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 Rchb. 1831 (Boraginaceae), a synonym of Mertensia,^[1]
• Stenhammara Flot. ex Körb. 1855 (Lichenes), a synonym of Ropalospora lugubris,^[2]
• Stenhammara A.Massal. ex Zahlbr. 1924 (Fungi) ,a synonym of Stenhammarella
• Stenhammarella Hertel 1967 (Lichen in Lecideaceae family).^[3]

Steenhamera Kostel. 1834, Stenhammaria Lilja 1843 and Stenhammaria Nyman 1881 (all from the Boraginaceae family) are all listed as 'doubtful' genera as they don't have any species listed.^[4]

The standard author abbreviation Stenh. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5]