PHYTOLOGIA BALCANICA 21 (3): 245 – 293, Sofia, 2015 245 Reliquiae Runemarkianae. Chromosome numbers of angiosperms from the Aegean Islands Arne Strid Bakkevej 6, DK-5853 Ørbæk, Denmark, e-mail:
[email protected] Received: October 15, 2015 ▷ Accepted: November 02, 2015 Abstract. Chromosome numbers are listed for 413 species of angiosperms from the Aegean Islands, based on collections and counts by Runemark and co-workers. Name, chromosome number and collection details (incl. geographical coordinates) are listed for each species. In almost all cases vouchers are at LD. Key words: Aegean flora, chromosome number, Greek flora Introduction Hans Runemark (07.01.1927 – 11.12.2014) was an im- lections and field notes by Runemark and co-work- portant explorer of the Aegean flora for several dec- ers amount to ca. 51 000. A large number of plants ades, from 1957 on when he made his first excursions were cultivated in the experimental greenhouses of on Naxos and adjacent islands (Fig. 1). His entire sci- the Lund Botanical Garden, and chromosome num- entific career was spent at the University of Lund, bers were determined on a routine basis. Sweden, which at that time was a good base for botanical re- search with a combi- nation of herbarium collections, cultiva- tion facilities, labora- tory and library. As registered in the Flo- ra Hellenica Database (mostly by Britt Sno- gerup), Greek col- Fig. 1. Hans Runemark (left) in 1969, discussing the fine art of navigation with Dimitris Skopelitis, skipper on the fishing boat Panormitis which was used for several of the Aegean expeditions. 246 Strid, A.