Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl (11 January 1732 – 11 July 1763) was a Swedish explorer...

Eremina desertorum (formerly Helix desertorum) is a species of land snails in the genus Eremina. It is native to desert regions in Egypt and Israel. A...

2021. "salp - Definitions from Dictionary.com". Retrieved 2008-09-28.; Peter Forsskål, in introducing the genus Salpa from waters off Yemen (1763, publication...

Plantago ovata, known by many common names including blond plantain, desert Indianwheat, blond psyllium, and ispaghol, is native to the Mediterranean region...

Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas...

described in the 18th century based on Egyptian specimens by the biologist Peter Forsskål (1732–1763). He named it Culex molestus due to its voracious biting...

argentimaculata by the Swedish speaking Finnish-born explorer and naturalist Peter Forsskål with the type locality given as the Red Sea. The specific name is a...

photographed in northern Texas "ITIS standard report – Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 December...

Peter Forsskål systematically cataloged plants and fishes in the Red Sea area. For genera and species that did not already have Latin names, Forsskål...

H. P. (2023). Microplastic ingestion by adult milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) in aquaculture system: The case of Butuan Bay, Philippines. Marine...

under cultivation in Egypt since late medieval times. The botanist Peter Forsskål visited Egypt in the early–1760s and noted that it was called ليف lūf...

aculeatus minor in 1775 by the Swedish explorer, naturalist and orientalist Peter Forsskål but this name was never in common usage and it has been recommended...

explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah. In 1801 the French zoologist...

Avicennia marina, commonly known as grey mangrove or white mangrove, is a species of mangrove tree classified in the plant family Acanthaceae (formerly...

(2004). "Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 September 2022. Petrus Forsskål; Carsten Niebuhr (1775)...

Capparis decidua, commonly known as karira, is a useful plant in its marginal habitat. It is a small much-branched tree or shrub. It bears a mass of slender...

July 1763, on the way to Sanaʽa, the capital of Yemen, its naturalist Peter Forsskål also died. In Sanaʽa the remaining members of the expedition had an...

orbicularis by the Swedish-speaking Finnish explorer, orientalist, naturalist Peter Forsskål with its type locality given as Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. This species...

The Schokari sand racer or Forskal sand snake (Psammophis schokari) is a species of psammophiid snake found in parts of Asia and Africa. Psammophis aegyptius...

Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia. The species was first described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 and originally given the name Medusa cephea. It inhabits the...

1806 (often cited in catalogs) is a junior homonym of Forsskål's name and cannot be used. Forsskål included only a single species, Raja torpedo Linnaeus...

Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Scylla Species: S. serrata Binomial name Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775)...

species. The description was based on notes taken by the naturalist Peter Forsskål when he was on the Danish Arabia expedition (1761–67) and was published...

Oncoba is a genus of African plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains the following species: Oncoba brachyanthera Oliv. Oncoba breteleri Hul Oncoba...

Adenia comes from "aden", reported as the Arabic name for the plant by Peter Forsskål, the author of the genus. All Adenia are perennial plants, but there...

bubbler crab to be described was Cancer sulcatus (now Dotilla sulcata) by Peter Forsskål in 1775. The genus Scopimera was originally described as a subgenus...

was an unnecessary replacement of Chaetodon unicornis described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 from Jeddah. In 1917 David Starr Jordan designated Naso fronticornis...

(2014). "Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (Osteichthyes, ACANTHURIDAE): proposed conservation by designation of Chaetodon sohal Forsskål, 1775 as the type species"...

Uromastyx aegyptia is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to North Africa and the Middle East. Common names for U. aegyptia...

Thames Estuary of England. Copley Medal: Stephen Gray January 11 – Peter Forsskål, Finnish naturalist (died 1763) October 6 – Nevil Maskelyne, English...