Gunnar silk thread

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Gunnar Seidenfaden (born February 24, 1908 in Varde , Denmark ; † February 9, 2001 ) was a Danish diplomat and orchid researcher. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Seidenf. "

Life

Seidenfaden studied botany in Greenland and undertook numerous geological and botanical expeditions there. After graduating, he began a diplomatic career. In 1955 he became ambassador to Thailand and in 1959 to the Soviet Union . In his honor, a ship of the Danish Navy is named Gunnar Seidenfaden (see Supply class ).

Orchids

Silk thread is known for his research and descriptions of Southeast Asian orchids . He kept his collection of around 10,000 specimens in his private home in Borsholm. After his death, the collection was taken to the Copenhagen Botanical Garden . A collection of Seidenfadens botanical drawings is in the Museum of Natural History in Copenhagen.

Honors

The Orchideengattungen Seidenfadenia Garay , Gunnar Ella Senghas , Gunnarorchis Brieger , Seidenfadeniella C.S.Kumar and Seidenfia Szlach. were named after him.

Works

  • G. Seidenfaden: Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand (13 volumes)

literature

  • Phuket Marine Biological Center: Research Bulletin - Phuket Marine Biological Center, Issues 57-61. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket, 1994
  • Thaïland. Royal Forest Department. Forest Herbarium: Thai Forest Bulletin: Botany,: Issue 29. Agricultural Co-operative Federation of Thailand, Bangkok, 2001, pp. 187, 188, 193.
  • German Orchid Society: The Orchid, Volume 57; Volume 2006. German Orchid Society, Frankfurt (Main), 2006, p. 78.
  • Howard Page Wood: The Dendrobiums. ARG Gantner Verlag, Ruggell, 2006, pp. 276, 801.
  • Mark W. Chase, Maarten JM Christenhusz, Tom Mirenda, Ivy Press: The Book of Orchids: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 2017, p. 587.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the collection
  2. ↑ Silk thread database
  3. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Silk thread, Gunnar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish diplomat and orchid researcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Varde , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2001