Peter Schousboe

Peter Schousboe (1766–1832) was a Danish botanist. ^[1]

Biography

Peder Kofod Anker Schousboe was born in Rønne, Denmark and died in Tangier, Morocco, having served as Danish consul general in Tangier from 1800 onwards. He conducted a botanical expedition in Spain and Morocco during the years 1791-93. In 1800, he published his major work Om Væxtriget i Marokko. Among the plants that he was the first to describe was the popular garden flower Salvia interrupta; the bushwillow genus Schousboea (now considered a synonym of Combretum) was named in his honour.^[2]

The standard author abbreviation Schousb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

References

^ "Schousboe, Peter Kofod Anker, 1766-1832". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ "Schousboe, Peder Kofod Anker". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ International Plant Names Index. Schousb.

External links

Biographical information about Schousboe on the website of the Herbarium of the University of Göttingen

[1] "Schousboe, Peter Kofod Anker, 1766-1832". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

[2] "Schousboe, Peder Kofod Anker". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

[3] International Plant Names Index. Schousb.

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