Gyldenstolpe, Sofia Margareta Emilia (Greta) Heijkenskjöld |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I) |
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Born: 1894, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. |
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Married Count Nils C.G.F. Gyldenstolpe in 1917. She was interested in botany since childhood and accompanied her husband on a zoological expedition to New Guinea.1 |
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1951. E. New Guinea: Mt Hagen District (Aug.-Nov.), bivouacs in Wahgi Valley (c. 1600 m), at Nondugl (c. 1600 m), and in the Wahgi Mts near Weiga (Oct. 1-3, c. 2300 m). |
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C. 130 species in Herb. State Mus. Stockholm [S]. Ferns identified by Dr Alston, phanerogams by Dr van Steenis. Besides those she collected insects, mosses,2 and lichens in New Guinea. |
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(1) A popular account of the expedition will be published in Sweden under the joint authorship of her and her husband under the title ‘Orört land’ (Wahlström & Wildstrand, Stockholm). (2) E.B. Bartram: ‘Additional mosses from Northeast New Guinea’ (Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 41, 1953, p. 397-401). |
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