Doris Löve

Doris Benta Maria Löve, née Wahlén was a Swedish botanist. She studied ferns, bryophytes, seed plants, and mycology, particularly in the Arctic. Doris Löve was born January 2, 1918 in Kristianstad, Sweden. Later in her life, in 1937, Löve began studying botany at Lund University. She then married her fellow student and colleague, Áskell Löve. In 1940, she received her PhD in botany. Together, she and Áskell undertook several investigations on the chromosome numbers of plants and their use in plant systematics. They published several accounts in these fields.

In 1962, Löve was the convener of a very influential scientific conference on the North Atlantic Biota and their History with contribution from a.o. Eric Hultén, Tyge W. Böcher, Hugo Sjörs, John Axel Nannfeldt, Knut Fægri, Bruce C. Heezen, and Marie Tharp.

When citing a botanical name, Doris Löve is abbreviated as D.Löve.