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'''Markku Häkkinen''' is a [[Finns|Finnish]] self-taught [[botanist]], considered one of the world's leading experts on the [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of [[banana]]s Forty-six out of the seventy known species of wild bananas have been [[Species description|described]] by Häkkinen<ref>http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=musaceae&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=hakkinen&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</ref>. The [[Linnaean Society of London]] awarded him the [[H. H. Bloomer Award]] of 2009<ref>http://www.linnean.org/Resources/LinneanSociety/Documents/Publications/The-Linnaen/Lin%20Vol%2025_%20no%203_%20Oct%202009.pdf</ref>. |
[[File:Markkuhäkkinen.jpg|thumb|Markku Häkkinen]]'''Markku Häkkinen''' is a [[Finns|Finnish]] self-taught [[botanist]], considered one of the world's leading experts on the [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of [[banana]]s Forty-six out of the seventy known species of wild bananas have been [[Species description|described]] by Häkkinen<ref>http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=musaceae&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=hakkinen&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</ref>. The [[Linnaean Society of London]] awarded him the [[H. H. Bloomer Award]] of 2009<ref>http://www.linnean.org/Resources/LinneanSociety/Documents/Publications/The-Linnaen/Lin%20Vol%2025_%20no%203_%20Oct%202009.pdf</ref>. |
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Häkkinen became interested in botany on his travels around the world during his career as a fully certificated [[sea captain]]. After retiring, he dedicated himself to botany. He has made 18 expeditions to [[Borneo]], [[Brunei]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]. He has published over 80 papers in international scientific journals. |
Häkkinen became interested in botany on his travels around the world during his career as a fully certificated [[sea captain]]. After retiring, he dedicated himself to botany. He has made 18 expeditions to [[Borneo]], [[Brunei]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]. He has published over 80 papers in international scientific journals. |
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Revision as of 13:07, 18 June 2013
Markku Häkkinen is a Finnish self-taught botanist, considered one of the world's leading experts on the taxonomy of bananas Forty-six out of the seventy known species of wild bananas have been described by Häkkinen[1]. The Linnaean Society of London awarded him the H. H. Bloomer Award of 2009[2].
Häkkinen became interested in botany on his travels around the world during his career as a fully certificated sea captain. After retiring, he dedicated himself to botany. He has made 18 expeditions to Borneo, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. He has published over 80 papers in international scientific journals.
The following Musa species have been named in honor of him: Musa haekkinenii[3], and Musa velutina subsp. markkuana[4].
List of Markku Hakkinen's publications
References
- ^ http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=musaceae&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=hakkinen&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
- ^ http://www.linnean.org/Resources/LinneanSociety/Documents/Publications/The-Linnaen/Lin%20Vol%2025_%20no%203_%20Oct%202009.pdf
- ^ http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Musa+haekkinenii
- ^ http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.92.2.3
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Häkkinen.
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