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]

The standard author abbreviation Ångstr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

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
^ International Plant Names Index. Ångstr.

[1] JSTOR Global Plants Ångström, Johan (1813-1879)

[2] Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - A (biographical information)

[3] Flora Aongstroemia Bruch & Schimper, Bryol. Europ. 1: 171. 1846.

[4] IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Ångström.

[5] WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Johan Angstrom

[6] International Plant Names Index. Ångstr.

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