Johan Ångström
Swedish bryologist

Johan Ångström

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Swedish bryologist
A.K.A.
Ångstr.
Gender:
Male
Places:
Sweden
Is:
ScientistBotanistPteridologistBryologist
Work field:
BiologyScience
Birth:
24 September 1813(The iron factory Lögdö bruk, Sweden)
Death:
19 January 1879(Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
Star sign:
Libra
Education:
Uppsala University
Family:
Siblings:
Carl Arendt ÅngströmAnders Jonas Ångström
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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. With Fredrik Nylander (1820-1880), he conducted botanical investigations in Lapland, Finland and Karelia.

The moss genus Aongstroemia () in named in his honor. As a taxonomist, he was the binomial authority of several plants within the genus Botrychium.

Selected works

  • Dispositio muscorum in Scandinavia : hucusque cognitorum, 1842.
  • Symbolae ad Bryologiam Scandinavicam, 1844.
  • Primae lineae muscorum cognoscendorum, 1876.
The standard author abbreviation Ångstr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.