Tyge W. Böcher
Tyge Wittrock Böcher (1909–1983) was a Danish botanist, evolutionary biologist, plant ecologist and phytogeographer.
He was born in Copenhagen to physician Einar Böcher and wife Cathinca née Andersen. Steen B. Böcher, professor of geography, was his brother.
Tyge Böcher was professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen from 1954 to 1979. He was a prolific scientific writer, leaving some 250 scholarly books and articles. His scientific research covered as diverse phylogenetic lineages as vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and algae and a broad set of disciplines from anatomy, ecology and evolution of plant species to the ecology of plant populations and plant communities. He was particularly interested in chromosomal and ecological races of plant species. He did field work in Greenland, Denmark, various European mountain regions and in Argentina. His investigation of the Greenland flora were particularly ground-breaking.
He was a co-founder of Flora Europaea and he authored the Flora of Greenland (1968).
The genus Boechera Á.Löve & D.Löve is named after him.
Scientific works by T.W. Böcher
1932-1935
- Studies on the vegetation of the East coast of Greenland between Scoresby Sound and Angmagsalik (Christian IX's Land). Meddelelser om Grønland 104, 4. 1933
- Botany. Appendix to Ejnar Mikkelsen: The Blosseville Coast of East Greenland. Geographical Journal (London) 81: 400-402. 1933. [1]
- Keywords: Greenland, arctic vegetation
- Om en måde til undersøgelse af konstans, skudtæthed og homogenitet (Eng. summ. On a method for investigating constancy, shoots density and homogeneity). Botanisk Tidsskrift 43: 278-304. 1935.
1936-1939
- Nogle studier over Færøernes alpine vegetation [Zusammenfassung: Einige Studien über die alpine Vegetation der Färöer Inseln]. Botanisk Tidsskrift 44: 154-201. 1937.
1940-1944
- Beiträge zur Pflanzengeographie und Ökologie dänischer Vegetation. 1. Über die Flechtenheiden und Dünen der Insel Läsö. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2, 1: 1-38. 1941.
- Studies on the plant geography of the North-Atlantic heath formation II. Danish dwarf shrub communities in relation to those of Northern Europe. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 2, 7: 1-130. 1943.
1945-1949
- Beiträge zur Pflanzengeographie und Ökologie Dänischer Vegetation. II. Über die Waldsaum- und Graskrautgesellschaften trockener und halbtrockener Böden der Insel Seeland mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Strandabhänge und Strandebenen. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 4, 1: 1-163. 1945.
- Ochromonas viridis sp.n., a green flagellate belonging to Chrysomonadinae. Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 108: 233-238. 1945.
- Pseudanabaena biceps, a new sapropelic species from bottom mud. Botaniska Notiser 1946: 281-284. 1946
1950-1954
- 'Structure and biology of four species of the Stigonemataceae from a shallow pool at Ivigtut. Meddelelser om Grønland 147, 5: 1-120. 1950.
- A. Noe-Nygaard, Chr. Vibe T.W. Böcher & E. Holtved. Notes on Danish scientific work since 1939. Arctic 4: 50-56. 1951. [3]
- Botanical investigations in South West Greenland, 1946. Arctic 4 (1): 46-49. 1951. [4]
- Distributions of plants in the circumpolar area in relation to ecological and historical factors. Journal of Ecology 39: 376-395. 1951. [5]
- A study of the circumpolar Carex heleonastes-amblyorhyncha complex. Acta Arctica 5: 1-31. 1952.-
- The steppe vegetation in continental West Greenland. Proc. 7th International Bot. Congr. Stockholm 1950: 612-613. 1954.
1955-1959
- Böcher, T.W., Holmen, K. & Dunbar, M.J. Recent biological research in Greenland. Arctic 7 (3-4): 284-295. 1955. [7]
- & K. Larsen. Chromosome studies on some European flowering plants. Botanisk Tidsskrift 52: 125-132. 1955.
- Keywords: Anthriscus sylvestris, Arabis glabra, Arnica montana, Centaurea scabiosa, Chaerophyllum temulum, Cytisus scoparius, cytology, Dryas octopetala, Geranium robertianum, Senecio jacobaea, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
- & K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen. Grønlands flora (ill. by Ingeborg Frederiksen). København. 313 pp. 1957. (2nd edn 1966; Engl. edn. ‘’’Flora of Greenland’’’ 1968; 3rd edn 1978).
- Chromosome studies in the Ranunculus polyanthemus complex. Botanisk Tidsskrift 54: 160-166. 1958.
