Jonas Carlsson Dryander (5 March 1748 – 19 October 1810) was a Swedish botanist.

Biography

Dryander was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was the son of Carl Leonard Dryander and Brita Maria Montin. He was a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He entered Lund University in 1778 and received his Master of Philosophy in 1778. and Robert Brown named Grevillea dryandri in his honour.

References

  • portrait of Jonas Dryander by William Daniell