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List of vascular and cellular plants, on the Linnaean system, with notes 
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Love, Askell. fislenzkar jurtir. 291 p. 127 fig. 20.5 em. Kaupmanna- 
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Elements of descriptive botany, key to families; keyed, descriptive flora 
of vascular plants, with vernacular names, habitat, and local range. Nearly 
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Largely cytotaxonomic and phytogeographic, but includes tabular lists 
of all known native and naturalized spermatophytes except Hieracium and 
Taraxacum (535 species), divided phytogeographically, with critical dis- 
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Ostenfeld, C. H., and Grontved, Johannes. The flora of Iceland and the 
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Brief bibliography; annotated flora of vascular plants in form of keys, with 
vernacular names; glossary. 
Stefansson, Stefan. Fléra fslands. 3. ttg., aukin. Steindér Steindérsson 
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Annotated, keyed, descriptive flora of vascular plants (428 numbered 
species), with one or more vernacular names for each species; glossary, list 
of botanists with brief biographical data. The genera Taraxacum and 
Hieracium are keyed only to groups, but 108 species of Taraxacum (not 
included in above figure) are listed with localities. Adventive and introduced 
plants are described but not numbered. Written in Icelandic; ed. 3 edited by 
S. Steindérsson. 
Thoroddsen, Thorvaldur. An account of the physical geography of Ice- 
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Topography, hydrology, geology, climate, general features of vegetation, 
plant formations; bibliography in form of footnote references.—See also 
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186 p. 12 pl. 1980. (Climate, biological spectra, phytogeography, types 
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Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 36: 320-338. 5 fig. (fig. 1, map). 1955. (Climate, 
snow-cover, list of new locality records, catalog of the species of 9 types 
of plant communities; short bibliography.) 
Local 
Askelsson, Jéhannes. Grdéddur { Skridufelli. Arbék Ferdafélags fslands 
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Includes list of vascular plants (37 species) from the nunatak Skridufell 
at Hvitarvatn, between 420 and 450 meters elevation. (South-central Iceland.) 
Bjornsson, Halfdan. Grdéddur i Ingdélfshdfda. Ndattirufredingurinn 20: 
185-186. 1950. 
List of vascular plants collected (91 species). (Ingolfshofdi in south- 
central Iceland.) 
Davidsson, Ingoélfur. Grédur 4 Arsskégsstrond. Nattuirfredingurinn 
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Topography, general features of flora, life forms, etc.; list of vascular 
plants (222 species), annotated as to abundance. (North-central Iceland.) 
—See also his Notes on the vegetation of Arskégsstrénd, North Iceland. 
