Carl Rudolf Florin

{{Short description|Swedish botanist (1894–1965)}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Carl Rudolf Florin

| birth_date = 5 April 1894

| birth_place = Solna, Sweden

| death_date = 24 September 1965 (aged 71)

| nationality = Swedish

| fields = Botany

| workplaces = Bergius Botanic Garden

| known_for = Specialization in gymnosperms, both modern and fossil

| awards = Linnean Society of London's Darwin-Wallace Medal (1958)

}}

Carl Rudolf Florin (5 April 1894, in Solna – 24 September 1965){{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1216633 | jstor=1216633 | title=Rudolf Florin, 1894-1965 | last1=Lundblad | first1=Britta | journal=Taxon | date=1966 | volume=15 | issue=3 | pages=85–93 | doi=10.1002/j.1996-8175.1966.tb00233.x | url-access=subscription }} was a Swedish biologist botanist, specialising in gymnosperms, including both modern and fossil material.

He was Professor Bergianus from 1944 and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1947.

Awards

He was awarded the Linnean Society of London's Darwin-Wallace Medal in 1958.

Selected bibliography

  • "On the geological history of the Sciadopitineae." Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 16 (2): 260-270 (1922).
  • "Die Koniferengattung Libocedrus Endl. in Ostasien." Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 24 (1): 117-131 (1930).
  • "Pilgerodendron, eine neue Koniferengattung aus Süd-Chile." Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 24 (1): 132-135 (1930).
  • "Untersuchungen zur Stammesgeschichte der Coniferales und Cordaitales. Erster Teil: Morphologie und Epidermisstruktur der Assimilationsorgane bei den rezenten Koniferen." Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 10 (1) 1-588 (1931).
  • "Die Koniferen des Oberkarbons und des unteren Perms." Palaeontographica B 85: 1-729 (1938–1945).
  • "Evolution in Cordaites and Conifers." Acta Hort. Berg. 15 (2): 285-388 (1951).
  • "On Metasequoia, living and fossil." Bot. Not. 1 (105): 1-29 (1952).
  • "Nomenclatural notes on genera of living gymnosperms." Taxon 5 (8): 188-192 (1956).
  • "The distribution of Conifer and Taxad genera in Time and Space." Acta Hort. Berg. 20 (4): 121-312 (1963).
  • "The distribution of Conifer and Taxad genera in Time and Space; additions and corrections." Acta Hort. Berg. 20 (6): 319-326 (1966).

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