Inga Hedberg (1927-2024) – inspirational driving force in tropical African botany for 60 years

Abstract

Docent, fil. dr. Inga Hedberg (Fig. 1)  died in Uppsala on the 13th of January 2024, at the age of 96 years. Together with her husband, Olov Hedberg, she has been a central and tireless figure in a range of important international projects on African botany, probably with the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea (1980-2009) as the most remarkable.