Rolf Santesson

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Rolf Santesson
Born
Trollhättan, Sweden
Died
Uppsala, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Scientific career
FieldsLichenology
Author abbrev. (botany)R.Sant.[1]

Rolf Santesson (1916–2013) was a Swedish

lichenologist and university lecturer. He was awarded the Acharius Medal in 1992 for his lifetime contributions to lichenology.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Santesson was born in 1916 in

M.Sc. in 1939.[6]

That same year, joined by zoologist

calicioid lichens.[11][12] His work on Menegazzia has been called "an important and basic landmark in South American lichenology".[13]

Career

In 1946 he moved to

doctoral dissertation on foliicolous lichens
.

From 1973 to 1981, Santesson was professor and director of the Botanical Department at Stockholm's Swedish Museum of Natural History. After his retirement in 1982, Santesson continued working at the

lichen parasites as well as helped compile several editions of the book series Lichens of Sweden and Norway.[14] Santesson undertook major lichen-collecting expeditions throughout the world, including Europe (British Isles, France, Madeira, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain); North America (United States; Mexico) Tenerife; Iceland; Africa (Kenya and Tanzania); South America (Patagonia; Peru); and Asia (China; Far East of Russia).[12]. Between 1984 and 2008 he distributed the exsiccata
series Fungi lichenicoli exsiccati.

Recognition

Santesson has been recognized for his intuitive approach in assessing

molecular phylogenetics in the genus Thelotrema.[15]

Santesson was awarded the Acharius Medal in 1992 for his lifetime contributions to lichenology.[13] He had a Festschrift dedicated to him for his 80th birthday in 1997.[16] He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and an Honorary Member of the British Lichen Society.[4]

Eponymy

Santesson has had four genera named in his honour:[17][18]

Many species have been named after Santesson, including the following:

Micropeltopsis santessonii P.M.Kirk & Spooner (1990); Nectriella santessonii Lowen & D.Hawksw. (1986); Odontotrema santessonii Zhurb., Etayo & Diederich (2002); Opegrapha santessonii Sérus. (1985); Pannaria rolfii Elvebakk (2012); Pannaria santessonii Elvebakk 2011); Pannaria santessonii Swinscow & Krog (1986); Peltula santessonii Swinscow & Krog (1979); Physcia rolfii Moberg (1990); Porina santessonii Makhija, Adaw. & Patw. (1995); Pronectria rolfiana Etayo (2010); Protothelenella santessonii H.Mayrhofer (1987); Pseudocyphellaria santessonii D.J.Galloway (1986); Pyrenidium santessonii Lücking (1998); Rhizocarpon santessonii Timdal (1986); Sticta santessonii D.J.Galloway (1994); Stirtonia santessonii Makhija & Patw. (1987); Taeniolella rolfii Diederich & Zhurb. (1997); Taeniolella santessonii Etayo & Heuchert (2010); Thelomma santessonii Tibell (1976); Thelotrema santessonii Hale (1973); Tremella santessonii Diederich (1994); Tricharia santessoniana Kalb & Vězda (1988); Tricharia santessonii D.Hawksw. (1972); Usnea santessonii Räsänen (1932); Verrucaria santessonii Erichsen (1941); Vouauxiomyces santessonii D.Hawksw. (1981); Xanthoparmelia santessonii T.H.Nash & Elix (1995); and Zwackhiomyces rolfii
Etayo (2010).

Selected publications

Santesson had more than 70 scientific publications. Some of his major works are listed below:[19]

  • Santesson, R. (1939). Über die Zonationsverhältnisse der lakustrinen Flechten einiger Seen im Anebodagebiet. Meddelanden från Lunds universitets limnologiska institution (in German). Vol. 1. pp. 1–70.
  • —————— (1939). "Amphibious pyrenolichens". Arkiv för Botanik. 29A (10): 1–67.
  • —————— (1942). "The South American Menegazziae". Arkiv för Botanik. 30A (11): 1–35.
  • —————— (1952). Foliicolous lichens. I. A revision of the taxonomy of the obligately foliicolous, lichenized fungi. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. Vol. 12. pp. 1–590.
  • —————— (1984). The Lichens of Sweden and Norway. Stockholm and Uppsala: Swedish Museum of Natural History.
    ISBN 9789186510008
    .
  • —————— (1993). The Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Sweden and Norway. Lund: SBT-förlaget.
    ISBN 978-9197125581
    .
  • Santesson, R.; Moberg, R.; Nordin, A.; Tønsberg, T.; Vitikainen, O. (2004). Lichen-forming & Lichenicolous Fungi of Fennoscandia. Uppsala: Museum of Evolution, University of Uppsala.
    ISBN 978-9197286367
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ "Santesson, Rolf (1916–2013)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. JSTOR 3244376
    .
  3. doi:10.1017/S0024282986000476
    .
  4. ^ a b Tibell & Moberg 2014, p. 138.
  5. ^ a b Tibell & Moberg 2014, p. 135.
  6. ^ a b c Kärnefelt 2009, p. 334.
  7. ^ a b Tibell & Moberg 2014, p. 136.
  8. ^ Santesson, R. (1942). "The South American Menegazziae". Arkiv för Botanik. 30A (11): 1–35.
  9. ^ Santesson, R. (1942). "The South American Cladinae". Arkiv för Botanik. 30A (10): 1–27.
  10. ^ Santesson, R. (1949). "Dolichocarpus and Xanthopeltis, two new lichen genera from Chile". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 43: 547–567.
  11. ^ Santesson, R. (1943). "South American Calicia". Arkiv för Botanik. 30A (14): 1–12.
  12. ^ a b Tibell & Moberg 2014, p. 137.
  13. ^ a b Moberg, Roland (1993). "[Presentations of the Acharius medals on 3 September 1992 in Basstad, Sweden: speeches Rolf Santesson]" (PDF). International Lichenological Newsletter. 26 (1): 27–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  14. ^ Kärnefelt 2009, p. 335.
  15. ^ Lücking, Robert (2008). "Taxonomy: a discipline on the brink of extinction. Are DNA barcode scanners the future of biodiversity research?" (PDF). Archives des Sciences. 61 (2): 75–88.
  16. ISBN 978-91-554-4108-1
    .
  17. ISBN 978-3-443-58086-5
    .
  18. ^ a b Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). "Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora" [Investigators of Austria's lichen flora] (PDF). Stapfia (in German). 104 (2): 1–211.
  19. ^ Tibell & Moberg 2014, pp. 138–139.

Cited literature

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