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Johannes Grøntved

1882 – 1956

Danish botanist

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Lived 1882 – 1956 (aged 73–74). Johannes Grøntved was a Danish botanist.

Johannes Grøntved (25 January 1882 – 11 July 1956) was a Danish botanist. He made investigations of flora and vegetation in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Estonia. He was editor of The Botany of Iceland from vol. 3 part 2.

Selected scientific works Grøntved, J. (1927) Formationsstatistiske Undersøgelser paa nogle danske Overdrev. Botanisk Tidsskrift 40: 1-71. Used Raunkiær's quantitative method to describe grassland vegetation. The data were later used by Thorvald Sørensen in developing his quotient of similarity. Grøntved, J. (1927) Die Flora der Insel Wormsö - Ein Beitrag zur Flora Estlands. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 5 (4). Grøntved, J. (1927) Die Flora der Insel Runö. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 23: 399–460. Ostenfeld, C.H. & Grøntved, Johs. (1934) The Flora of Iceland and the Færoes. Copenhagen. Grøntved, J. (1939) Polygonaceernes Udbredelse i Danmark [The distribution in Denmark of Polygonaceae]. Botanisk Tidsskrift 45: 10–58. Grøntved, J. & Sørensen, T. (1941) Nøgle til bestemmelse af danske græsser i blomsterløs tilstand [Determination key to vegetative grasses in Denmark]. Munksgaard, København. Grøntved, Johs. (1942) The pteridophyta and spermatophyta of Iceland. The Botany of Iceland, edited by Johannes Grøntved, Ove Paulsen and Thorvald Sørensen. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen; Vol. 4, Part 1, pp. 1–427. 1942. Grøntved, J. (1954) Typhaceernes og Sparganiaceernes udbredelse i Danmark [The distribution in Denmark of Typhaceae and Sparganiaceae]. Botanisk Tidsskrift 50: 209–238.

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Born
1882
Birth century
Died
1956, Copenhagen
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Nationality
Education
University of Copenhagen
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University of Copenhagen
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Who was Johannes Grøntved?

Danish botanist (1882-1956)

When was Johannes Grøntved born?

Johannes Grøntved was born in 1882.

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Johannes Grøntved died in 1956 in Copenhagen.

What was Johannes Grøntved's occupation?

Johannes Grøntved was a botanist.

What nationality was Johannes Grøntved?

Johannes Grøntved was Danish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Johannes Grøntved

· Wikidata: Q6216714

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