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Swedish cleric and botanist ()

Carl Adolph Agardh (23 January in Båstad, Sweden – 28 January in Karlstad) was a Swedishbotanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.

Biography

In he was appointed teacher of mathematics at Lund University, in appointed professor of botany and natural sciences,^[1] and was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in , and of the Swedish Academy in

He was ordained a clergyman in , received two parishes as prebend, and was a representative in the clerical chamber of the Swedish Parliament on several occasions from He was rector magnificus of Lund University and was appointed bishop of Karlstad in , where he remained until his death.

He was the father of Jacob Georg Agardh, also a botanist.^[1]

System of plant classification

The Classes Plantarum has nine primary divisions into which his classes and natural orders are grouped.

These are, with class