Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt
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Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt (1856 - 1934) was a Swedish botanist who worked at the Bergianska Trädgården
and Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
in Stockholm
. In 1907 he achieved his honorary doctorate.
Dahlstedt specialized in research of the plant genera Taraxacum
and Hieracium
. The botanical genus Dahlstedtia from the subfamily Faboideae
is named in his honor.
Bergianska trädgården
The Bergianska trädgården, the Bergian Garden or Hortus Bergianus, is a botanical garden located in the Frescati area on the outskirts of Stockholm, close to the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the main campus of Stockholm University...
and Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Swedish Museum of Natural History
The Swedish Museum of Natural History , in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg....
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. In 1907 he achieved his honorary doctorate.
Dahlstedt specialized in research of the plant genera Taraxacum
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety...
and Hieracium
Hieracium
Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...
. The botanical genus Dahlstedtia from the subfamily Faboideae
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
is named in his honor.