Anders Sandoe Oersted, also as Anders Sandø Ørsted, Anders Sandö Örsted (21 June 1816 - 3 September 1872) was a Danish botanist, nephew of the politician Anders Sandøe Ørsted. Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Anders Sandøe Ørsted (December 21, 1778– May 1, 1860) was a Danish politician and jurist. ...

He travelled extensively in Central America between 1845 and 1848, and was appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Copenhagen in 1851, a post he held until 1862. Map of Central America Central America is a central region of the Americas. ... The University of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Universitet) is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...

He published numerous papers, concentrating on the plant families Acanthaceae and Fagaceae. Type Genus Acanthus L. Genera See text The family Acanthaceae (or Acanthus family) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. ... Genera Castanea - Chestnuts Castanopsis Chrysolepis - Golden chinkapin Colombobalanus Fagus - Beeches Formanodendron Lithocarpus - Stone oaks Nothofagus - Southern beeches Quercus - Oaks Trigonobalanus The family Fagaceae, or beech family, is characterized by alternate leaves with pinnate venation, flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts, one to seven...

This is a list of botanists by their author abbreviation. ... In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to the person (or team) who valid published the name, i. ... A botanical name is a formal name conforming to the ICBN. As with its zoological and bacterial equivalents it may also be called a scientific name. Botanical names may be in one part (genus and above), two parts (species) or three parts (below the rank of species). ...

References

• Københavns Universitet: Anders Sandoe Oersted
• Virtualology: Anders Sandoe Oersted