Helgi Jónsson

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[3]

References

1. Islandica, Volumes 5-8 Google Books
2. International Plant Names Index.  Jónss.
3. Jónsson, Helgi; Carlsbergfondet (Copenhagen, Denmark) (1912). Rosenvinge, L. Kolderup; Warming, Eugenius (eds.). The marine algal vegetation. Botany of Iceland. Vol. 1. Copenhagen: J. Frimodt. pp. 1–186. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60251. OCLC 17533950.