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### Author
Sillén, Olof Leopold (1813-1894), Swedish pharmacist and bryologist; pharmacist in Gävle 1849-1866.
**Abbreviated name**: *Sillén* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sillén*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection UPS|UPS]]. – Published two sets of exsiccatae (see KR p. 642): (1) *Musci Sveciae exsiccati* fasc. 7-8 (nos. 151-200), Gevaliae (A.P. Landin) 1878. Sets e.g. at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection W|W]] (fasc. 1-4 by S.J. Lindgren, fasc. 5-6 by K.F. Thedenius).
- (2) *Musci frondosi Scandinaviae exsiccati*. Fasc. 1-2. Gevaliae. Fasc. 1, 1875 (distr. Feb 1879), nos. 1-300; fasc. 2, 1884 (distr. Jan 1886), nos. 301-506. Sets at [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection W|W]]. – See Sayre (1971).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 278; Bossert p. 366; KR p. 642 (b. 8 Mai 1813, d. 17 Jan 1894); TL-2/see S.J. Lindgren; Urban-Berl. p. 314.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 57: 256. 1894 (d.); Bot. Not. 1872: 28 (trip Götland); Hedwigia 33: (66). 1894 (d.); Nat. Nov. 16: 165. 1894 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 44: 159. 1894 (d.).
- Arnell, H.W., Bot. Centralbl. 25: 349-350. 1886 (rev. exsicc).
- Högrell, B., Bot. hist. 270. 1886.
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 254. 1971 (exsicc).
#### Note
Nils Jacob Sillén (26 Sep 1788-16 Dec 1857), professor of "practical economy" at Uppsala, was the professor under whom the dissertation of N.W. Lundeqvist, *Fl. paroec. Bränkyrka*, 1827, was defended. See TL-2/5106 for authorship.