Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge, generally cited as Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge (7 November 1858 – 1939) was a Danish

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and phycologist. Kolderup Rosenvinge received his Ph.D. in 1888 from the

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. He was docent of botany at the polytechnic (

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) from 1900; and professor of botany at the

from 1916, focusing on spore plants . He undertook investigations of

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in Danish waters and in the

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. 2 types of alga genus '' Rosenvingea'' and ''

Rosenvingiella ''Rosenvingiella'' is a genus of green algae in the family Prasiolaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Madroño vol.14 on page 41 in 1957. The genus name of ''Rosenvingiella'' is in honour of Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolder ...

'' , which is a

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in the family

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, have been named in his honour.

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Danish phycologists Botanists with author abbreviations Botanists active in the Arctic 20th-century Danish botanists Danish marine biologists Danish scientists Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen alumni Rosenvinge family 1858 births 1939 deaths 19th-century Danish botanists {{Denmark-botanist-stub