Johan Emanuel Wikström (born 1789 in

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– died 1856 in

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, Sweden) was a Swedish

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. He studied law and medicine at the

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and obtained his medical doctorate in 1817. He worked closely with

Olof Swartz Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes, but also studied orchids, mosses and lichens. Biography Olof Swartz a ...

at the '' Bergianska trädgården'', where in 1818 he succeeded Swartz as garden superintendent. In 1823, he attained the title of professor. From 1821 onward, he taught

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classes at the gymnasium in

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biography in Swedish From 1822 to 1855, he published ''Öfversigt af botaniska arbeten och upptäckter för åren 1820-51'' ("Overview of botanical works and discoveries for the years 1820 to 1851"), being issued in 32 volumes. The botanical genus ''

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'' (family

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) was named in his honor by

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Selected works

* ''Dissertatio botanica de Daphne'' (1820). * ''Några arter af växtslägtet Rosa'' (1821). * ''Conspectus litteraturæ botanicæ in Suecia : ab antiquissimis temporibus usque ad finem anni 1831, notis bibliographicis et biographis auctorum adjectis'' (1831). * ''Stockholms flora, eller korrt beskrifning af de vid Stockholm i vildt tillstånd förekommande växter'' (1840).OCLC WorldCat
(published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wikstrom, Johan Emanuel 19th-century Swedish botanists 1789 births 1856 deaths People from Vänersborg Uppsala University alumni