Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme (24 October 1864, Stora Malm in

Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is th ...

– 5 March 1937) was a Swedish botanist. He studied at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...

, earning his PhD in 1892. From 1895 - 1905, he was a

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at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Then from 1905 to 1911, he was a lecturer in biology and chemistry at ''Högre Latinläroverket'' in Stockholm. Afterwards, he taught classes in

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

and biology at a teachers' training college in Stockholm.Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet By way of a travel grant established by

Anders Fredrik Regnell Anders Fredrik Regnell (8 June 1807 – 12 September 1884) was a Swedish physician and botanist. He studied in Uppsala and received his medical doctorate in 1837. As a student he served as assistant to Anders Retzius in Stockholm. He served in v ...

, Malme along with botanist

Carl Axel Magnus Lindman Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (6 April 1856 in Halmstad – 21 June 1928) was a Swedish botanist and botanical artist, the son of Carl Christian Lindman and Sophie Fredrique Löhr. He is best known for his work "''Bilder ur Nordens Flora''" published ...

undertook an expedition to

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(exploring Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso) and the central parts of

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in 1892–1894. On the mission, the two men collected more than 5000 specimens. In 1901-1903, Malme returned to South America, where he revisited Brazil and also traveled to areas in Paraguay and

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(

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). He was the author of over 100 articles in the journal ''Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar''. The fungi genus '' Malmeomyces'' is named after him, as are the plant genera '' Malmea'' (family

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Ma ...

), described by

Robert Elias Fries (Klas) Robert Elias Fries (11 July 1876, Uppsala – 29 January 1966, Stockholm), the youngest son of Theodor Magnus Fries (1832–1913) and grandson of Elias Magnus Fries(1794–1878) and an expert on mushrooms. A Swedish botanist who was a mem ...

in 1905, and '' Malmeanthus'' (family

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, 1980, Robert Merrill King and Harold Ernest Robinson) He is also honoured with ''

Malmidea ''Malmidea'' is a genus of crustose lichens and the type genus of the family Malmideaceae. It was established in 2011 to contain a phylogenetically distinct group of species formerly placed in the genus '' Malcolmiella''. ''Malmidea'' comprises m ...

'' which is a genus of

lichens A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Malmideaceae Malmideaceae is a family of crustose and corticolous lichens in the order Lecanorales. It contains eight genera and about 70 species. Taxonomy Malmideaceae was created in 2011 to accommodate a group of species, formerly placed in genus '' Malco ...

) and published by Rivas Plata, E.; Lücking, R.; Lumbsch, H .T. (2011), and '' Malmographina'' (lichen genus in the family Graphidaceae, M.Cáceres, E.Rivas Plata & R.Lücking, 2012).

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