Markku Häkkinen Explained

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]

External links

• • List of Markku Häkkinen's publications
• Musa sections revisited

Notes and References

1. Web site: You searched on: Family = musaceae and Author standard form = hakkinen (including publishing authors, including basionym authors) and Ranks = all and Hybrids only = false, searching all records, sorting by name including family. 2015-03-14. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-06-18. dmy-all . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130513162750/http://www.linnean.org/Resources/LinneanSociety/Documents/Publications/The-Linnaen/Lin%20Vol%2025_%20no%203_%20Oct%202009.pdf . 2013-05-13 .
3. https://www.luomus.fi/sites/default/files/files/botanicum_2016_2.pdf Botanicum - Markku Häkkinen 14.1.1946 – 5.12.2015
4. Web site: dmy-all. FCF Annual report 2014-2015. skr.fi. 2017-03-04.
5. Web site: Musa haekkinenii.
6. Web site: Musa velutina subsp. markkuana (Musaceae): a new subspecies from northeastern India. biotaxa.org. 22 December 2022.
7. Web site: Musa markkui Gogoi & Borah . GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) . 2021-09-03. dmy-all.