About Carl Fredrik Nyman
Lived 1820 – 1893 (aged 72). Carl Fredrik Nyman was a Swedish botanist and conservator.
Carl Fredrik Nyman (31 August 1820 – 26 April 1893) was a Swedish botanist born in Stockholm. His middle name is alternatively spelled Frederik or Frederick.
Nyman was a curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm (1855–1889). With Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794–1865) and Theodor Kotschy (1813–1866), he was editor of Analecta Botanica (1854). Among his publications are the following:
The plant genus Nymania (synonym Phyllanthus) was named in his honor by Karl Moritz Schumann. In 1891 Otto Kuntze named the genus Nymanina after him.
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Who was Carl Fredrik Nyman?
Swedish botanist and conservator (1820–1893)
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Carl Fredrik Nyman was born on 31 August 1820 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen.
When did Carl Fredrik Nyman die?
Carl Fredrik Nyman died on 26 April 1893 in Klara Church Parish.
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Carl Fredrik Nyman was a botanist and conservator.
What nationality was Carl Fredrik Nyman?
Carl Fredrik Nyman was Swedish.
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