Johan Petter Norrlin

Johan Petter Norrlin
Born(1842-07-06)6 July 1842
Died7 January 1917(1917-01-07) (aged 74)
NationalityFinnish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany; phytogeography
InstitutionsUniversity of Finland
Doctoral studentsAlvar Palmgren
Author abbrev. (botany)Norrl.[1]

Johan Petter Norrlin (6 September 1842 in Hollola – 7 January 1917 in Helsinki) was a Finnish botanist and a professor of botany at the University of Helsinki from 1879 to 1903. He was a pioneer of plant geography in Finland, and is also well known for his work on lichens and on the taxonomy of the apomictic taxa of the plant genera Hieracium and Pilosella.[2]

  1. ^ "Norrlin, Johan Petter (Peter) (1842–1917)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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