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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Stockholm. Retzius was born in Lund to Anders Jahan Retzius and Ulrika Beata Prytz in 1796. His brother was the doctor Magnus Kristian Retzius [sv]. He...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Selaginella ciliaris (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
Swedish botanist Anders Jahan Retzius who gave it the name Lycopodium ciliare. Several other 19th century botanists, including Robert Brown and Carl Ernst Otto...
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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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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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the reorganization of agricultural lands (died 1816) 3 October - Anders Jahan Retzius, scientist (died 1821) Christina Krook, educator (died 1806) 9 December...
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Melica uniflora (category Taxa named by Anders Jahan Retzius)
The fruits are also ellipsoid and have an additional pericarp with linear hilum. Swedish naturalist Anders Jahan Retzius described the wood melick in 1779...
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