Which of the following is named after a Swedish medical doctor and botanist: Bromelia or Prunella?
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Bromelia Bromelia is the type genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Bromelia species are widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, and are characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx. The genus is named after the Swedish medical doctor and botanist Olof Bromelius (1639-1705).
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Prunella (plant) Prunella is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae, also known as self-heals, heal-all, or allheal for their use in herbal medicine.
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Bromelia serra Bromelia serra is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family native to South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina). It is one of several plants used by the Wichí people as a fiber for weaving called "chaguar".
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Bocconia (plant) Bocconia is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, Papaveraceae, that contains about 10 species. Carl Linnaeus chose the name to honor the Italian botanist Paolo Boccone (1633–1704).
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Plectranthus verticillatus Plectranthus verticillatus (syn. "Plectranthus nummularius"), Swedish ivy, Swedish begonia or whorled plectranthus) is a plant in the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae), genus "Plectranthus".
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Harald Kylin Johan Harald Kylin (5 February 1879 – 16 December 1949) was a Swedish botanist specializing in phycology and a professor at Lund University. He was also editor of the Botaniska Notiser, a Swedish scientific periodical from 1922 to 1928.
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Sven Ingemar Ljungh Sven Ingemar Ljungh, also spelled Liungh (5 June 1757, Björkö, Jönköping County – 12 September 1828, Bälaryd, Jönköping County) was a Swedish civil servant, naturalist and collector. During his schooling in Jönköping, he was a private student of the lexicographer Håkan Sjögren from whom he learned the Latin language. At high school in Växjö, he received a good education in botany. He attended the gymnasium in Växjö and went to Uppsala in 1775, graduating in 1777 with a degree in theology. He then started to study medicine but fell ill to malaria. After recovery he joined the civil services. He took up a position in the Swedish civil service as a clerk in the judicial system and in 1778 became the Deputy Crown Bailiff in North and South Vedbo. He took an interest in natural history and was a visitor to the home of Carolus Linnaeus and was taught briefly by Linnaeus the younger.
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Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of 51 genera and around 3475 known species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, "Pitcairnia feliciana".
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John Axel Nannfeldt John-Axel Nannfeldt (baptized "Johan Axel Frithiof Nannfeldt"), born 18 January 1904 in Trelleborg and deceased 4 November 1985 in Uppsala, was a Swedish botanist and mycologist.
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Guzmania lingulata Guzmania lingulata (droophead tufted airplant or scarlet star) is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae, native to rainforest habitats in Central America, northern and central South America, southern Mexico and the West Indies. It is an evergreen epiphytic perennial. The Latin word "lingulata" means "tongue-shaped". Foliage grows in a star-shaped basal rosette which culminates in an orange and red bracted inflorescence. It is among the most commonly cultivated bromeliad types, with cultivars producing flowers in shades of maroon, red, orange, yellow or pink.
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Alexander Garden (naturalist) Alexander Garden FRSE FRS (January 1730 – 15 April 1791) was a Scottish physician, botanist and zoologist. The gardenia flower is named after him. He lived for many years in Charleston, South Carolina, using his spare time to study plants and living creatures, and sending specimens to Carl Linnaeus.
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Abdias Treu Abdias Treu (sometimes spelled Trew) (29 July 1597 – 12 April 1669) was a German mathematician and academic. He was the professor of mathematics and physical science at the University of Altdorf from 1636-1669. He is best known for his contributions to the field of astronomy. He also contributed writings on the mathematical nature of music theory. He is the grandfather of physician and botanist .
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Sven Berggren Sven Berggren (12 August 1837 – 28 June 1917) was a Swedish botanist, explorer and university professor. He was a professor at Lund University 1883-1902, later at Uppsala University. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1880.
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Nils Samuel Swederus Nils Samuel Swederus also Svederus (24 August 1751 – 1833) was a Swedish naturalist.
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Almond (potato) The almond potato (Norwegian: "Mandelpotet", Swedish: "Mandelpotatis", Finnish: "puikulaperuna"), also called Mandel potato or Swedish peanut fingerling, is a potato known since the 19th century. Almond potatoes are yellow or white; in rare cases a variety called Blue almond (Blå mandel in swedish) can be found which has yellow-white flesh with blue skin. Its shape is oval and somewhat resembles an almond, hence the name. Blue almond is an old variety which was grown in the northern regions of Sweden before the yellow peeled Almond potato was introduced.
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Bromelia regnellii Bromelia regnellii is a species in the genus "Bromelia". This species is native to Brazil.
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Theodor Marsson Theodor Friedrich Marsson (8 November 1816 – 5 February 1892) was a German pharmacist and botanist. Marsson was born in Wolgast, Prussian Pomerania, just a year after the Swedish Empire had de-occupied the city, which had been under Swedish control since the Thirty Years' War. He was father-in-law to physiologist Leonard Landois (1837–1902).
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Harry Bolus Harry Bolus (28 April 1834 – 25 May 1911) was a South African botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist. He advanced botany in South Africa by establishing bursaries, founding the Bolus Herbarium and bequeathing his library and a large part of his fortune to the South African College (now the University of Cape Town). Active in scientific circles, he was a Fellow of the Linnean Society, member and president of the South African Philosophical Society (later the Royal Society of South Africa), the SA Medal and Grant by the SA Association for the Advancement of Science and an honorary D.Sc. from the University of the Cape of Good Hope. Volume 121 of "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" was dedicated to him. He is commemorated in five genera: "Bolusia" Benth., "Bolusafra" Kuntze, "Neobolusia" Schltr., "Bolusanthus" Harms and "Bolusiella" Schltr., as well as numerous specific names.
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Ochagavia Ochagavia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus is named for Sylvestris Ochagavia, Chilean minister of education. Endemic to southern and central Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands), this genus is represented by four accepted species.
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Otto Brunfels Otto Brunfels (also known as Brunsfels or Braunfels) (believed to be born in 1488 – 23 November 1534) was a German theologian and botanist. Carl von Linné listed him among the ""Fathers of Botany"".
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Eric von Rosen Count Carl Gustaf Bloomfield Eric von Rosen (born June 2, 1879 in Stockholm, died April 25, 1948 Skeppsholmen, Stockholm) was a Swedish Honorary doctor, patron, explorer, ethnographer and prominent figure in the Swedish upper class.
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German Society for Plant Sciences The German Society for Plant Sciences (also known as German Botanical Society, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG) is a non-profit network for plant sciences and botany in the German speaking area. It represents plant scientists, promotes scientific botany nationally and internationally. It was founded 1882 at Eisenach, Germany. In September 2015 it comprises 920 individual members and persons working or interested in plant science. It integrates all plant science disciplines, like plant ecology, plant biochemistry, plant genetics, evolution, plant physiology, morphology and taxonomy. The society supports young scientists, unites all generations and is member of the "Federation of European Societies for Plant Biology (FESPB)" and associate partner of the "European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO)".