Helgi Jónsson


Helgi Jónsson 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.
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''