Johan Erhard Areschoug
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Johan Erhard Areschoug (September 16, 1811 - May 7, 1887) was a Swedish botanist who was a native of Göteborg. He was a member of the Arreskow family (in Swedish).
He studied natural sciences at the University of Lund, where in 1838 he earned his doctorate in philosophy. In 1859 he succeeded Elias Magnus Fries
(1794-1878) as professor of botany at the University of Uppsala, a position he maintained until 1876. In 1851, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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Areschoug performed extensive field studies of Scandinavian cryptogams, and is remembered for his work in the field of phycology
. The red algae
genus Areschougia from the family Areschougiaceae is named in his honor.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Aresch. when citing
a botanical name
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He studied natural sciences at the University of Lund, where in 1838 he earned his doctorate in philosophy. In 1859 he succeeded Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Magnus Fries
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(1794-1878) as professor of botany at the University of Uppsala, a position he maintained until 1876. In 1851, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
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Areschoug performed extensive field studies of Scandinavian cryptogams, and is remembered for his work in the field of phycology
Phycology
Phycology is the scientific study of algae. Phycology is a branch of life science and often is regarded as a subdiscipline of botany....
. The red algae
Red algae
The red algae are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae, and also one of the largest, with about 5,000–6,000 species of mostly multicellular, marine algae, including many notable seaweeds...
genus Areschougia from the family Areschougiaceae is named in his honor.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Aresch. when citing
Author citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
a botanical name
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
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Selected publications
- Symbolae Algarum rar. Florae scandinavicae (1838)
- Iconographia phycologica (1847)
- Phyceae scanidnavicae marinae (1850)
- Observationes phycologicae (1883)