Olaf Hagerup

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Olaf Hagerup (29 September 1889 – 2 March 1961) was a

botanist. He studied botany at the University of Copenhagen from 1911 under the professors Eugenius Warming, Christen C. Raunkiær, L. Kolderup Rosenvinge og W. Johannsen. He took his Ph.D. from the same university in 1930. From 1934 to 1960, he was superintendent at the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen
.

Hagerup’s scientific works concern

Empetraceae and related families, or ’’Bicornes’’ as they were known in the Wettstein system
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The cranberry Oxycoccus hagerupii (Ericaceae) was named to his honour by Á. & D. Löve (later transferred to Vaccinium by Hannu Ahokas as Vaccinium hagerupii.

Scientific works

References

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Hagerup.