll.). - Ulvinen, A., Kymenlaakson luonto 12: 18-20. 1971 (a pioneer of the floristic investigation of Kymenlaakso; portr.); Kymenlaakson Luonnon Ystävien julkaisuja 2: 1-27. 1974 (on an 1856 diary of his trip to Kymenlaakso; portr.). #### Composite works Co-author, with E. Lönnrot, of *Flora fennica*, ed. 2, 1866, see TL-2/4927. Herbarium Lönnrot: TUR. #### Eponymy *Saelania* S.O. Lindberg (1878). ### Publications ##### n.9979. Herbarium musei fermici **Title** *Herbarium musei fermici*. Förteckning öfver Finska Musei växtsamling, utgifven af Sällskapet pro fauna et flora fennica och uppgjord af W. Nylander och Th. Saelan... Helsingfors (Finska Litteratur-Sällskapets Tryckeri) 1859, Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Herb. mus. fenn.* **Notes** *Co-author*: William Nylander (1822-1899), see TL-2/6946. We give here a slightly amended treatment of eds. 1 and 2. *Ed. 1*: Jun 1859 (11 Apr 1859 preface etc. accepted; publ. Jun 1859, fide Elfving (1921), p. 108; inf. P. Isoviita; Flora rd. 7 Jul 1859), p. \[1\]-118, map. *Copies*: BR, FI, G, H. *Ed. 2*: Mar-13 Mai 1889 (inf. P. Isoviita; Bot. Centralbl. 9 Jul 1889; Bot. Zeit. 28 Jun 1889; Flora rd. 1 Nov 1889; Nat. Nov. Apr(1) 1890), p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-156, 2 maps. *Copies*: BR, FI, G, H, NY, PH, US, USDA. – *Herbarium musei fermici* enumeratio plantarum Musei fennici quam edidit Societas pro fauna et flora fennica editio secunda. I. *Plantae vasculares* curantibus Th. Saelan, A. Osw. Kihlman, Hj. Hjelt... Helsingforsiae \[Helsinki\] (ex officina typographica heredum J. Simelii) 1889. Oct. (in fours). *Note*: The second part, II. *Musci*, by J.O. Bomansson & V.F. Brotherus, p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-77, \[i, index\], 1 map, came out Nov-Dec 1894. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 6: 430-431. 1859 (rev.). - Bennett, A., J. Bot. 27: 220-222. Jul 1889 (rev. ed. 2). - Drude, O., Bot. Jahrb. 11 (Lit.): 82. 31 Dec 1889 (id.). - Brotherus, V.F., Bot. Centralbl. 40: 377-379. 1889 (id.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 17: 268-269. 5 Aug 1859 (rev.). - *Note*: Booknumber 9980 has not been used. ##### n.9981. Musci lapponiae kolaënsis **Title** *Musci lapponiae kolaënsis* auctoribus V.F. Brotherus et Th. Saelan... Helsingforsiae (ex officina typographica heredum J. Simelii) 1890. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Musc. lapp. kolaens.* **Notes** *Senior author*: Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (1849-1929). *Publ*.: 1890 (read 1 Feb 1890; Rev. bryol. Aug-Sep 1891; Bot. Gaz. Sep 1891), p. \[1\]-100, map. *Copy*: FI, H. – Published as Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 6(4), 1890; also included in *Wiss. Erg. Finn. Exp. Kola* 1887-1892, see Saelan p. 54. ##### n.9982. Finlands botaniska litteratur **Title** *Finlands botaniska litteratur* till och med år 1900.... Helsingfors 1916. Oct. (*Finl. bot. litt.*), ("Saelan" in TL-2). **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1916 (p. vi: Dec 1916), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-633. *Copies*: BR, FAS, G, H, NY, USDA. – Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 43(1). 1916. The journal issue has p. \[i\*-iv\*\] journal preface material. – The major Finnish botanical bibliography up to and including 1900. For a continuation see R. Collander, V. Erkamo, P. Lehtonen, *Bibliographia botanica fenniae 1901-1905*, Helsinki Sep 1973, Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 81, 1973. ("Collander" in TL-2).