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Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)

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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.

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.

He published numerous papers, concentrating on the plant families Acanthaceae and Fagaceae. One of his better known publications is L'Amérique Centrale.

The orchid genus Oerstedella Reichenbach f. is named for him.

The standard author abbreviation Oerst. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Oerst.
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