Alfred Hansen (botanist)

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Hans Alfred Hansen (born October 2, 1925 in Snekkemose, municipality Rise Sogn on Ærø , Denmark ; † January 29, 2008 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish botanist .

Life

His research area included the flora of the Mediterranean and Macaronesia as well as the flora change in Denmark. The main part of his professional activity took place at the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen , where he was custodian of the Danish herbarium from 1960 to 1995 . He has recombined or newly described over 50 plant species, most of them together with his Norwegian colleague Per Sunding (* 1937).

His botanical author abbreviation is " A.Hansen ".

Publications (selection)

  • A. Hansen: Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Archipelago of Madeira, With a special list of plants, including cryptogams, from the Salvage Islands, 77. S. Funchal, 1969
  • A. Hansen: Flora of the Santorini archipelago. Candollea, 26.55 p., 1971
  • A. Hansen, CA Jørgensen & E. Rostrup: Den danske flora, En populær vejledning til at lære de danske planter at kende. 664 pp. 1973
  • E. Dias & A. Hansen: A new botanical bibliography of the Azores. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 42, pp. 184-216. 1990
  • A. Hansen & P. ​​Sunding: Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of Vascular Plants. Sommerfeltia, Oslo, 1993.
  • A. Hansen & P. ​​Sunding: Botanical Bibliography of the Canary Islands. Botanical Garden and Museum, University of Oslo, 1994

Plants newly described by Alfred Hansen (selection)

Honors

In honor of A. Hansen the following was named:

  • Pericallis hansenii (G. Kunkel) Sunding

literature

  1. ↑ Ib Friis & Henrik Ærenlund Pedersen: Alfred Hansen, 1925–2008, in Taxon 59 (6), pp. 1942–1943, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Hansen, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hansen, Hans Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Snekkemose, Rise Municipality, Ærø, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2008
Place of death Copenhagen