Markku Häkkinen (14 January 1946 – 5 December 2015) was a Finnish self-taught botanist, considered one of the world's leading experts on the taxonomy of bananas. Forty-six out of the seventy known species of wild bananas have been described by Häkkinen.[1] The Linnean Society of London awarded him the H. H. Bloomer Award of 2009.[2][3] In 2015 Häkkinen received the Finnish Cultural Foundation's Award for outstanding cultural achievement.[4]
Häkkinen became interested in botany on his travels around the world during his career as a fully certificated sea captain. After retiring, he dedicated himself to botany. He made 18 expeditions to Borneo, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. He published over 80 papers in international scientific journals.
The following Musa species was named in honor of him: Musa haekkinenii,[5] Musa velutina subsp. markkuana.[6] and Musa markkui.[7]
References
edit- ^ "You searched on: Family = musaceae and Author standard form = hakkinen (including publishing authors, including basionym authors) and Ranks = all and Hybrids searching all records, sorting by name including family". Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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- ^ "FCF Annual report 2014-2015". skr.fi. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Musa haekkinenii".
- ^ "Musa velutina subsp. markkuana (Musaceae): a new subspecies from northeastern India". biotaxa.org. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Musa markkui Gogoi & Borah". GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Häkkinen.
External links
editMedia related to Markku Häkkinen at Wikimedia Commons
- List of Markku Häkkinen's publications
- Musa sections revisited
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