Jonas Dryander
Jonas Carlsson Dryander (born March 5, 1748 in Gothenburg , † October 19, 1810 in London ) was a Swedish botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Dryand. "
Life
Dryander studied in Gothenburg and Lund , where he received his doctorate in 1776 (dissertation: Dissertatio Gradualis Fungos regno vegetabili vindicans). Then he went to Uppsala , attracted by the reputation of Carl von Linné (who was already seriously ill at the time), and then accompanied a nobleman to England as a tutor in 1777. In 1782 he succeeded his friend Daniel Solander as librarian and botanist with Sir Joseph Banks in London . He later became a librarian of the Royal Society and one of the first fellows, first librarian and later vice president of the Linnean Society of London, founded in 1788 . In 1784 he became a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Honors
The genus Dryandra Thunb. from the family of milkweed plants (Euphorbiaceae) was named in his honor.
Fonts
- Catalogus Bibliothecæ Historico-Naturalis Josephi Banks, Baronetti, 5 volumes, London, 1796 to 1800
- Editor of Roxburgh: Plants of the Coromandel Coast, 1795-1798
- Contributions to Aiton: Hortus Kewensis, 1789
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dryander, Jonas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dryander, Jonas Carlsson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1810 |
| Place of death | London |