Carl Rudolf Florin (5 April 1894, in

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– 24 September 1965) was a

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biologist

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, specialising in

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s, including both modern and

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material. He was Professor Bergianus from 1944 and a member of the

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from 1947.

Awards

He was awarded the

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'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." ''

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'' 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).

References

20th-century Swedish botanists Swedish taxonomists 1894 births 1965 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences People from Solna Municipality {{Sweden-botanist-stub