- & M.W. Bentzon. Density determinations in plant communities. Oikos 9: 35-36. 1958. [8]
- & K. Larsen. Experimental and cytological studies on plant species. IV. Further studies in short-lived herbs. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 10, 2: 1-24. 1958.
- Keywords: Aira caryophyllea, Aira praecox, Alyssum alyssoides, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arenaria serpyllifolia, Bromus hordeaceus, cytology, Geranium molle, Moehringia trinervia, Phleum arenarium, Teesdalia nudicaulis, Trifolium arvense
- The evolution of Arctic and montane plant taxa in the light of chromosome studies and comparative cultivations. Proc. 9. Internat. Bot. Congr. II A: 3-4. 1959.
1960-1964
- Infraspecific differentiation (Coreferate). Planta Medica 8: 224-225. 1960.
- The development of cytotaxonomy since Darwin's time. In: A Darwin Centenary”, P.J. Wanstall (ed.): 26-43. 1961.
- The evolution of Arctic and montane plant taxa in the light of chromosome studies and comparative cultivations. In: Recent Advances in Botany (Toronto): 925-928. 1961.
- Floristic and taxonomic activity in Denmark between 1945 and 1960. Webbia 18: 165-172. 1963.
- The study of ecotypical variation in relation to experimental morphology. (Symposium on biosystematics, Montreal 1962). Regnum Vegetabile 27: 10-16. 1963.
- & J.P. Hjerting. Utilization of seeds from botanical gardens in biosystematic studies. Taxon 13: 95-98. 1964. [10]
1965-1969
Keywords: Brassicaceae
- Experimental and cytological studies on plant species. X. Sisyrinchium with special reference to the Greenland representative. Botanisk Tidsskrift 61: 273-290. 1966.
- Keywords: Sisyrinchium groenlandicum
- Experimental and cytological studies on plant species. XI. North Atlantic tetraploids of the Campanula rotundifolia complex. Annales Botanici Fennici 3: 287-298. 1966.
- Continuous variation and taxonomy. Taxon 16: 225-258. 1967. [11]
- & O.B. Lyshede. Anatomical studies in xerophytic apophyllous plants. l. Monttea aphylla, Bulnesia retama and Bredemeyera colletioides. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 16, 3: 1-44. 1968.
1970-1974
- The present status of biosystematics. Taxon 19: 3-5. 1970. [12]
- Anatomical studies in Cotton-Thorn, Tetradymia axillaris A. Nels. Naturaliste Canad. 98: 225-250. 1971.
- Variational pattern in Clinopodium vulgare L. In: Evolution in Plants - Symposium held 1–4 September 1970 at Tihany, Hungary, 12: 23-29. 1972.
- Evolutionary problems in the Arctic flora. In: “Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Evolution" (edit. by D.H. Valentine), London; pp. 101–113. 1972.
- Leaf anatomy in Sporobolus rigens (Tr.) Desv. (Gramineae). Botaniska Notiser 124: 344-360, 1972.
- & C.A. Jørgensen. Jyske dværgbuskheder. Eksperimentelle undersøgelser af forskellige kulturindgrebs indflydelse på vegetationen. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 19, 5: l-55. 1972.
- & O.B. Lyshede. Anatomical studies on xerophytic apophyllous plants. II. Additional species from South American shrub steppes. Biologiske Skrifter / Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 18, 4: 1-137. 1972.
- Interspecific hybridization in Braya (Cruciferae). Annales Botanici Fennici 10: 57-65. 1973.
- Keywords: Braya humilis, Braya purpurascens, speciation
- Variation and distribution pattern in Draba sibirica (Pall.) Thell. Botaniska Notiser 127: 317-327. 1974.
1975-1979
- Density determinations in Arctic plant communities. Phytocoenologia 2: 73-86. 1975.
- Experimental and cytological studies on plant species. XIII. Clinopodium vulgare L. Botanisk Tidsskrift 70: 152-179. 1975.
- Convergence as an evolutionary process. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 75: 1-19. 1977.
- Experimental and cytological studies on plant species. XIV. Artificial hybridizations in Viscaria. Botanisk Tidsskrift 72: 31-44. 1977.
- Phytogeography of Greenland (Survey and methods). In: B.A. Yurtsev, The Arctic f1oristic region, papers read at the symposium "Floristic delimitation and subdivision of the Arctic", 8 Ju1y, 1975 in Leningrad; 127-142. 1978.
1980-1983
Works on T. W. Böcher
- Löve, Áskell (1984). "In Memoriam: Tyge W. Böcher, 1909-1983". Arctic and Alpine Research 16 (1): 119–120. JSTOR 1551177.
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