Clas Bjerkander (23 September 1735, Skara – 1 August 1795) was a

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meteorologist, botanist, and

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. A

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, 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 In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular n ...

named for him include *''

Pyralis bjerkandriana ''Pyralis'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Species * ''Pyralis caustica'' (Meyrick, 1884) * ''Pyralis costinotalis'' Hampson, 1917 * ''Pyralis electalis'' Hulst, 1886 * ''Pyralis farinalis'' (Linnaeus, 175 ...

'' (Mehlmotte) *''

Bjerkandera ''Bjerkandera'' is a genus of wood-rotting fungi in the family Meruliaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1879. The type species, '' B. adusta'', was originally described as ''Boletus a ...

'' P. Karst 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

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described by Bjerkandar and list of papers. 1735 births 1795 deaths Swedish botanists Swedish entomologists Swedish lepidopterists Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{entomologist-stub