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Peter Jonas Bergius-1847
Peter Jonas Bergius, 1847

Peter Jonas Bergius (13 July 1730 – 10 July 1790) was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist.

In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1768 he was elected to membership of the American Philosophical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770 and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1785.

This author is usually abbreviated P.J.Bergius when citing a botanical name.

Works

Bergius, Peter Jonas – Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 1767 – BEIC 6961957
Descriptiones plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 1767
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