{{Short description|Norwegian botanist (1927–1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Per Erland Berg Wendelbo | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1927|9|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |1981|9|25|1927|9|19|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Botanist | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | father = | mother = Sigrun Berg | relatives = Paal Berg (grandfather) | awards = }}
'''Per Erland Berg Wendelbo''' (19 September 1927 – 25 September 1981) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Oslo, a son of physician Per Kristian Lund Wendelbo and textile designer Sigrun Berg, and grandson of judge and politician Paal Berg. He was appointed professor of botany at the University of Gothenburg from 1965 to 1981, and was a specialist on Southwestern Asian flora. Among his publications are ''The Ariamehr Botanical Garden Handbook'' from 1974 and ''Tulips and Irises of Iran and their relatives'' from 1977.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Wendelbo |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rolf Y |last=Berg |authorlink=Rolf Yngvar Berg |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Per_Wendelbo_-_1 |language=Norwegian |access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Per Wendelbo – botaniker|first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Per_Wendelbo%2Fbotaniker |language=Norwegian |access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Berg, Rolf Y. |title=Per Wendelbo til minne (1927–1981) |journal=Blyttia |year=1982 |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=141–147 |language=Norwegian |issn=0006-5269 |url=http://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/nbf/blyttia/DR-2010C/Blyttia_40-3.pdf }}</ref>
In 1959, he first published ''Iris cycloglossa'' from Afghanistan, in 'Biologiske Skrifter' 10(3): 187.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iris cycloglossa|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=321741|publisher=apps.kew.org|access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>
== Selected publications == * {{cite journal|last1=Wendelbo|first1=Per|authorlink=Per Erland Berg Wendelbo |title=New taxa and synonyms in Allium and Nectaroscordum of S.W. Asia.|journal=Acta Horti Gotoborgensis|date=1966|volume=28|issue=2|pages=15–55}}
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