Nils Johan Andersson
Nils Johan Andersson (born February 20, 1821 in the parish of Gärdserum , Åtvidaberg municipality , † March 27, 1880 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Andersson ".
Life
Andersson became a lecturer in botany at Uppsala University in 1846 and a teacher at the elementary school in Stockholm in 1847. From 1851 to 1853 he accompanied the Swedish frigate Eugenie as a botanist on the circumnavigation of the earth and in 1855 became adjunct and botanical demonstrator at Lund University , in 1856 professor and director of the botanical collections of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and teacher at the Bergian Garden School in Stockholm appointed. In 1857 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy .
Honor Taxton
The genus Anderssoniopiper from the pepper family (Piperaceae) was named in his honor.
Fonts
- En verldsomsegling (Stockholm 1853–1854, 3 volumes; German: Eine Weltumegelung , Leipzig 1854)
- Salices Lapponiæ (Uppsala 1845)
- Conspectus vegetationis Lapponiae (Uppsala 1846)
- Atlas öfver Skandinaviska florans naturliqa familjer (1849)
- Cyperaceae Scandinaviae (Stockholm 1849)
- Gramineae Scandinavae (Stockholm 1852)
- Om Galapagos-Öernas vegetation (Stockholm 1854)
- Inledning till Botaniken (Stockholm 1851-1853, 3 volumes).
- Väggtaflor för åskådnings-undervisningen i botany (1861–1862)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Nils Johan Andersson at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andersson, Nils Johan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parish Gärdserum , Åtvidaberg (municipality) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1880 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |