Christian Stenhammar

Christian Stenhammar (1783-1866) was a Swedish naturalist interested in lichens and an entomologist who specialised in Diptera.His collection is held by Uppsala University. He was a clergyman.

Works

 * Försök till Gruppering och Revision af de Svenska Ephydrinae af Chr. Stenhammar. Stockholm, P.A. Nordstedt, 1844. online
 * Schedulæ criticæ de lichenibus exsiccatis Sueciæ (1845) (schedae are belonging to the exsiccata series Lichenes Sueciæ exsiccati)
 * Lichenes Sueciæ exsiccati editio altera (åtta delar, 1856-66) (exsiccata).
 * Skandinaviens copromyzinæ (1853)

Honours
They have been several genera named to honour Christian Stenhammar including;
 * Steenhammera (Boraginaceae), a synonym of Mertensia,
 * Stenhammara (Lichenes), a synonym of Ropalospora lugubris,
 * Stenhammara (Fungi) ,a synonym of Stenhammarella
 * Stenhammarella (Lichen in Lecideaceae family).

Steenhamera, Stenhammaria and Stenhammaria  (all from the Boraginaceae family) are all listed as 'doubtful' genera as they don't have any species listed.

Other sources
Eckhard K. Groll