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

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

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, 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, Malme along with botanist Carl Axel Magnus Lindman undertook an expedition to

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(exploring Rio Grande do Sul and

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) 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 ''Malmea'' is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * '' Malmea cuspidata'', Diels Diels is the last name of several people: * Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), German politician * ...

'' (family Annonaceae), 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'' which is a genus of lichens (the family Malmideaceae) and published by Rivas Plata, E.; Lücking, R.; Lumbsch, H .T. (2011), and '' Malmographina'' (lichen genus in the family

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, M.Cáceres, E.Rivas Plata & R.Lücking, 2012).

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