Hans Runemark

P. Hans B. Runemark (born January 7, 1927 in Chicago, U.S.A.)[1] is a Swedish botanist and lichenologist, emeritus professor at Lund University.

He graduated 1956 at Lund University.[2] He became professor of botany at Lund University 1958. He studied the flora of the Aegean Islands in Greece, became interested in island endemics.[3] and used the plants in the archipelago as a laboratory to study evolutionary processes in small plant populations.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Runemark is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ Vem Är Vem - Skåne, Halland, Blekinge (ed. Åke Davidsson), 2nd edn. Bokförlaget Vem är vem, Stockholm, 1966; p. 714
  2. ^ Runemark, Hans (1956). Studies in Rhizocarpon, vol. I: Taxonomy of the yellow species in Europe, vol. II: Distribution and ecology of the yellow species in Europe (PhD thesis). 2. Stockholm. 1-152 + 1-150. 
  3. ^ Runemark, Hans (1968). The plant geography of the central Aegean. 81. 229–231. doi:10.1002/fedr.19700810119. 
  4. ^ Runemark, Hans (1970). "The Role of Small Populations for the Differentiation in Plants". Taxon 19 (2): 196–201. JSTOR 1217954. 
  5. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.