Anders Jahan Retzius (3 October 1742 – 6 October 1821) was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist. Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund...
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Retzius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821), Swedish naturalist Anders Retzius (1796–1860), Swedish...
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Diospyros ebenum (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
(Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae. The tree produces valuable black wood. This middle-height...
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Median wasp (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
fungus Cordyceps sphecocephala and the Cricket paralysis virus. The median wasp was first classified by Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783. This wasp is part of...
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Phalaris minor (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
published under its current name by Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783, and has retained that name since. It has no synonyms, and no infraspecific taxa. It is used...
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organs and nervous system. Retzius was born in Stockholm, son of the anatomist Anders Retzius (and grandson of the naturalist and chemist Anders Jahan Retzius)...
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Pedicularis groenlandica (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
in size. Pedicularis groenlandica was first described in 1795 by Anders Jahan Retzius in Florae Scandinaviae Prodromus. It was described from specimens...
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Terminalia chebula (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Pakistan, India and Nepal east to southwest China (Yunnan), and south to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Swedish naturalist Anders Jahan Retzius described...
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Tremella mesenterica (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
activities. The species was originally described in 1769 from Sweden by Anders Jahan Retzius. It was later (1822) sanctioned by Elias Magnus Fries in the second...
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Cyperus imbricatus (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
of sedge that is native to sub-tropical and tropical areas of the world. The sedge is a rhizomatous, robust and perennial sedge with a natural distribution...
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Cyperus stolonifer (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Asia, northern Australia and Madagascar. List of Cyperus species "Cyperus stolonifer Retz". Kew Science...
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Steller's sea cow (section Ecology and behavior)
formally described Steller's sea cow in 1780 as Manati gigas. Biologist Anders Jahan Retzius in 1794 put the sea cow in the new genus Hydrodamalis, with the specific...
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from South India to Western Malesia. It was first described by Anders Jahan Retzius and renamed by William Roscoe. Roscoe, 1807 In: Trans. Linn. Soc. London...
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Lachnum (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
contains about 251 species. It was circumscribed by Swedish botanist Anders Jahan Retzius in 1795. L. abnorme L. acerinum L. agaricinum L. apalum (rush disco)...
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Cyperus luzulae (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
native to parts of southern parts of North America, most of Central America and northern parts of South America. List of Cyperus species Bárrios, S.; Copeland...
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under the progressive and well-informed apothecary C. M. Kjellström in Malmö, and became acquainted with Anders Jahan Retzius who was a lecturer at the...
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Chives (section Distribution and habitat)
traditional dishes in France, Sweden, and elsewhere. In his 1806 book Attempt at a Flora (Försök til en flora), Anders Jahan Retzius describes how chives are used...
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Hellenia (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Families Tropicos, Hellenia Retz. Tropicos, search for Banksia Retzius, Anders Jahan. 1791. Observationes Botanicae 6: 18 Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson...
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Cyperus niveus (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. List of Cyperus species "Cyperus niveus Retz". Kew Science – Plants...
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Hydrodamalis (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
hunted for its meat, skin, and fat by fur traders, and was also hunted by aboriginals of the North Pacific coast, leading to its and the genus' extinction...
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of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1798) October 3 – Anders Jahan Retzius, Swedish chemist, botanist (d. 1821) October 6 – Johan Herman Wessel...
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Galium × pomeranicum (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Europe and sparingly naturalized in a few locations in North America (New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Brunswick). Anders Jahan Retzius. 1795...
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Cyperus compactus (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Madagascar and northern Australia. In Australia it is found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia as well as parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland...
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Cyperus arenarius (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Cyperus arenarius is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Asia and the Middle East. List of Cyperus species "Cyperus arenarius Retz". Kew Science...
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Cyperus leucocephalus (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Cyperus leucocephalus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Asia. List of Cyperus species "Cyperus leucocephalus Retz". Kew Science – Plants...
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Echinaster sepositus (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
range of habitats, including rocky, sandy and muddy bottoms, and sea grass meadows (Posidonia oceanica and Zostera). Villamor, Adriana; Becerro, Mikel...
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Geocarpon groenlandicum (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
stitchwort, Appalachian stitchwort, mountain sandwort, smooth mountain sandwort, and smooth sandwort is a rare perennial which grows low to the ground in clumps...
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Cyperus exaltatus (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Argentina and Australia. It was first described in 1788 by Anders Jahan Retzius. It grows in shallow water and the edges of streams and lakes. In Korea...
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Elias Magnus Fries (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
entered Lund University where he studied under Carl Adolph Agardh and Anders Jahan Retzius. He obtained his doctorate in 1814. In the same year he was appointed...
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Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician (b. 1769) October 6 – Anders Jahan Retzius, Swedish chemist, botanist (b. 1742) October 8 – Juan O'Donojú, viceroy...
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