> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 16](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066356) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11314-1) LSID 11314-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6228721) QID Q6228721 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wahlberg, Pehr Fredrik (1800-1877), Swedish botanist, physician and pharmacist; Dr. phil. Uppsala 1824 with C.P. Thunberg, Dr. med. ib. 1827; associate professor of materia medica and natural history at the Karolinska Institut, Stockholm 1827-1836; regular professor of materia medica 1836-1865; secretary of the Swedish Academy of Sciences 1848-1866; travelled widely in Scandinavia between 1819 and 1857 and in S. Europe 1828-1830. **Abbreviated name**: *Wahlb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wahlb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection S|S]]; further material in [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection LZ|LZ]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-Thunb. – *Letters* to Elias Fries in KVA-Stockholm (200) and [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB (110). #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(1): 646; Backer p. 619; Barnhart 3: 449; BL 2: 521, 729; BM 5: 2249; Bossert p. 423; CSP 6: 233-234, 12: 767; Herder p. 196; Hortus 3: 1206; KR p. 739-741 (b. 19 Jun 1800, d. 22 Mai 1877); NI 2: 273, no. 2223; PR 9318, 9381, 9908-9909, ed. 1: 10287-10299, 10879-10880, 11827; Rehder 5: 897; TL-1/947; TL-2/14.403, 14.425, see Thunberg, C.P. #### Biofile - Anon., Biogr. Lexic. 19: 150-154. 1852 (detailed biogr., bibl.); Bot. Not. 1845: 62, 174, 1877: 125 (obit.), 1883: 106; Flora 12(1): 95-96. 1829 (continental trip). - Afzelius, K., Nordisk familjebok ed. 3. 19: 1283. 1933. - Cooper, Th., Men of the time ed. 9. 982. 1875. - Düben, G. v., Lefnadsteckningar öfver K. Sv. Vet. Akad. ledarn. 2: 531-555. 1878-1885 (biogr., bibl.). - Högrell, B., Bot. hist. 246. 1886. - Hornschuch, C.F., Flora 14(2): 831. 1831 (back from trip in Europe; app. Karol. Inst.). - Lindman, S., Sv. män kvinn. 8: 140. 1955 (biogr., portr.). - Lundqvist, A., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 75: 306. 1981 (coll. nr. Göteborg 1820-1824); Sv. Linnésällsk. Årsskr. 1975-77: 41. 1981 (portr.). - Osvald, H., *in* R.E. Fries, Short hist. bot. Sweden 133. 1950. - Schmiterlöw, H., K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Årsb. 1947: 375, 376, 382-386, 399, 404. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 75. 1903, 3(3): 57, *pl. 101.* 1905 (on portr.). #### Composite works Editor of J.W. Palmstruch *Svensk botanik* vol. 11, fasc. 4-9, *pl. 739-774.* 1836-1838 (TL-2/7247) and of the index to the entire work. #### Commemorative medal cast in 1883 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, impressed by Lea Ahlborn. #### Note Wahlberg's brother, Johan August Wahlberg (1810-1856) travelled in Norway (1832), Sweden and parts of Germany 1833-1834; South Africa 1839-1845 and 1854-1856. Main set of collections in S; duplicates e.g. in DBN, HBG, PRE. For itinerary and further details see M. Gunn & L.E. Codd, Bot. Explor. S. Afr. 366-369. 1981 and T. Flensburg & S. Lindman, Sv. män kvinn. 8: 140-141. 1955. #### Eponymy *Wahlbergella* E.M. Fries (1843). ### Publications ##### n.16.514. Flora gothoburgensis **Title** *Flora gothoburgensis*, cujus partem priorem, venia Exp. Fac. Med. Upsal., praeside C.P. Thunberg,... modeste proponit Petrus Fridericus Wahlberg, Ostrogothus. In Audit. botanico d. xiii Dec. mdcccxx, h.a.m.s. Upsaliae (excudebant Regiae Academiae Typographi) \[1820\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. gothob.* **Notes** *I*: 13 Dec 1820 (or a few days earlier) p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-87, \[88, err.\]. *2*(*1*): 27 Nov 1824 (id.), p. \[i-iv\] \[89\]-102. – Flora gothoburgensis cujus partem posteriorem, venia Ampliss. Facult. Philos. Upsal. p.p. Mag. Petr. Fred. Wahlberg,... et Gustavus Fredericus Brandsten,... in Audit. Gust. die xxvii Nov. mdcccxxiv. h.a.m.s. Partícula prima. Upsaliae (id.). *2*(*2*): 13 Dec 1824 (id.), p. \[i-ii\], 103-117. – "... Wahlberg,... et Augustus Timoleon Wistrand... In Audit. Gust. die xiii Dec. mdcccxxiv. h.a.m.s. Particula secunda. Upsaliae (id.). *Copies*: FI, GB, H, HH, LD, M, MO, NY, Peterson, US, USDA. *Ref*.: Sprengel, K.P.J., Neu. Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 231-232. 1822 (rev.). ##### n.16.515. Anvisning till svenska foderväxternas kännedom **Title** *Anvisning till svenska foderväxternas kännedom*;... Stockholm (H.G. Nordström) 1835. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Anvisn. Sv. foderväxt. känned.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1835, p. \[1\]-318, \[319, 320\], 2 folded charts, *4 pl. Copies*: H, LD, NY. – Originally published in Sv. Landtbr.-Akad. Handl. 1833-1834: 165-282, *2 pl*. 1835, 1835: 64-262 with 2 charts and *4 pl. –* *Exsiccatae* illustrating this work: S.J. Lindgren, *Svenska fodervexter* i torkade exemplar utgifne, Häft. 1-2, 1839-1840, see KR p. 413, no. 13. – For Danish versions see KR p. 740, no. 7.