Johan Erhard Areschoug

Doctor, Botanices et Oeconomiae) (16 September 1811 – 7 May 1887) was a Swedish botanist who was a native of Göteborg.

He studied natural sciences at the University of Lund, where in 1838 he earned his doctorate in philosophy.

[1] In 1859 he succeeded Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878) as professor of botany at the University of Uppsala, a position he maintained until 1876.

In 1851, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The red algae genus Areschougia from the family Areschougiaceae is named in his honor.