Botany of the Faeroes
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Botany of the Færöes based upon Danish investigations – a three-volume classic scientific work on flora
and vegetation
of the Faroe Islands
, including fungi, lichens, algae
, bryophytes and vascular plants. It was published 1901 to 1908 and funded by the Carlsberg Foundation
. The project was initiated by Eugen Warming, who edited the content. The published work was based on investigations made chiefly between 1895 and 1900 by F. Børgesen
, C. Jensen
, C.H. Ostenfeld
, J. Hartz, H. Jónsson
and Eug. Warming
.
Warming, E.
ed. (1901-1908) Botany of the Færöes (based upon Danish investigations), vol. I-III.
Flora
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
and vegetation
Vegetation
Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader...
of the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
, including fungi, lichens, algae
Algae
Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length. They are photosynthetic like plants, and "simple" because their tissues are not organized into the many...
, bryophytes and vascular plants. It was published 1901 to 1908 and funded by the Carlsberg Foundation
Carlsberg Foundation
Carlsberg Foundation was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876 and owns 30,3% of the shares in Carlsberg Group and has 74,2% of the voting power.The purpose of the foundation is to run and fund Carlsberg Laboratory, the museum at Frederiksborg Palace, to fund scientific research, run the Ny Carlsberg...
. The project was initiated by Eugen Warming, who edited the content. The published work was based on investigations made chiefly between 1895 and 1900 by F. Børgesen
Frederik Børgesen
Fredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
, C. Jensen
Christian E.O. Jensen
Christian Erasmus Otterstrøm Jensen was a Danish pharmacists and botanist - for decades a leading bryologist in Scandinavia. He studied botany and pharmaceutics at the University of Copenhagen and the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen...
, C.H. Ostenfeld
Carl Hansen Ostenfeld
Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
, J. Hartz, H. Jónsson
Helgi Jónsson
Helgi Jónsson was an Icelandic botanist and phycologist.His main works are:*The marine algae of Iceland. Botanisk Tidsskrift 25: 378—380. 1902-1903.*The marine algae of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 30: 1-73. 1904....
and Eug. Warming
Eugenius Warming
Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming , known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist and a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology...
.
Warming, E.
Eugenius Warming
Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming , known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist and a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology...
ed. (1901-1908) Botany of the Færöes (based upon Danish investigations), vol. I-III.
Contents
- Part I (1901), pp. 1-338. Det nordiske Forlag, Copenhagen & John Wheldon & Co., London. Full text
- Warming, E.Eugenius WarmingJohannes Eugenius Bülow Warming , known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist and a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology...
; Historical notes on the botanical investigations of the Færöes. Pp. 1-5. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Geography and topography. Pp. 6-19. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Industrial conditions. Pp. 20-23. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Geology. Pp. 24-31. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Climate. Pp. 32-40. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Flora of the Færöes: PhanerogamaeSpermatophyteThe spermatophytes comprise those plants that produce seeds. They are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants...
and Pteridophyta. pp. 41-99. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Phyto-geographicalPhytogeographyPhytogeography , also called geobotany, is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species...
studies based upon observations of "Phanerogamae and Pteridiphyta". Pp. 100-119. - Jensen, C.Christian E.O. JensenChristian Erasmus Otterstrøm Jensen was a Danish pharmacists and botanist - for decades a leading bryologist in Scandinavia. He studied botany and pharmaceutics at the University of Copenhagen and the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen...
; BryophytaBryophyteBryophyte is a traditional name used to refer to all embryophytes that do not have true vascular tissue and are therefore called 'non-vascular plants'. Some bryophytes do have specialized tissues for the transport of water; however since these do not contain lignin, they are not considered to be...
. Pp. 120-184. - Jensen, C.Christian E.O. JensenChristian Erasmus Otterstrøm Jensen was a Danish pharmacists and botanist - for decades a leading bryologist in Scandinavia. He studied botany and pharmaceutics at the University of Copenhagen and the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen...
; Phyto-geographicalPhytogeographyPhytogeography , also called geobotany, is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species...
studies based upon the BryophytaBryophyteBryophyte is a traditional name used to refer to all embryophytes that do not have true vascular tissue and are therefore called 'non-vascular plants'. Some bryophytes do have specialized tissues for the transport of water; however since these do not contain lignin, they are not considered to be...
. Pp. 185–197. - Børgesen, F.Frederik BørgesenFredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
; Freshwater algæ. Pp. 198-259. - Østrup, E.Ernst ØstrupErnst Vilhelm Østrup was a Danish botanist and phycologist, mainly working on diatoms.-Selected scientific works:* Ferskvands-Diatoméer fra Øst-Grønland. Meddelelser om Grønland 15: 251-290. 1898....
; Freshwater diatomsDiatomDiatoms are a major group of algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although they can exist as colonies in the shape of filaments or ribbons , fans , zigzags , or stellate colonies . Diatoms are producers within the food chain...
