Name Svante Murbeck | Died 1946 | |
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Svante Samuel Murbeck (20 October 1859 - 26 May 1946) was a Swedish professor, botanist, pteridologist and explorer. He made important contributions to knowledge of the flora of North Africa, writing several articles and books, including Contributions a la connaissance de la flore du nord-ouest de I'Afrique et plus specialement de la Tunisie (1897).
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Eponymy
The plant taxa Calendula murbeckii, Centaurea murbeckii, Colymbada murbeckii, Mariana murbeckii, Onopordum murbeckii, Bufonia murbeckii, Cerastium murbeckii, Aspidium murbeckii, Gentiana murbeckii and Juncus murbeckii are named after him.
Botanical authority
The abbreviation Murb. is used to indicate Svante Samuel Murbeck as an authority on the description and scientific classification of plants. For a list of the 423 species described by the author, see IPNI.