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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).

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. 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.

Scientific work

Overview

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

Selected publications

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

Eponymy

Ranunculus marklundii (Nannf. & Julin) Ericsson , a goldilock buttercup species known from Sweden and Estonia, and Taraxacum marklundii Palmgr., a dandelion species described from the Åland Islands, are named in his honour.

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

References

  1. "Gunnar Marklund". bionomia.net. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  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. "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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