Gunnar Marklund

Gunnar Marklund in 1948, a photograph published in a 1963 volume dedicated to him on the occasion of his 70th anniversary

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] 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

Overview

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

  • 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

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]

The standard author abbreviation Markl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Gunnar Marklund". bionomia.net. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  2. ^ a b "Sök - Uppslagsverket Finland". uppslagsverket.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ^ "Georg Gunnar Marklund". geni_family_tree. 1892-06-05. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  4. ^ "Gunnaro Marklund, philosophiae doctori..." (PDF). Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 38. 1963.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Marklund, George Gunnar | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  7. ^ "Ranunculus mendax (Markl.) Ericsson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  8. ^ Marklund, Gunnar (1938). "Die Taraxacum-Flora Estlands". Acta Botanica Fennica. 23. Helsingforsiae: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.
  9. ^ Marklund, Gunnar (1940). "Die Taraxacum-Flora Nylands". Acta Botanica Fennica. 26. Helsingforsiae: Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Ranunculus marklundii (Nannf. & Julin) Ericsson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  14. ^ "Taraxacum marklundii Palmgr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  15. ^ Palmgren, Alvar (1910). "Bidrag til Kännedomen om Ålands vegetation och flora. I. Taraxaca". Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 34 (1): 1–53.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Markl.
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