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### Author
Tolf, Robert (1849-1903), Swedish botanist and teacher; assistant dyer at Vrigstad 1868-1879; dyer and private teacher at Ingatorp, Småland 1879-1890; assistant for botany and geology with the Swedish "mosskulturföreningen" (peat reclamation society) at Jönköping 1890-1895; with Jönköping's seed control station 1895-1903.
**Abbreviated name**: *Tolf* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tolf*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Musci at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection GB|GB]] (700), [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection LD|LD]] (600), [[Collection S|S]].
*Exsiccatae*: *Sveriges torfbildande växter*, utgifna af Svenska Mosskulturföreningen, fasc. 1-2, nos. 1-104, Jönköping 1900-1901 (see Sayre 1969).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 389; BM 5: 2120; CSP 19: 151; GR p. 502; KR p. 719-721 (main bibl., b. 12 Dec 1849, d. 21 Dec 1903); LS 26887-26888, 39954-39956; SBC P. 133.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 239: 753. 1964.
- Lindman, S., Sv. män kvinn. 8: I. 1955.
- Nilsson, E., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 75(5): 291-294. 1981 (biogr. sketch, portr.).
- Nordstedt, C.F.O., Bot. Not. 1904: 26 (obit. not.).
- Osvald, H., *in* R.E. Fries, Short hist. bot. Sweden 140. 1950.
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 49-50. 1969 (exsicc); Bryologist 80: 519. 1977 (musei at S).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 74. 1903, 3(3): 56, 74. 1905.
### Publications
##### n.14.683. Öfversigt af Smålands mossflora
**Title**
*Öfversigt af Smålands mossflora*... Stockholm (Kongl. Boktryckeriet. P.A. Norstedt & Söner) 1891. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1891 (mss. submitted 12 Nov 1890), p. \[1\]-48. *Copies*: FH, G, H, LD, U; IDC 7670 (270-271). – Issued as and to be cited from Bih. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 16, part 3(4).
##### n.14.684. Granlemningar i svenska torfmossar
**Title**
*Granlemningar i svenska torfmossar*... Stockholm (Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P.A. Norstedt & Söner) 1893. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1893 (mss. subm. 8 Mar 1893), p. \[1\]-35. *Copies*: LD, U; IDC 7670 (334-335). – Issued as and to be cited from Bih. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 19, part 3(1).