Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Betony (Betonica officinalis) in Stehag – a piece of living plant history.

Thell, Arne LU (2016) p.22-225
Abstract
Betony, Betonica officinalis L., is one of
the rarest plants in Scandinavia and has the longest
documented history. It was reported at the parish of
Stehag in Skåne, southernmost Sweden, by the Danish
humanist and publisher Christiern Pedersen as
early as 1534, one of the world’s oldest records where
a species is tied to a specific locality. Literature and
collections testify that Betony was commoner in the
past, when meadows were a significant part of the
landscape. A recent survey shows that only about 150
individual plants remain at five locations in western
Central Skåne, a northwestern outpost of its Eurasian
distribution. Betony is reviewed here through 500
years of documentation in... (More)
Betony, Betonica officinalis L., is one of
the rarest plants in Scandinavia and has the longest
documented history. It was reported at the parish of
Stehag in Skåne, southernmost Sweden, by the Danish
humanist and publisher Christiern Pedersen as
early as 1534, one of the world’s oldest records where
a species is tied to a specific locality. Literature and
collections testify that Betony was commoner in the
past, when meadows were a significant part of the
landscape. A recent survey shows that only about 150
individual plants remain at five locations in western
Central Skåne, a northwestern outpost of its Eurasian
distribution. Betony is reviewed here through 500
years of documentation in Scandinavian literature
and collections. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
organization
publishing date
type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
host publication
Festgaben aus Floras Füllhorn, Pomonas Gärten und vom Helikon. Eine Blütenlese kultur- und kunsthistorischer Beiträge zum 65. Geburtstag von Gerd-Helge Vogel
editor
Kandt, Kevin E. and Lissok, Michael
pages
17 pages
publisher
Verlag Ludwig
ISBN
978-3-86935-281-7
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
72ce539e-4122-4cd7-b03d-6d327076b240
date added to LUP
2016-04-26 13:50:32
date last changed
2018-11-21 21:23:08
@inbook{72ce539e-4122-4cd7-b03d-6d327076b240,
  abstract     = {{Betony, Betonica officinalis L., is one of<br/>the rarest plants in Scandinavia and has the longest<br/>documented history. It was reported at the parish of<br/>Stehag in Skåne, southernmost Sweden, by the Danish<br/>humanist and publisher Christiern Pedersen as<br/>early as 1534, one of the world’s oldest records where<br/>a species is tied to a specific locality. Literature and<br/>collections testify that Betony was commoner in the<br/>past, when meadows were a significant part of the<br/>landscape. A recent survey shows that only about 150<br/>individual plants remain at five locations in western<br/>Central Skåne, a northwestern outpost of its Eurasian<br/>distribution. Betony is reviewed here through 500<br/>years of documentation in Scandinavian literature<br/>and collections.}},
  author       = {{Thell, Arne}},
  booktitle    = {{Festgaben aus Floras Füllhorn, Pomonas Gärten und vom Helikon. Eine Blütenlese kultur- und kunsthistorischer Beiträge zum 65. Geburtstag von Gerd-Helge Vogel}},
  editor       = {{Kandt, Kevin E. and Lissok, Michael}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-86935-281-7}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{22--225}},
  publisher    = {{Verlag Ludwig}},
  title        = {{Betony (Betonica officinalis) in Stehag – a piece of living plant history.}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}