Peter Schousboe

Peter Schousboe (1766–1832) was a Danish botanist. [1]

Biography

Peder Kofod Anker Schousboe was born in Rønne, Denmark and died in Tangier, Morocco, having served as Danish consul general in Tangier from 1800 onwards. He conducted a botanical expedition in Spain and Morocco during the years 1791-93. In 1800, he published his major work Om Væxtriget i Marokko. Among the plants that he was the first to describe was the popular garden flower Salvia interrupta; the bushwillow genus Schousboea (now considered a synonym of Combretum) was named in his honour.[2]

References
  1. "Schousboe, Peter Kofod Anker, 1766-1832". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. "Schousboe, Peder Kofod Anker". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Schousb.
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