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Clas Alströmer
Baron Clas Alströmer (9 August 1736 – 5 March 1794) was a Swedish naturalist who was a student of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. From 1760 to 1764 he traveled throughout Southern Europe, collecting plants for Linnaeus. He established a botanical garden and natural museum near Gothenburg which was managed by the notable botanist Anders Dahl, another student of Linnaeus. Alströmer was the son of the industrialist Jonas Alströmer. The genus ''Alstroemeria ''Alstroemeria'' (), commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America, although some have become naturalized in the United States, Mex ...'' was named after him by Linnaeus. Notes 1736 births 1794 deaths Swedish botanists Uppsala University alumni Members of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities {{Sweden-botanist- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clas Alstroemer 1771
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