Nils Conrad Kindberg (7 August 1832 in

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– 23 August 1910 in

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) was a Swedish bryologist. From 1849 he studied at

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, earning his PhD in 1857. In 1859 he worked as a teacher in

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, then from 1860 to 1901 taught classes in natural sciences and mathematics in

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. The

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...

genus '' Kindbergia'' (family

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) is named in his honor.

Selected works

* ''Monographia generis Lepigonorum'' (1863). * ''Svensk flora. Beskrifning öfver Sveriges fanerogamer och ormbunkar'' (1877). * "New Canadian mosses" (1889); with

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. * "Catalogue of Canadian plants. Part VI, musci"; with John Macoun (1892). * "European and N. American Bryineæ (Mosses)"; 2 parts, published in English (1896). * "Genera of European and Northamerican Bryineæ (Mosses) synoptically disposed" (1897). * ''Laubmoose aus dem Umanakdistrikt'' (1897). * ''Skandinavisk bladmossflora'' (1903). * "New combinations and new taxa of mosses proposed by Nils Conrad Kindberg"; by William C. Steere and Howard A. Crum (1977).HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kindberg, Nils Conrad 19th-century Swedish botanists 20th-century Swedish botanists 1832 births 1910 deaths Swedish bryologists People from Karlstad Uppsala University alumni