Rolf Dahlgren

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Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren (born July 7, 1932 in Örebro , † February 14, 1987 in Skåne ) was a Swedish botanist . He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " R.Dahlgren ".

life and work

Dahlgren, the son of a pharmacist, studied at Lund University with a master's degree in biology in 1959 and a doctorate in botany in 1964 (dissertation: Studies on Aspalathus and some related genera in South Africa). Then he was a lecturer at the Institute for Systematic Botany in Lund and dealt in particular with South African plants, for which he was on excursions in South Africa in 1956/57 and 1965/66. In 1973 he became a professor in Copenhagen (although he stayed in Lund). He died in a car accident.

He is known for a taxonomic system of angiosperms and especially monocot , whereby he also included chemistry. In this context he is also known for a graphic representation, the Dahlgrenogram.

In 1986 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . In the same year he received the Linnaeus Prize of the Royal Physiographical Society in Lund .

After his death, his wife, the botanist Gertrud Dahlgren, continued his taxonomic work.

Honors

The genus of South African laurel family Dahlgrenodendron J.JMvan der Merve & AE van Wyk was named after him in 1988.

The Physiographische Gesellschaft in Lund has been awarding the Rolf Dahlgren Prize in Botany every three years since 1988.

Fonts

  • Angiospermernes taxonomi, 4 volumes, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag, 1974 to 1976.
  • with HT Clifford: The monocotyledons: A comparative study, Academic Press 1982
  • with HT Clifford, Peter Yeo: The families of the monocotyledons: Structure, evolution, and taxonomy, Springer-Verlag 1985

literature

  • Arne Strid: Rolf Dahlgren (1932-1987), Taxon, Volume 36, 1987, pp. 698-699
  • AE van Wyk, Obituary in Bothalia, 17, 1987, pp. 261–266 PDF (1.62 MB; English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
  2. ↑ Rolf Dahlgren Prize 2015, The Plant Press, US National Herbarium
personal data
SURNAME Dahlgren, Rolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dahlgren, Rolf Martin Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish botanist
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Örebro
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1987
Place of death Gentle