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 �� ''Ranunculus auricomus'' ssp. ''marklundii'' Nannf. & Julin a goldilock buttercup species known from Sweden and Estonia, and ''Taraxacum marklundii'' Palmgr., a dandelion species described from the

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, are named in his honour.

References

1892 births 1964 deaths Finnish botanists {{Finland-botanist-stub