Gunnar Marklund in 1962

Gunnar Marklund (5 June 1892 in Helsinki – 23 July 1964 also in Helsinki) was a Finnish botanist (taraxacologist and ranunculologist).[1][2][3]

Biography

Between 1920 and 1941 he worked as a teacher. In 1937 he received his Ph.D. From 1941 to 1959 he was the curator of the Botanical Museum of the University of Helsinki.[2]

Scientific work

Overview

Gunnar Marklund specialised in two difficult apomictic groups, the genus Taraxacum (dandelions) and the Ranunculus auricomus group (goldilock buttercups).[4] He published four monographs, in which he described about two hundred new species,[5] among them for example Ranunculus mendax (Markl.) Ericsson,[6] as well as several smaller papers.

Selected publications

  • Die Taraxacum-Flora Estlands (1938)[7]
  • Die Taraxacum-Flora Nylands (1940)[8]
  • Outlines of evolution in the pseudogamous Ranunculus auricomus group in Finland (G. Marklund & A. Rousi, 1961)[9]
  • Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland 1 (...) R. auricomus L. coll. (s.str.) (1961)[10]
  • Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland 2 (...) R. fallax (W & Gr.) Schur, R. monophyllus Ovcz. und R. cassubicus L. (1965, posthumous work)[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Gunnar Marklund". bionomia.net. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  2. 1 2 "Sök - Uppslagsverket Finland". uppslagsverket.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Georg Gunnar Marklund". geni_family_tree. 1892-06-05. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  4. ↑ Jalas, Jaakko; Kvist, Gustav (1987). "Atlas Florae Europaeae notes 7. Taxa of the Ranunculus auricomus group recognized as species by Marklund in 1940" (PDF). Annales Botanici Fennici. 24: 221–223.
  5. ↑ "Marklund, George Gunnar | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  6. ↑ "Ranunculus mendax (Markl.) Ericsson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  7. ↑ Marklund, Gunnar (1938). "Die Taraxacum-Flora Estlands". Acta Botanica Fennica. Helsingforsiae: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 23.
  8. ↑ Marklund, Gunnar (1940). "Die Taraxacum-Flora Nylands". Acta Botanica Fennica. Helsingforsiae: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 26.
  9. ↑ Marklund, Gunnar; Rousi, Arne (December 1961). "OUTLINES OF EVOLUTION IN THE PSEUDOGAMOUS RANUNCULUS AURICOMUS GROUP IN FINLAND". Evolution. 15 (4): 510–522. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1961.tb03181.x.
  10. ↑ Marklund, Gunnar (1961). "Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland. I: Diagnosen und Fundortslisten einiger Sippen des R. auricomus L. coll. (s.str.)". Flora Fennica. Helsinki–Helsingfors: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 3.
  11. ↑ Marklund, Gunnar (1965). "Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland. II: Diagnosen und Fundortslisten einiger Sippen von R. fallax (W & Gr.) Schur, R. monophyllus Ovcz. und R. cassubicus L." Flora Fennica. Helsinki–Helsingfors: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 4.
  12. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Markl.
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