Salomon Drejer

{{Short description|Danish botanist (1813–1842)}}

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Salomon Thomas Nicolai Drejer (15 February 1813 in Eveldrup, Viborg – 21 April 1842 in Copenhagen) was a Danish botanist. He was a friend of Japetus Steenstrup.

He was recognized as an expert on sedges, being credited with describing numerous species within the genus Carex.[https://books.google.com/books?id=uEECAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Salomon+Thomas+Nicolai+Drejer%22+1813&pg=RA2-PA27 Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden, Volume 4] Together with Jens Vahl and Joakim Frederik Schouw, Salomon Drejer was the publisher of Flora Danica fasc. 38.

Two plant genera have been named in his honour:

  • Drejerella, Lindau in Acanthaceae.
  • Drejera, Nees in Acanthaceae.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6YIJqE3Qep0C&dq=%22Salomon+Thomas+Nicolai+Drejer%22+1813&pg=PA843 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific ..., Volume 2] by Umberto Quattrocchi

Published works

  • Flora excursoria hafniensis, (1838).
  • Laerebog i den botaniske terminologie og systemlaere, (1839).
  • Elementa phyllologiae, (1840).
  • Revisio critica Caricum borealium in terris sub imperio Danico jacentibus inventarum, (1841).
  • Symbolae Caricologicae ad synonymiam Caricum extricandum stabiliendamque et affinitates naturales eruendas, (1844).

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