Carl Skottsberg
Swedish botanist and Antarctic explorer · 1880–1963
2,270 specimens, collected between 1902 and 2017 on 317 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 57 specimens for others.
On the labels as Skottsberg, C.J.F., Skottsberg, C., C. Skottsberg, Skottsberg, Carl Skottsberg.
- Specimens
- 2,270
- Type specimens
- 106
- Years in the field
- 116
- Islands
- 17
- Species
- 920
- Identifications
- 57
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 12
Where Skottsberg collected
Specimens by decade
1900s2010s
Earliest: Phycodrys antarctica, 1902 (St. 6 Graham Land, Cap Seymour). Latest: Cuminia eriantha, 2017.
Named for Skottsberg
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Skottsberg. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Botryocladia skottsbergii Rhodymeniaceae88
- Euphorbia skottsbergii Euphorbiaceae55
- Cladonia skottsbergii Cladoniaceae43
- Rumex skottsbergii Polygonaceae27
- Gonimophyllum skottsbergii Delesseriaceae5
- Wikstroemia skottsbergiana Thymelaeaceae4
- Elaphoglossum skottsbergii Dryopteridaceae3
- Sarcopeltis skottsbergii Gigartinaceae3
- Distromium skottsbergii Dictyotaceae2
- Rhodymenia skottsbergi Rhodymeniaceae2
- Astelia skottsbergii Asteliaceae1
- Euryphallus skottsbergi Elipsocidae1
From the field
As a determiner
57 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: