Per Erland Berg Wendelbo

Per Erland Berg Wendelbo
Born(1927-09-19)19 September 1927
Oslo, Norway
Died25 September 1981(1981-09-25) (aged 54)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationBotanist
MotherSigrun Berg
RelativesPaal Berg (grandfather)

Per Erland Berg Wendelbo (19 September 1927 – 25 September 1981) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Oslo, a son of physician Per Kristian Lund Wendelbo and textile designer Sigrun Berg, and grandson of judge and politician Paal Berg. He was appointed professor of botany at the University of Gothenburg from 1965 to 1981, and was a specialist on Southwestern Asian flora. Among his publications are The Ariamehr Botanical Garden Handbook from 1974 and Tulips and Irises of Iran and their relatives from 1977.[1][2][3]

In 1959, he first published Iris cycloglossa from Afghanistan, in 'Biologiske Skrifter' 10(3): 187.[4]

  1. ^ Berg, Rolf Y. "Per Wendelbo". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Per Wendelbo – botaniker". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. ^ Berg, Rolf Y. (1982). "Per Wendelbo til minne (1927–1981)" (PDF). Blyttia (in Norwegian). 40 (3): 141–147. ISSN 0006-5269.
  4. ^ "Iris cycloglossa". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 16 August 2014.