Gunnar Marklund
Gunnar Marklund (5 June 1892 in Helsinki – 23 July 1964 also in Helsinki) was a Finnish botanist (taraxacologist and ranunculologist).[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]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] In 1963, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, the 38th volume of the Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica was dedicated to him.[4]
Scientific work
[edit]Overview
[edit]Gunnar Marklund specialised in two difficult apomictic groups, the genus Taraxacum (dandelions) and the Ranunculus auricomus group (goldilock buttercups).[5] He published four monographs, in which he described about two hundred new species,[6] among them for example Ranunculus mendax (Markl.) Ericsson,[7] as well as several smaller papers.
Selected publications
[edit]- Die Taraxacum-Flora Estlands (1938)[8]
- Die Taraxacum-Flora Nylands (1940)[9]
- Outlines of evolution in the pseudogamous Ranunculus auricomus group in Finland (G. Marklund & A. Rousi, 1961)[10]
- Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland 1 (...) R. auricomus L. coll. (s.str.) (1961)[11]
- Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland 2 (...) R. fallax (W & Gr.) Schur, R. monophyllus Ovcz. und R. cassubicus L. (1965, posthumous work)[12]
Eponymy
[edit]Ranunculus marklundii (Nannf. & Julin) Ericsson [≡ Ranunculus auricomus ssp. marklundii Nannf. & Julin],[13] a goldilock buttercup species known from Sweden and Estonia, and Taraxacum marklundii Palmgr.,[14] a dandelion species described from the Åland Islands,[15] are named in his honour.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gunnar Marklund". bionomia.net. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ a b "Sök - Uppslagsverket Finland". uppslagsverket.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Georg Gunnar Marklund". geni_family_tree. 1892-06-05. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Gunnaro Marklund, philosophiae doctori..." (PDF). Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 38. 1963.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Marklund, George Gunnar | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Ranunculus mendax (Markl.) Ericsson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Marklund, Gunnar (1938). "Die Taraxacum-Flora Estlands". Acta Botanica Fennica. 23. Helsingforsiae: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.
- ^ Marklund, Gunnar (1940). "Die Taraxacum-Flora Nylands". Acta Botanica Fennica. 26. Helsingforsiae: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Marklund, Gunnar (1961). "Der Ranunculus auricomus-Komplex in Finnland. I: Diagnosen und Fundortslisten einiger Sippen des R. auricomus L. coll. (s.str.)". Flora Fennica. 3. Helsinki–Helsingfors: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.
- ^ 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. 4. Helsinki–Helsingfors: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.
- ^ "Ranunculus marklundii (Nannf. & Julin) Ericsson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Taraxacum marklundii Palmgr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ Palmgren, Alvar (1910). "Bidrag til Kännedomen om Ålands vegetation och flora. I. Taraxaca". Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 34 (1): 1–53.
- ^ Julin, Erik (1965). "Der Formenkreis des Ranunculus auricomus L. in Schweden. II. Diagnosen und Fundortausgaben neuer Sippen aus Södermanland". Arkiv för Botanik. 6 (2): 29–108.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Markl.
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