Clas Bjerkander Explained

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.

References

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

External links

• Animalbase Taxa described by Bjerkandar and list of papers.

Notes and References

1. Zmitrovich, I.V. . Bondartseva, M.A. . Vasilyev, N.P. . The Meruliaceae of Russia. I. Bjerkandera . Turczaninowia . 19 . 1 . 2016 . 5–18 . 10.14258/turczaninowia.19.1.1 . free .