Helgi Jónsson Explained

Helgi Jónsson (11 April 1867, Rangárvallasýsla – 1925) was an Icelandic botanist and phycologist.

He specialized in the research of marine algae and subarctic vegetation. During his career, he undertook many botanical trips throughout Iceland.^[1]

The diatom Navicula jonssonii Østrup is named after him.

Main works

• 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 marine algal vegetation of Iceland. 1912 The Botany of Iceland^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=y48QAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22J%C3%B3nsson%2C+Helgi%22+1867&pg=RA1-PA33 Islandica, Volumes 5-8
2. Book: Jónsson, Helgi . The marine algal vegetation . Carlsbergfondet (Copenhagen, Denmark) . 1912 . J. Frimodt . Rosenvinge . L. Kolderup . Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge . Botany of Iceland . 1 . Copenhagen . 1–186 . 10.5962/bhl.title.60251 . 17533950 . Warming . Eugenius . Eugenius Warming.