Otto Christian Blandow (5 August 1778, Waren – 15 March 1810, Waren) was a German apothecary and botanist, specializing in the field of bryology.
He trained under Joachim Christian Timm (1734-1805) in Malchin, afterwards working as an apothecary in Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Anklam, Woldegk and Waren.[1]
The genus Blandowia was named in his honor by Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812).[1] He edited two exsiccatae: Musci frondosi exsiccati (1804-1810)[2] and Systematisch-tabellarische Sammlung von Laubmoosen (1808).[3] Since 1875, a collection of his mosses has been kept at the British Museum of Natural History (250 specimens in 5 fascicles).[4]
- ^ a b Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen. [Hauptbd.], Volume 1 by JanPeter Frahm, Jens Eggers
- ^ "Musci frondosi exsiccati: IndExs ExsiccataID=1139115520". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Systematisch-tabellarische Sammlung von Laubmoosen: IndExs ExsiccataID=1259514495". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments by British Museum (Natural History)
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