Peter Forsskål

Peter Forsskål

Peter Forsskål, (1732–1763) Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.

Alternative spellings: Petrus / Pehr Forskål / Forsskåhl / Forskaol.

IPNI standard form: Forssk. (Botanist name abbreviation)
Zoologist name abbreviation: Forsskål

Taxon names authored

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• 168 taxon names authored by Peter Forsskål

Eponyms

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• 35 eponyms of Peter Forsskål

Publications

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1775

• Forsskål, P.S. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. BHL Reference page. 
• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. 

1776

• Forsskål, P.S. 1776. Icones rerum naturalium, quas in itinere orientali depingi curavit Petrus Forskål [sic]. Copenhagen, 43 pls. BHL Reference page. 

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