> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 606](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333745) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9665-1) LSID 9665-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5894907) QID Q5894907 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Simmons, Herman Georg (1866-1943), Swedish botanist; Dr. phil. and lecturer at Lund 1906; lecturer in botany and zoology at Ultuna agricultural college 1914-1933; professor's title 1917; travelled in Schleswig-Holstein 1893; Faroes 1895; botanist on the second Norwegian polar expedition on the Fram 1898-1902. **Abbreviated name**: *Simmons* \[standard form in IPNI: *Simmons*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LD|LD]]; post 1914 coll. (no types) at [[Collection UPS|UPS]] (transferred from Agric. Univ.); further material in [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TROM|TROM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 279; BJI 2: 164; BL 1: 135, 136, 157, 318, 2: 529, 533, 716; BM 4: 1927, 8: 1193; Bossert p. 367; Christiansen A 548; De Toni 4: liii; Hirsch p. 275; Kleppa p. 10, 86, 300; KR p. 642-644 (b. 16 Aug 1866, bibl.); LS 24903-24904; Rehder 1: 389; SBC p. 67; TL-2/9551, 9620; Tucker 1: 651, 2: 282. #### Biofile - Almborn, O., Bot. Not. 133: 459, 463. 1980. - Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 23: 47. 1919 (app. professor Ultuna); Bot. Centralbl. 137: 224. 1918 (app. Ultuna); Bot. Not. 1898: 47 (on polar exp.), 1913: 43 (stipend), 1932: 475, 1933: 46, 76, 82, 83, 1937: 159 (herb. donated to Lantbrukshögskolan, Ultuna); Generalregister Bot. Not. 71-72. 1939; Österr. bot. Z. 67: 248. 1918 (app. professor Ultuna). - Christopherson, E., Norsk geogr. Tidsskr. 9: 229. 1943 (obit.). - Dahlgren, K.V.O., Bot. Not. 1944: 281-295 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 47, 137. 1950. - Kornerup, T., Overs. Medd. Grønland 1876-1912: 102. 1913. - Lindman, S., Sv. män. kvinn. 7: 32-33. 1954 (biogr., portr.). - Lundqvist, Å., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 75: 308-311. 1981. - Polunin, N., Botany Canad. Eastern Arctic 1: 13, 21. 1940 (coll. localities). - Rydberg, P.A., Augustana Coll. Lib. Publ. 5: 47. 1907. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 255. 1971 (Iter faroense 1895, musci). - Schmid, B. & C. Thesing, Biol.-Kalend. 1: 315-316. 1914. - Simmons, G., Allg. bot. Z. 3: 18-19. 1897 (offers sets of exsiccatae publ. by Lunds Botaniska Förening for sale). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 18. 1936. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 70. 1903, 3(3): 52, pl. 111. 1905. ### Publications ##### n.12.004. Notes on some rare or dubious Danish Greenland plants **Title** *Notes on some rare or dubious Danish Greenland plants*... Copenhagen (Printed by Bianco Luno) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904, p. \[i\], \[469\]-473. *Copies*: B, LD. – Reprinted and to be cited from Meddel. Grønl. 26: 469-473. 1904. ##### n.12.005. The vascular plants in the flora of Ellesmereland **Title** *The vascular plants in the flora of Ellesmereland*... Kristiania \[Oslo\] (printed by A.W. Brøgger) 1906. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Vasc. pl. Ellesmer eland*. **Notes** *Thesis issue*: 14-26 Mai 1906 (26 Mai 1906, date on which the thesis was defended; p. 197: printed 14 Mai 1906), p. \[i\], \[1\]-197, *pl. 1-10* (photos). *Copy*: G. – Has an extra t.p. \[i\], "*The vascular plants in the Flora of Ellesmereland*... by due permission of the philosophical faculty of Lund to be publicly defended in the botanical auditory May 26, 1906, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the degree of doctor of philosophy". – Report of the second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902. No. 2. *Regular issue*: 1906 (p. 198: printed 14 Mai 1906; ÖbZ for Oct-Dec 1906; Bot. Centralbl. 5 Mar 1907; Nat. Nov. Mar 1907), p. \[1\]-197, \[198, err.\], *pl. 1-10* (id.). *Copies*: B, BR, HH, LD, M, MO, NY, US. *Preliminary report*: Nyt mag. Naturv. 41: 223-238. 1903 (also in Sverdrup, Neues Land 486-512. 1903 and (in French) in Géographie 9: 105-115. 1904. *Ref*.: Holmboe, J., Bot. Centralbl. 104: 617-618. 1907 (rev.). - Ulbrich, E., Bot. Jahrb. 40 (Lit.): 3-4. 1907 (rev.). - Grevillius, Bot. Centralbl. 95: 139-140. 1904 (rev. prelim. rep.). ##### n.12.006. Ueber einige lappländische Phanerogamen **Title** *Ueber einige lappländische Phanerogamen*... Uppsala & Stockholm (Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B.) 1907. