Gustaf Johan Billberg
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Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772 – 26 November 1844) was a Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and had science and biology as a hobby.
Billberg was the author of Ekonomisk botanik (1815-16), Enumeratio insectorum in museo (1820) and Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae (1827).
He was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1817.
The plant genus Billbergia was named for him.
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- Kluge Untypified taxa in Billberg G. J., 1820.Enumeratio insectorum in museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Typus Gadelianus
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