Jonas Carlsson Dryander

Jonas Carlsson Dryander (5 March 1748 – 19 October 1810) was a Swedish botanist.

Dryander was born in Gothenburg. He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in London on 10 July 1777. He was botanist/librarian to Sir Joseph Banks from 1782 (following the death of Daniel Solander), librarian of the Royal Society and Vice-President of the Linnean Society.

Dryander's publications included Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Joseph Banksi (1796-1800).

In 1784, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The genus Dryandra was named in his honour by his friend and fellow Swede Thunberg.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation Dryand. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

1. ^  Leslie Stephen, ed (1888). "Dryander, Jonas". Dictionary of National Biography. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 
2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

External links

• portrait of Jonas Dryander by William Daniell

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Name	Dryander, Jonas
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Date of birth	5 March 1748
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Date of death	19 October 1810
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