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Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus.
Acharius described many new species and arranged them in 40 distinct genera. He created the first rational system for lichens and has been called the father of lichenology. After the death of Acharius his lichen collection was sold to the Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki.
Feb 15, 2024 · Erik Acharius (1757–1819), a Swedish botanist, is considered the father of lichenology, the study of lichens. Acharius was the first to study lichens seriously and categorize them into genera and species, giving them proper Latin names.
- Samantha D'Acunto
- 2018
Acharius, Erik. ( b. Gavle, Sweden, 10 October 1757; d. Vadstena, Sweden, 14 August 1819) botany. Acharius was the last to defend his thesis ( De planta Aphyteia, 1776) under Linnaeus, and all his life he pursued the Linnaean tradition of research in his botanical work.
Erik Acharius (1757–1819), Swedish botanist, the father of lichenology. But these works suffer from being superficial and mere lists of species without further physiological studies. It took until the middle of the 19th century for research to catch up using biochemical and physiological methods.
Erik Acharius (10 October 1757–14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology ". Acharius was born in Gävle, matriculated at Uppsala University in 1773 and was one of the last of the students of Linnaeus.
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Jul 18, 2023 · First published in 1810, Acharius's Lichenographia Universalis remains the most comprehensive study of lichens ever written. Drawing on decades of meticulous observation and analysis,...
