Helgi Jónsson

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

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

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. The Botany of Iceland, edited by L. Kolderup Rosenvinge & E. Warming, J. Frimodt, Copenhagen, and John Wheldon and Co., London; Vol. 1, Part 1, pp. 1–186. 1912.

The diatom Navicula jonssonii Østrup is named for him.

Taxon identifiers	IPNI author: 4548-1

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 32378176 LCCN: nr96001199 ISNI: 0000 0000 5122 2237 GND: 1055291784 Botanist: Jónss.

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