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