Everything about Jens Vahl totally explained
Jens Laurentius Moestue Vahl (1796-1854) was a
Danish botanist and
pharmacist. He was son of the
Danish-
Norwegian botanist and
zoologist Martin Vahl.
Jens Vahl graduated as a pharmacist in 1819 and then started studying
botany and
chemistry.
Vahl participated 1828-1829 in the expedition to East
Greenland lead by
V.A. Graah (1793-1863). Financial support from king
Christian VIII of Denmark enabled Vahl to continue his investigations and to also explore West Greenland. He returned to
Copenhagen in 1836. His extensive collection, which he later donated to the
University of Copenhagen laid the foundation of the knowledge about the
flora of
Greenland. Vahl later participated in a
French expedition to
Nordkapp and
Spitsbergen.
Together with
Salomon Drejer and
Joakim Frederik Schouw, Vahl was the publisher of
Flora Danica fasc. 38.
Two plant genera have been named in his honour:
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