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Beginning in 1893, he received his education in [[Lund]], where from 1909 onward, he served as curator of the botanical institute. During his career he undertook several botanical study trips in Scandinavia.<ref>[http://runeberg.org/nfcp/0246.html 447-448 (Nordisk familjebok] Uggleupplagan</ref><ref>[http://svenskuppslagsbok.se/25422/holmberg-otto-rudolf/ Holmberg, Otto Rudolf, Svensk uppslagsbok] (biographical text)</ref> |
Beginning in 1893, he received his education in [[Lund]], where from 1909 onward, he served as curator of the botanical institute. During his career he undertook several botanical study trips in Scandinavia.<ref>[http://runeberg.org/nfcp/0246.html 447-448 (Nordisk familjebok] Uggleupplagan</ref><ref>[http://svenskuppslagsbok.se/25422/holmberg-otto-rudolf/ Holmberg, Otto Rudolf, Svensk uppslagsbok] (biographical text)</ref> |
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His main written work was "''Skandinaviens flora''", published in four parts from 1922 to 1931.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/skandinaviens-flora/oclc/30726909&referer=brief_results OCLC WorldCat] Skandinaviens flora</ref> Its second volume contained [[Hampus Wilhelm Arnell]]'s treatise on [[moss]]es and [[liverworts]], "''Mossor a. levermossor''".<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068502#page/286/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/mossor-a-levermossor/oclc/6174306 OCLC WorldCat] Mossor : a. levermossor</ref> As a taxonomist, he circumscribed |
His main written work was "''Skandinaviens flora''", published in four parts from 1922 to 1931.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/skandinaviens-flora/oclc/30726909&referer=brief_results OCLC WorldCat] Skandinaviens flora</ref> Its second volume contained [[Hampus Wilhelm Arnell]]'s treatise on [[moss]]es and [[liverworts]], titled "''Mossor a. levermossor''".<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068502#page/286/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/mossor-a-levermossor/oclc/6174306 OCLC WorldCat] Mossor : a. levermossor</ref> As a taxonomist, he circumscribed a number of species within the [[Poaceae|grass]] genus ''[[Puccinellia]]''.<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=7D5CABCE539867759D4A8D3B12DBEB31?find_family=&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=Holmb.&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch IPNI] Taxa described and co-described by Holmberg</ref> |
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Otto Rudolf Holmberg (1 February.1874, Simrishamn – 28 December 1930) was a Swedish botanist. He was an authority on Scandinavian flora.
Beginning in 1893, he received his education in Lund, where from 1909 onward, he served as curator of the botanical institute. During his career he undertook several botanical study trips in Scandinavia.[1][2]
His main written work was "Skandinaviens flora", published in four parts from 1922 to 1931.[3] Its second volume contained Hampus Wilhelm Arnell's treatise on mosses and liverworts, titled "Mossor a. levermossor".[4][5] As a taxonomist, he circumscribed a number of species within the grass genus Puccinellia.[6]
References
- ^ 447-448 (Nordisk familjebok Uggleupplagan
- ^ Holmberg, Otto Rudolf, Svensk uppslagsbok (biographical text)
- ^ OCLC WorldCat Skandinaviens flora
- ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ OCLC WorldCat Mossor : a. levermossor
- ^ IPNI Taxa described and co-described by Holmberg
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Holmb.