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Portrait of Sven Berggren

Collectors

Sven Berggren

Swedish botanist · 1837–1917

502 specimens, collected between 1846 and 1975 on 34 collecting days. Identified 3 specimens for others.

On the labels as Berggren, S., Sven Berggren.

Specimens
502
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
130
Islands
12
Species
218
Identifications
3
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Berggren collected

Specimens by decade

1840s1970s

Earliest: Fragaria chiloensis, 1846 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Sphagnum centrale, 1975.

Named for Berggren

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Berggren. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Fallaciella gracilisThuidiopsis furfurosaZygodon intermediusThuidiopsis furfurosaCratoneuropsis relaxaMnium blyttiiCryptopodium bartramioidesCyrtopus setosusPlagiomnium rostratumOchiobryum blandumDicnemon calycinumTortula areolata

As a determiner

3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: