Carl Fredrik Nyman

Carl Fredrik Nyman (31 August 1820 – 26 April 1893) was a Swedish botanist born in Stockholm.

Nyman was a curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm (1855–1889).^[1] With Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794-1865) and Theodor Kotschy (1813-1866), he was editor of Analecta Botanica (1854). Among his publications are the following:

Conspectus Florae Europaeae, (volume 1- September 1878, volume 2- October 1879, volume 3- July 1881, volume 4- October 1882, addendum- December 1885).
Sylloge Florae Europaeae, (1854–1855).

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.^[1]^[2]

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This article incorporates translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62406459 LCCN: n81086850 ISNI: 0000 0001 2280 8260 GND: 121513017 SUDOC: 149999356 Botanist: Nyman

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