Clas Bjerkander

Clas Bjerkander ( born September 23, 1735 in Bjerka socks at Skara, Sweden, † August 1, 1795 ) was a Swedish clergyman and naturalist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Bjerk. ".

Life and work

From 1758 Bjerkander studied at Uppsala University and then worked as a parish priest. His scientific interests were especially meteorology, entomology and botany, here especially mycology.

Together with Andreas Dahl and others, he founded the Svenska Topographiska Sällskapet i Skara ("Swedish topographic society Skara ").

Ehrentaxa

After Bjerkander both an animal and a fungal species were identified:

• Pyralis bjerkandriana ( flour moth )
• Bjerkandera adusta ( Willd. ex Fr ) P. Karst. ( Burnt Porling or Rauchporling )