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lappi. Phan.* **Notes** *Publ*.: shortly after 11 Mai 1907 (date of printing; published in vol. 6 Ark. Bot., 7 Sep 1907; Nat. Nov. Sep 1907), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-40. *Copies*: G, MO, U; IDC 8562 (mf. 43). – Issued as Ark. Bot. 6(17). 1907. *Preliminary publ*.: Några bidrag till Lule Lappmarks flora, Bot. Not. 1907: 81-94, 97-112; see also L.M. Neuman, ib. 1908: 17-36 (criticism) and H.G. Simmons, ib. 1908: 113-138 (reply). – Criticism of the Ark. Bot. publ.: J. Witasek, Bot. Not. 1907: 161-167; reply H.G. Simmons, ib. 1908: 71-74. *Alphabetical index*: *in* Stray contr. Bot. N. Devon 1909, q.v. ##### n.12.007. A revised list of the flowering plants and ferns of North Western Greenland **Title** *A revised list of the flowering plants and ferns of North Western Greenland* with some short notes about the affinities of the flora... Kristiania \[Oslo\] (printed by A.W. Brøgger) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Revis. list. fl. pl. N.W. Greenland*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909 (p. no: printed 24 Apr 1909), p. \[1\]-111. *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH. – Preprinted or reprinted from the second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902. No. 16. *Alphabetical index*, see Stray contr. Bot. N. Devon 1909. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 44 (Lit.): 63-64. 1910 (rev.). ##### n.12.008. Stray contributions to the botany of North Devon **Title** *Stray contributions to the botany of North Devon* and some other islands, visited in 1900-1902 with one map in the text and an alphabetical index to no. 2, Flora of Ellesmereland. No. 16, Plants of N.W. Greenland, and this paper... Kristiania \[Oslo\] (printed by A.W. Brøgger) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Stray contr. bot. N. Devon*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909 (p. 36: printed 30 Jun 1909), p. \[1\]-36. *Copies*: BR, H. *Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 44 (Lit.): 62. 1910 (rev.). ##### n.12.009. Floran och Vegetationen i Kiruna **Title** *Floran och Vegetationen i Kiruna*... Stockholm (Nordiska Bokhandeln...) \[1910\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. veg. Kiruna*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1910 (p. 14: Aug 1910; Bot. Centralbl. 29 Nov 1910; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1910), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-403, *pl. 1-22* (photos), map. *Copies*: B-S, BR, G, HH, LD, M, MICH, MO, NY, USDA. – p. 2, imprint: Lund, Berlingska boktryckeriet 1910. – Vetenskapliga och praktiska undersökningar i Lappland. *German summary*: Bot. Jahrb. 28: 1-86. *pl. 1-6*. 1912, *Die Flora und Vegetation von Kiruna im Schwedischen Lappland*. Also as reprint, p. \[1\]-84, *pl. 1-6*. Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann, 1912. *Copy*: NY. – Contains additions. ##### n.12.010. A survey of the phytogeography of the Arctic American archipelago **Title** *A survey of the phytogeography of the Arctic American archipelago* with some notes about its exploration... Lund (C.W.K. Gleerup). Leipzig (Otto Harrassowitz) \[1913\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Surv. phytogeogr. arct. Amer. archip.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 2-19 Jun 1913 (p. 183: printed 2 Jun 1913; the PH copy has a letter of 19 Jun 1913 to "Dr. Jackson" in which S. states that he now has copies and sends one to J.), p. \[1\]-183, map 1-2. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, NY, PH, USDA. – Issued as Lunds Univ. Årsskr. N.F., Afd. 2. Bd. 9. nr. 19. (K. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Handl. N.F. Bd. 24. Nr. 19). ##### n.12.011. Gagnväxter **Title** *Gagnväxter* särskilt utländska deras förekomst, egenskaper och användning av B. Jönsson... andra upplagen omarbetad av Herman G. Simmons... Lund (C.W.K. Gleerups Förlag) \[1935\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gagnväxt.* **Notes** *Authorship*: Author of ed. 1: Bengt Jönsson (1849-1911), see KR p. 333, no. 31. This second edition was rewritten entirely by H.G. Simmons (inf. O. Almborn) (Gagnväxter: useful plans). *Publ*.: 1935, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[v\], \[1\]-728. *Copy*: LD. – See Almborn (1980, p. 459).