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Clas Alströmer (1736–1794) was a Swedish naturalist who was a student of
Carl Linnaeus at
Uppsala University. From 1760–1764 he traveled throughout Southern Europe, collecting plants for Linnaeus. He established a botanical garden and natural museum near Gothenburg which was managed by the notable botanist
Anders Dahl, another student of Linnaeus. Alströmer was the son of the industrialist
Jonas Alströmer. The genus
Alstroemeria was named after him by Linnaeus.