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Swedish scientist (1866–1944)

Johan Rutger Sernander
Rutger Sernander
Born2 November 1866
Viby, Närke, Sweden
Died27 October 1944 (1944-10-28) (aged 77)
Uppsala, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUppsala University
Known forPalynology
SpouseSigne Lindhagen
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Botany, Palynology, Archaeology
InstitutionsUppsala University

Johan Rutger Sernander (2 November 1866 – 27 October 1944) was a Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist. He was one of the founders of the study of palynology which would later be developed by Lennart von Post, as well as a pioneer in the early Swedish natural conservation and ecology movements. He was among other societies a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Sernander was one of the founders of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in 1909, as well as its chairman during a number of the first years.

He was professor of plant biology at Uppsala University from 1908 until 1931.

He was married to Signe Lindhagen and they had one daughter, Greta Sernander-DuRietz.

Lichens named after him include Leptogium sernanderi DuRietz. (now Leptogium rivulare), which he found around 1914 but the type specimen was probably collected later by his daughter.

See also

The standard author abbreviation Sern. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

  1. "Sernander, Johan Rutger". Nordisk familjebok. 1917. p. 182.
  2. Matrikel över ledamöter av Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien och Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets akademien, Bengt Hildebrand (1753–1953), Margit Engström och Åke Lilliestam (1954–1990), Stockholm 1992 ISBN 91-7402-227-X s. 54
  3. Jonsell, Bengt (2003–2006). "J Rutger Sernander". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 32. Stockholm: National Archives of Sweden. p. 65. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. ^ Jorgensen, Per M.; Lindblom, Louise (2006). "Greta Sernander-DuRietz – Sveriges första kvinnliga lavforskare" (PDF). Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 100 (4): 256–260. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. "Leptogium sernanderi Du Rietz, 1922". GBIF. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  Sern.
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