Anders Sandøe Ørsted
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| Born | (1816-06-21)21 June 1816 |
| Died | 3 September 1872(1872-09-03) (aged 56)
Copenhagen, Denmark
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| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
| Known for | Neotropical botany heteroecy of plant-pathogenic fungi Nematode systematics |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | University of Copenhagen |
| Doctoral students | Eugen Warming |
Anders Sandøe Ørsted, also written as Anders Sandoe OerstedorAnders Sandö Örsted (21 June 1816 – 3 September 1872) was a Danish botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist. He was the nephew of physicist Hans Christian Ørsted and of politician Anders Sandøe Ørsted.[1]
In his early career, he published on Danish and Arctic nematodes[2][3] and on the zonation of marine algaeinØresund.[4]
Between 1845 and 1848, he travelled extensively in Central America and the Caribbean and published numerous papers on the flora, concentrating on the plant families Acanthaceae and Fagaceae.[5][6][7][8][9] One of his better known publications is L'Amérique Centrale.[10]
He was appointed professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen in 1851, a post he held until 1862. He was succeeded by Ferdinand Didrichsen.
His studies of what has since been known as juniper-pear rust showed that this fungus annually switches between two hosts; Juniperus sabina is the primary (telial) host and pear, Pyrus communis, is the secondary (aecial) host. He thus was the first to discover that some plant-parasitic fungi are heteroecious.[11] These studies were continued on other Gymnosporangium species.[12]
The orchid genus Oerstedella Reichenbach f. is named for him.
He is the author of several hundred plant names still in use.[13]
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