Johan Ångström
Johan Ångström (1813, Lögdö, Medelpad – 1879, Örnsköldsvik) was a Swedish physician and bryologist.
He obtained his education in Uppsala, and later practiced medicine in the communities of Lycksele and Örnsköldsvik.[1] With Frederik Nylander (1820-1880), he conducted botanical investigations in Lapland, Finland and Karelia.[2]
The moss genus Aongstroemia (Bruch & Schimp., 1846) in named in his honor.[3] As a taxonomist, he was the binomial author of several plants within the genus Botrychium.[4]
Selected works
- Dispositio muscorum in Scandinavia : hucusque cognitorum, 1842.
- Symbolae ad Bryologiam Scandinavicam, 1844.
- Primae lineae muscorum cognoscendorum, 1876.[5]
References
- ^ JSTOR Global Plants Ångström, Johan (1813-1879)
- ^ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - A (biographical information)
- ^ eFlora Aongstroemia Bruch & Schimper, Bryol. Europ. 1: 171. 1846.
- ^ IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Ångström.
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Johan Angstrom
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Ångstr.