Rosmarie Honegger

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Rosmarie Honegger
Born1947
Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of Basel
AwardsAcharius Medal
Linnean Medal
Scientific career
FieldsLichenology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Riverside
University of Zurich
Author abbrev. (botany)Honegger

Rosmarie Honegger (born 1947) is a Swiss lichenologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Zurich.

Academic career

Honegger was born in 1947 and grew up in

palaeobotanist at the Cardiff University on lichen fossils found on the Welsh borderland.[1][5][6]

Honegger was awarded the International Association for Lichenology's Acharius Medal for her lifetime work in lichenology in 2008[7] and in 2015 she received the Linnean Medal recognising her contribution to the natural sciences.[8]

The standard author abbreviation Honegger is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

Among the lichens named in her honour is

Xanthomendoza rosmarieae, described in 2011 by Sergei Yakovlevich Kondratyuk and Ingvar Kärnefelt.[10][11]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b "The Rhynie Chert – our earliest terrestrial ecosystem revisited". Royal Society. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ Stofer, Silvia (18 July 2008). "Acharius Medallists: Rosmarie Honegger". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Rosmarie Honegger". BIO-PROTOCOL. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Prof. Rosmarie Honegger". University of Zurich. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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  7. ^ "Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Medal Winners". The Linnean Society. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Honegger.
  10. ^ "Names Record: Xanthomendoza rosmarieae S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt, in Lumbsch et al., Phytotaxa 18: 114 (2011)". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Xanthomendoza rosmarieae". Mycobank Database. Retrieved 3 February 2021.