Rutger Sernander

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
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,[1] the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2] 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.[3]

He was professor of plant biology at Uppsala University from 1908 until 1931.[4]

He was married to Signe Lindhagen and they had one daughter, Greta Sernander-DuRietz.[4]

Lichens named after him include Leptogium sernanderi DuRietz. (now Leptogium rivulare)[5], which he found around 1914 but the type specimen was probably collected by his daughter.[4]

See also

The standard author abbreviation Sern. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

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. ^ a b c 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.