Båstad
Båstad () is a locality and the seat of Båstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden, with approximately 5,000 permanent residents. It is however one of Sweden's most typical summer resorts. The population is presumably more than twice as large be ...
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
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algae
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, who was eventually appointed
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...
In 1807 he was appointed teacher of mathematics at
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1817, and of the
Swedish Academy
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in 1831.
He was ordained a clergyman in 1816, received two parishes as
prebend
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, and was a representative in the clerical chamber of the
Swedish Parliament
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on several occasions from 1817. He was
rector magnificus
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of Lund University 1819-1820 and was appointed bishop of Karlstad in 1835, where he remained until his death. He was the father of
Jacob Georg Agardh
Jacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist.
He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and from 1854 until 1879 was professor of botany at Lund Univer ...
, also a botanist.
System of plant classification
The ''Classes Plantarum'' has nine primary divisions into which his classes and
natural orders
In botany, the phrase ''ordo naturalis'', 'natural order', was once used for what today is a family. Its origins lie with Carl Linnaeus who used the phrase when he referred to natural groups of plants in his lesser-known work, particularly ''Philo ...
are grouped. These are, with class numbers;
# Acotyledonae 1–3 (
Algae
Algae ( , ; : alga ) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms. The name is an informal term for a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from ...
,
Lichenes
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Fungi
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
Filices
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except th ...
,
Equisetaceae
Equisetaceae, sometimes called the horsetail family, is the only extant family of the order Equisetales, with one surviving genus, ''Equisetum'', which comprises about twenty species.
Evolution and systematics
Equisetaceae is the only survivi ...
Glumiflorae
{{Short description, Group of flowering plants
''Glumiflorae'' (gluma = husk + florae = flowers) is a descriptive botanical name. It was used in the Wettstein system for an order of flowering plants. The order consisted of one family only:
* or ...
,
Liliiflorae
Lilianae (also known as Liliiflorae) is a botanical name for a superorder (that is, a rank higher than that of order) of flowering plants. Such a superorder of necessity includes the type family Liliaceae (and usually the type order Liliales) ...
,
Gynandrae
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''Gynandrae'' is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. It was used in the Wettstein system for the order containing the orchids and is a descriptive name referring to the stamens. The Bentham & Ho ...
Tubiflorae
''Tubiflorae'' is a botanical name, meaning “with tubular flowers”. It was used in the Engler system (and derived systems such as the Wettstein system) for:
* an order in the '' Sympetalae''. This order included such families as ''Convolvul ...
Columniferae
''Columniferae'' is a descriptive botanical name. The Wettstein system used this name for an order of flowering plants, with the following circumscription:
* order ''Columniferae''
*: familia '' Malvaceae''
*: familia '' Bombacaceae''
*: fam ...
families
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Asparageae
Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. Those who live in the temperate ...
** 44
Asphodeleae
Asphodelaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the circumscription has varied widely. In its current circumscription in the APG IV system, it includes about ...
** 45 Coronariae
** 46
Veratreae
Melanthieae is a tribe of flowering plants within the family Melanthiaceae. Molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have resulted in a large-scale reassignment of many of its species to different genera; in particular the genus ''Ziga ...
** 47
Commelineae
Commelineae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family (biology), family (Commelinaceae). The tribe consists of 13 genera and about 350 species. It is one of two tribes in the subfamily Commelinoideae ...
Irideae
Irideae is a tribe included in the well-known family Iridaceae. It contains many species in five genera which are widely distributed in the Old World. The tribe derives its name from '' Iris'', which is the largest genus of the tribe.
The bloom ...
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Narcisseae
Narcisseae is a small tribe of plants belonging to the subfamily Amaryllidoideae of the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae), where it forms part of the Eurasian clade, and is one of three tribes in the European (Mediterranean) clade. It contains ...
** 53
Bromeliaceae
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...
Publications
He devoted considerable attention to
political economy
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biological classification
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, and ''Icones Algarum'' (1824, 1820–28, an 1828–35 . The greatest part of his ''Manual of Botany'' (2 vols., Malmoe, 1829–32) has been translated into German.