Eric Hultén

Swedish botanist (1894-1981).

Oskar Eric Gunnar Hultén (18 March 1894 – 1 February 1981) was a Swedish botanist, plant geographer and 20th century explorer of The Arctic. He was born in Halla in Södermanland. He took his licentiate exam 1931 at Stockholm University and obtained his doctorate degree in botany at Lund University in 1937. In his thesis, he coined the term Beringia for the ice-age land bridge between Eurasia and North America. From 1945 to 1961, he was a professor and head of the Botany Section at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. In 1953, he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as member

Abbreviations: Hultén
Occupations: geographer, botanist, autobiographer
Citizenships: Sweden
Languages: Swedish, German, English
Dates: 1894-03-18T00:00:00Z – 1981-02-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Halla socken, Södermanland
Direct attributions: 126 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 162 plants, 0 fungi

126 plants attributed, 36 plants contributed to162 plants:

Lysichiton americanus (American Skunkcabbage) Hultén & H.St.John 1931
perennial plant species in the araceae family
Lysichiton americanus, also called western skunk cabbage (US), yellow skunk cabbage (UK), American skunk-cabbage (Britain and Ireland) or swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, where it is one of the few native species in the arum family. The plant is called skunk cabbage because of the distinctive "skunky" odor that it emits when it blooms. This odor will permeate the area where the plant grows, and can be detected even in old, dried specimens. The distinctive odor attracts its pollinators, scavenging flies and
Potentilla chamissonis (Hooker's Cinquefoil) Hultén 1945
perennial plant species in the rosaceae family
Potentilla chamissonis, the bluff cinquefoil, is distributed across Svalbard, northern Norway, Greenland and the eastern Arctic of Canada. It grows on ledges on steep slopes, and in crevices.
Cerastium aleuticum (Aleutian Chickweed) Hultén 1936
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Cerastium aleuticum, common name Aleutian mouse-ear chickweed, is a plant species endemic to the US State of Alaska. It is found only on islands, not on the Alaskan mainland: Aleutian, St. Lawrence, St. Paul, Popof, and Kodiak Islands. It is found on rocky slopes and mountainsides up to an elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft). Cerastium aleuticum is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are branched, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, covered with soft hairs. Flowers are single or in groups of 2 or 3, white. Capsules are cylindrical, up to 11 mm long.
Claytonia scammaniana (Scamman's Springbeauty) Hultén 1939
plant species in the montiaceae family
Claytonia scammaniana is a biogeographically significant species of Claytonia, which is indigenous to the mountain chains of Alaska and Yukon. The species has been subject of differing taxonomic opinions and confusion with Claytonia arctica and C. sarmentosa. A taxonomic revision including a review of previous studies of Claytonia scammaniana was published in 2006.
Carex pluriflora (Manyflower Sedge) Hultén 1942
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Artemisia aleutica (Aleutian Wormwood) Hultén 1939
perennial plant species in the asteraceae family
Artemisia aleutica, the Aleutian wormwood, is a rare species of flowering plant endemic to Alaska. According to NatureServe, the species is Critically Imperiled and is known in only two locations in the Rat Island group.
Rumex sibiricus (Siberian Dock) Hultén 1928
perennial plant species in the polygonaceae family
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Papaver alboroseum (Pale Poppy) Hultén 1928
perennial plant species in the papaveraceae family
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Oxytropis scammaniana (Scamman's Oxytrope) Hultén 1947
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Oxytropis kamtschatica (Kamchatka Oxytrope) Hultén 1929
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Astragalus ishigensis Maxim. ex Hultén 1929
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Androsace alaskana Coville & Standl. ex Hultén 1948
annual plant species in the primulaceae family
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Trollius membranostylis Hultén 1928
perennial plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Stellaria crassipes Hultén 1943
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
Stellaria longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names longstalk starwort and Goldie's starwort. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northernmost latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial herb that grows in a wide variety of habitat types, including tundra and taiga and many areas further south with subalpine and alpine climates. It is extremely variable in morphology, its form depending on both genetic makeup and environmental conditions. It has a widely varying number of chromosomes. In general, it is
Arenaria longipedunculata (Low Sandwort) Hultén 1966
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Saxifraga aleutica (Aleutian Saxifrage) Hultén 1936
plant species in the saxifragaceae family
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Saussurea weberi (Weber's Saw-wort) Hultén 1959
plant species in the asteraceae family
Saussurea weberi is a species of flowering plant in the genus Saussurea, the saw-worts. It is endemic to the U.S. states of Montana, Colorado and Wyoming and considered imperiled to vulnerable globally.
Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens (Red-berry Elder) (Michx.) Hultén 1937
plant subspecies in the viburnaceae family
Sambucus racemosa subsp. pubens, the American red elder, is a subspecies of red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa) native to North America. The inflorescence is a rounded panicle, making the plant easy to distinguish from the more common S. canadensis, which has a more open, flattened corymb. Some authors have considered it to be a separate species.
Oxytropis rubricaudex Hultén 1929
perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Draba ogilviensis (Ogilvie Range Whitlow-grass) Hultén 1966
plant species in the brassicaceae family
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Stellaria alaskana (Alaska Starwort) Hultén 1943
perennial plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Polystichum aleuticum (Aleutian Shield Fern) C.Chr. ex Hultén 1936
plant species in the dryopteridaceae family
Polystichum aleuticum, the Aleutian holly fern or Aleutian shield fern, is an endangered species of the Polystichum genus and currently consisting of a small, vulnerable population endemic found only on Adak Island, Alaska, a remote island of the Aleutian Islands chain in the northern Pacific Ocean. This species grows on steep, windswept slopes with thin, rocky soils, often in sites exposed to salt spray and harsh subarctic weather, conditions that likely contribute to its limited distribution. In 1992, 112 specimens existed in the wild, and following its listing as endangered in 1988, a
Carex enanderi (Enander's Sedge) Hultén 1942
perennial plant species in the cyperaceae family
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Artemisia arctica ssp. sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Hultén 1954
plant subspecies in the asteraceae family
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Sieversia pusilla Hultén 1929
perennial plant species in the rosaceae family
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Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys (Sierra Bog Orchid) (Lindl.) Hultén 1943
plant variety in the orchidaceae family
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Viola kamtschadalorum W.Becker & Hultén 1928
perennial plant species in the violaceae family
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Thalictrum minus ssp. kemense (Fr.) Hultén 1944
perennial plant subspecies in the ranunculaceae family
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Solidago virgaurea ssp. leiocarpa (Benth.) Hultén 1937
plant subspecies in the asteraceae family
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Saxifraga flagellaris ssp. crandallii (Crandall's Saxifrage) (Gand.) Hultén 1964
plant subspecies in the saxifragaceae family
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