Johan Erhard Areschoug, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish botanist
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Place of Birth: Göteborg City, Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden
About Johan Erhard Areschoug
- Johan Erhard Areschoug (Johannes Erhard Areschoug, Philos.
- Doctor, Botanices et Oeconomiae) (16 September 1811 – 7 May 1887) was a Swedish botanist who was a native of Göteborg.
- He was a member of the Arreskow family (in Swedish).
- His first name is sometimes recorded as "John". 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. Areschoug performed extensive field studies of Scandinavian cryptogams, being 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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