Clas Bjerkander

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Clas Bjerkander (23 September 1735, Skara – 1 August 1795) was a Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist.

A Lutheran pastor, Bjerkander studied at the University of Uppsala.

With Anders Dahl he wrote Svenska Topographiska Sällskapet i Skara ("Schwedische topographische Gesellschaft zu Skara") and, as sole author several short scientific papers on Microlepidoptera.

Taxa named for him include

In 1778, Bjerkander was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

References[]

  • Heinrich Dörfelt, Heike Heklau: Die Geschichte der Mykologie. 1998
  1. ^ Zmitrovich, I.V.; Bondartseva, M.A.; Vasilyev, N.P. (2016). "The Meruliaceae of Russia. I. Bjerkandera" (PDF). Turczaninowia. 19 (1): 5–18. doi:10.14258/turczaninowia.19.1.1.
  2. ^ IPNI.  Bjerk.

External links[]

  • Animalbase Taxa described by Bjerkandar and list of papers.


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