Johan Ångström
Johan Ångström (24 September 1813, Lögdö, Medelpad – 19 January 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 Fredrik 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 authority 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
- ↑ IPNI. Ångstr.
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