Olof Swartz

Olof Peter Swartz ( born September 21, 1760 Norrköping, † September 19, 1818 in Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Sw. ".

Swartz earned his doctorate in 1781 at the age of 21 years at the University of Uppsala. From 1783 to 1787 he toured the West Indies and North America to collect plants. In 1788 he traveled to England. He then worked as a professor in Stockholm. One focus of his work were the spore plants. The plant genus Swartzia is named after him.

From 1808, he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 1811-1818 he was Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Writings

  • Nova genera plantarum & species. Sweder, Stockholm et al 1788 digitized.
  • Observationes Botanicae. Palm, Erlangen 1791 digitized.
  • Icones plantarum incognitarum. Fasc. 1, Sect. 1-2. Palm, Erlangen from 1794 to 1800.
  • Flora Indiae occidentalis. 3 volumes. Palm, Erlangen from 1797 to 1806.
  • Synopsis Filicum. Bibliopolium novum Academicum, Kiel 1806 digitized.
  • Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae. s n, Stockholm 1814.
International Plant Names Index Integrated Authority File
616937
de