. Pp. 260-290. - Østrup, E.Ernst ØstrupErnst Vilhelm Østrup was a Danish botanist and phycologist, mainly working on diatoms.-Selected scientific works:* Ferskvands-Diatoméer fra Øst-Grønland. Meddelelser om Grønland 15: 251-290. 1898....
; Phyto-geographicalPhytogeographyPhytogeography , also called geobotany, is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species...
studies based upon the freshwater diatomsDiatomDiatoms are a major group of algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although they can exist as colonies in the shape of filaments or ribbons , fans , zigzags , or stellate colonies . Diatoms are producers within the food chain...
. Pp. 291-304. - Rostrup, E.Emil RostrupFrederik Georg Emil Rostrup was a Danish botanist, mycologist and plant pathologist.From 1858, Emil Rostrup was a teacher at the paedagogical college Skårup Seminarium in then new subject natural history. He educated to-be school teachers for 25 years...
; Fungi. Pp 301-316. - Deichmann Branth, J.S.; LichenesLichenLichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
. Pp. 317-338.
- Warming, E.
- Part II (1903), pp. 339-681. Det nordiske Forlag Ernst Bojesen, Copenhagen. Full text
- Børgesen, F.Frederik BørgesenFredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
; Marine algæ. Pp. 339-532. [reprinted in "Algae of the Faeröes" by Linnaeus Press, Amsterdam 1970, 374 pp.] - Østrup, E.Ernst ØstrupErnst Vilhelm Østrup was a Danish botanist and phycologist, mainly working on diatoms.-Selected scientific works:* Ferskvands-Diatoméer fra Øst-Grønland. Meddelelser om Grønland 15: 251-290. 1898....
; diatomsDiatomDiatoms are a major group of algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although they can exist as colonies in the shape of filaments or ribbons , fans , zigzags , or stellate colonies . Diatoms are producers within the food chain...
from the marine algæ. Pp. 533-558. - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; PhytoplanktonPhytoplanktonPhytoplankton are the autotrophic component of the plankton community. The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν , meaning "plant", and πλαγκτός , meaning "wanderer" or "drifter". Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye...
from the sea around the Færöes. Pp. 558-612. - Børgesen, F.Frederik BørgesenFredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
& Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; PhytoplanktonPhytoplanktonPhytoplankton are the autotrophic component of the plankton community. The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν , meaning "plant", and πλαγκτός , meaning "wanderer" or "drifter". Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye...
of lakes in the Færöes. Pp. 613-624. - Dahlstedt, H. The HieraciaHieraciumHieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...
from the Færöes. Pp. 625-659. - Warming, E.Eugenius WarmingJohannes Eugenius Bülow Warming , known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist and a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology...
; The history of the floraFloraFlora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
of the Færöes. Pp. 660-681.
- Børgesen, F.
- Part III (1908), pp. 683-1070 + i-xxviii. Gyldenske Boghandel - Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen and Christiania & John Wheldon & Co., London. Full text
- Børgesen, F.Frederik BørgesenFredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
; The algæ-vegetation of the Færöese coasts, with remarks on the phyto-geoographyPhytogeographyPhytogeography , also called geobotany, is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species...
. Pp. 683-834. [reprinted in "Algae of the Faeröes" by Linnaeus Press, Amsterdam 1970, 374 pp.] - Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; Additions and corrections to the list of the PhanerogamaeSpermatophyteThe spermatophytes comprise those plants that produce seeds. They are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants...
and Pteridophyta of the Færöes. Pp. 835-863. - Patursson, Gazet; List of popular plant names from the Færöes. Pp. 864-866.
- Ostenfeld, C.H.Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
; The land-vegetation of the Færöes, with special reference to the higher plants. Pp. 867-1026. - Børgesen, F.Frederik BørgesenFredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
; Gardening and tree-planting. Pp. 1027-1043. - Feilberg, P.; Some notes on the agriculture of the Færöes. Pp. 1044-1054.
- Warming, E.Eugenius WarmingJohannes Eugenius Bülow Warming , known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist and a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology...
; Field-notes on the biology of some of the flowers of the Færöes. Pp. 1055-1065. - Nielsen, I.C.; The insect-fauna of the Færöes. Pp. 1066-1070.
- Børgesen, F.Frederik BørgesenFredrik Christian Emil Børgesen was a Danish botanist and phycologist. He graduated in botany from the University of Copenhagen and was subsequently employed as an assistant at the Botanical Museum . His doctoral thesis dealt with the marine algae of the Faroe Islands...
& Jónsson, H.Helgi JónssonHelgi Jónsson was an Icelandic botanist and phycologist.His main works are:*The marine algae of Iceland. Botanisk Tidsskrift 25: 378—380. 1902-1903.*The marine algae of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 30: 1-73. 1904....
; The distribution of the marine algæ of the Arctic Sea and of the northernmost part of the Atlantic. Appendix pp. i-xxviii. [reprinted in "Algae of the Faeröes" by Linnaeus Press, Amsterdam 1970, 374 pp.]
- Børgesen, F.