P. Arne K. Strid (born March 7, 1943 in Kristianstad, Sweden) is a Swedish botanist and expert on Greek flora.

Biography

He studied botany, chemistry and genetics in the

University of Lund , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Nigella arvensis'' complex) in the Aegean archipelago (supervisor: professor Hans Runemark) for which he also won the Jesse M. Greenman prize for the best dissertation about scientific

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that year. He was professor of botany (1973-2001) at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

and

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at the

University of Patras The University of Patras (UPatras; el, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών, ''Panepistímio Patrón'') is a public university in Patras, Greece. It is the third-largest university in Greece with respect to the size of the student body, the s ...

, Greece (1997-1998). He was director of the

Gothenburg Botanical Garden The Gothenburg Botanical Garden ( sv, Göteborgs botaniska trädgård) is located in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is one of the larger botanical gardens in Europe. History The Gothenburg Botanical Garden is situated in a formerly completely rural ar ...

and the Natural History Museum of Göteborg (2001-2008). In 2011 he became emeritus professor at the

Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum The Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum (german: Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin) is a botanical garden in the locality of the borough of , Berlin, Germany. Constructed between 1897 and 1910 under the guidance of archi ...

, in 2015 at the

, Greece and from 2017 at the

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. He is also emeritus professor at the

University of Lund , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

. Besides

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

, Strid has worked and named new plant species in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

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and

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Family

He is married to biologist Barbro Jende Strid and they have two daughters. Together Arne and Barbro Strid edited an annotated re-issue of the

Flora Graeca ''Flora Graeca'' is a publication of the plants of Greece in the late 18th century, resulting from a survey by John Sibthorp and Ferdinand Bauer. The botanical descriptions and illustrations became highly valued by the English audience; the fine ...

Works

* Strid, Arne (1980). ''Wild flowers of Mount Olympus'' * Strid, Arne (1986). ''Mountain Flora of Greece: Volume 1'' * With Kit Tan (eds) (1991), ''Mountain Flora of Greece: Volume 2'' * With Phitos, D.; Snogerup, S. and Greuter, W. (eds) (1995), ''The Red Data Book of rare and threatened plants of Greece'' * With Kit Tan (eds) (1997), ''Flora Hellenica, Volume 1: Gymnospermae to Caryphyllaceae'' * With Kit Tan (eds) (2002), ''Flora Hellenica, Volume 2: Nymphaeaceae to Platanaceae'' * Strid, Arne (2006), ''Flora Hellenica Bibliography'' * With Kit Tan (2009), ''Wildflowers of Greece'' * With Strid, B. (eds) (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), ''Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana. An annotated re-issue'', volumes 1-10 * With Dimopoulos, P.; Raus, T.; Bergmeier, E.; Constantinidis, Th.; Iatrou, G.; Kokkini, S. and Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). ''Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist'' * Strid, Arne (2016). ''Atlas of the Aegean Flora'' * With Erwin Bergmeier and Georgios Fotiadis (2021). Flora and Vegetation of Prespa National Park.

Eponymy

The plant

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'' Dichoropetalum stridii'', '' Onosma stridii'', '' Sagina stridii'', ''Crocus biflorus'' subsp. ''stridii'', ''

Odontarrhena stridii ''Odontarrhena'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. They were originally a separate genus and then were amalgamated into the ''Alyssum'' genus, but then morphological and molecular evidence has reseperated them. Some ...

'' and '' Astragalus stridii'' are named after him.

References

1943 births Living people 20th-century Swedish botanists {{authority control