Karl Olov Hedberg

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Prof. Karl Olov Hedberg (19 October 1923[1] -1 May[2] 2007) of Västerås[3] a botanist, taxonomist, author, professor of systematic botany at Uppsala University from 1970 to 1989[2] and an Editor of the Flora of Ethiopia; was updating the Umbelliferae manuscript (prepared by Vernon Heywood, Stephen Jury and others) when he passed away in 2007.[4]

He was a member of the British Mycological Society and involved with Natural History Museum (BM), the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (BR), National Museums of Kenya (East African Herbarium), National Herbarium (Ethiopia), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (P) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Phanerogamic Botany (S).[5] He was considered to be an important collector for the botany section of the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University, Sweden[6] having contributed to the phanerogamic part of the museum.[7]

Professor Hedberg and his wife Inga (also a botanist) had five children each with their own family: Per, Bengt, Göran, Björn and Maria.[2]

The standard author abbreviation Hedberg is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Author Details (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  2. ^ a b c Olov Hedberg (HTML) (Swedish). Uppsala University. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  3. ^ "(1978) RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR THE SESSION OF 1977-78" (December 1978). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 10 (4): 433-461. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1978.tb00024.x. 
  4. ^ URC Researchers Database Search Results (HTML). Umbellifer Resource Centre. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  5. ^ Aluka. Hedberg, Karl Olov (1923-) (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. DOI:10.5555%2FAL.AP.PERSON.BM000003504. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  6. ^ The Botany Section,Museum of Evolution (HTML). Uppsala University. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  7. ^ The Botany Section,Museum of Evolution, Collections (UPS) (HTML). Uppsala University. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  8. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 
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