Clas Bjerkander

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

Pyralis bjerkandriana (Mehlmotte)
Bjerkandera P. Karst^[1]

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

The standard author abbreviation Bjerk. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

Heinrich Dörfelt, Heike Heklau: Die Geschichte der Mykologie. 1998

^ 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.
^ International Plant Names Index. Bjerk.

External links

Animalbase Taxa described by Bjerkandar and list of papers.

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[Zmitrovich_2016-1] 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] International Plant Names Index. Bjerk.

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