Nils Heribert-Nilsson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish botanist and geneticist
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About Nils Heribert-Nilsson
- Nils Heribert-Nilsson (May 26, 1883, in Skivarp, Scania – August 3, 1955) was a Swedish botanist and geneticist. Heribert-Nilsson received his Ph.D.
- at Lund University in 1915 with the thesis Die Spaltungserscheinungen der Oenothera lamarckiana.
- From 1934 to 1948 he was professor of botany, in particular systematics, morphology and plant geography, at Lund University.Heribert-Nilsson was active in plant breeding.
- His most important research concerned Salix and its taxonomy, which is complicated by frequent hybridization.
- Among his research on Salix was hybridization studies on Salix viminalis and Salix caprea.In 1943 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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