Anders Sandøe Ørsted | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 September 1872
Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 56)
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Known for | Neotropical botany heteroecy of plant-pathogenic fungi Nematode systematics |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of Copenhagen |
Doctoral students | Eugen Warming |
Anders Sandøe Ørsted, also written as Anders Sandoe Oersted or Anders Sandö Örsted (21 June 1816 – 3 September 1872) was a Danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist. He was the nephew of physicist Hans Christian Ørsted and of politician Anders Sandøe Ørsted. [1]
In his early career, he published on Danish and Arctic nematodes [2] [3] and on the zonation of marine algae in Øresund. [4]
Between 1845 and 1848, he travelled extensively in Central America and the Caribbean and published numerous papers on the flora, concentrating on the plant families Acanthaceae and Fagaceae. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] One of his better known publications is L'Amérique Centrale. [10]
He was appointed professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen in 1851, a post he held until 1862. He was succeeded by Ferdinand Didrichsen.
His studies of what has since been known as juniper-pear rust showed that this fungus annually switches between two hosts; Juniperus sabina is the primary ( telial) host and pear, Pyrus communis, is the secondary ( aecial) host. He thus was the first to discover that some plant-parasitic fungi are heteroecious. [11] These studies were continued on other Gymnosporangium species. [12]
The orchid genus Oerstedella Reichenbach f. is named for him.
He is the author of several hundred plant names still in use. [13]
Anders Sandøe Ørsted | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 September 1872
Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 56)
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Known for | Neotropical botany heteroecy of plant-pathogenic fungi Nematode systematics |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of Copenhagen |
Doctoral students | Eugen Warming |
Anders Sandøe Ørsted, also written as Anders Sandoe Oersted or Anders Sandö Örsted (21 June 1816 – 3 September 1872) was a Danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist. He was the nephew of physicist Hans Christian Ørsted and of politician Anders Sandøe Ørsted. [1]
In his early career, he published on Danish and Arctic nematodes [2] [3] and on the zonation of marine algae in Øresund. [4]
Between 1845 and 1848, he travelled extensively in Central America and the Caribbean and published numerous papers on the flora, concentrating on the plant families Acanthaceae and Fagaceae. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] One of his better known publications is L'Amérique Centrale. [10]
He was appointed professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen in 1851, a post he held until 1862. He was succeeded by Ferdinand Didrichsen.
His studies of what has since been known as juniper-pear rust showed that this fungus annually switches between two hosts; Juniperus sabina is the primary ( telial) host and pear, Pyrus communis, is the secondary ( aecial) host. He thus was the first to discover that some plant-parasitic fungi are heteroecious. [11] These studies were continued on other Gymnosporangium species. [12]
The orchid genus Oerstedella Reichenbach f. is named for him.
He is the author of several hundred plant names still in use. [13]