Australian lichenologist
Gintaras Kantvilas
Born 1956 Alma mater Occupation Academic career Institutions Thesis Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens Author abbrev. (botany) Kantvilas
Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956)[ 1] is an Australian lichenologist , who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens .[ 2] He has authored over 432 species names,[ 3] and 167 genera[ 4] in the field of mycology .
Kanvilas completed his secondary education at St Virgil's College in Hobart in 1973.[ 5]
In 1985, he was working for the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service.[ 6] In 1987 he was listing his affiliation as Department of Botany, University of Tasmania,[ 7] in addition to the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service.[ 8] By 2001 his affiliation was listed as the Tasmanian Herbarium,[ 9] and this has continued until at least 2018.[ 10]
The lichen genera Gintarasia [ 11] and Kantvilasia are named in his honour.[ 12]
The standard author abbreviation Kantvilas is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[ 1]
Some genera authored
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References
^ a b "Index Fungorum - Fungal Name Author Details: Gintaras Kantvilas" . www.indexfungorum.org . Retrieved 10 December 2020 .
^ Kantvilas, Gintaris (1985). Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens (phd thesis). University of Tasmania.
^ "Mycobank:Advanced search (author contains Kantvilas)" . Mycobank . Retrieved 11 December 2020 .
^ "Using an advanced search (author name contains "Kantvilas" AND rank=genus)" . www.mycobank.org . Retrieved 10 December 2020 .
^ "Returning Land to its Traditional Owners » Old Virgilians Association" . oldvirgilians.org.au . Retrieved 11 December 2020 .
^ Aino Henssen; G. Kantvilas (February 1985). "Wawea Fruticulosa, a New Genus and Species from the Southern Hemisphere". The Lichenologist . 17 (01): 85– 97. doi :10.1017/S0024282985000093 . ISSN 0024-2829 . Wikidata Q55924202 .
^ G. Kantvilas ; P. W. James (January 1987). "The Macrolichens of Tasmanian Rainforest: Key and Notes". The Lichenologist . 19 (01): 1– 28. doi :10.1017/S0024282987000033 . ISSN 0024-2829 . Wikidata Q54552763 .
^ Gintaras Kantvilas (December 1987). "Siphula jamesii, a new lichen from south-western Tasmania". Nordic Journal of Botany (in German). 7 (5): 585– 588. doi :10.1111/J.1756-1051.1987.TB02027.X . ISSN 0107-055X . Wikidata Q99862017 .
^ P. M. McCarthy; G. Kantvilas (May 2000). "A New Bryophilous Porina from Tasmania, and Notes on the Diversity, Ecological Groups and Biogeographical Affinities of Tasmanian Trichotheliaceae". The Lichenologist . 32 (03): 247– 256. doi :10.1006/LICH.1999.0262 . ISSN 0024-2829 . Wikidata Q56116044 .
^ G. Kantvilas ; C. Gueidan (2018). "Pannaria hookeri (lichenised Ascomycetes) – a remarkable new record for Australia" (PDF) . Muelleria . 36 : 74– 80. doi :10.5962/P.291975 . ISSN 0077-1813 . Wikidata Q102374092 .
^ Kraichak, Ekaphan; Parnmen, Sittiporn; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2013). "Gintarasia and Xalocoa , two new genera to accommodate temperate to subtropical species in the predominantly tropical Graphidaceae (Ostropales, Ascomycota)". Australian Systematic Botany . 26 (6): 466– 474. doi :10.1071/sb13038 .
^ P.M. McCarthy; J. A. Elix ; E. Sérusiaux (July 2000). "Kantvilasia (Lecanorales, Ectolechiaceae), A New Foliicolous Lichen Genus From Tasmania". The Lichenologist . 32 (4): 317– 324. doi :10.1006/LICH.2000.0268 . ISSN 0024-2829 . Wikidata Q99850899 .
^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record Ramboldia " . www.indexfungorum.org . Retrieved 10 December 2020 .
^ Gintaras Kantvilas ; John A. Elix (1994). "Ramboldia, a New Genus in the Lichen Family Lecanoraceae". The Bryologist . 97 (3): 296. doi :10.2307/3243462 . ISSN 0007-2745 . JSTOR 3243462 . Wikidata Q99873061 .
^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record Amphorothecium " . www.indexfungorum.org . Retrieved 10 December 2020 .
^ P.M. McCarthy; G. Kantvilas ; J. A. Elix (July 2001). "Amphorothecium , a new pyrenocarpous lichen genus from New South Wales, Australia". The Lichenologist . 33 (04): 291– 296. doi :10.1006/LICH.2001.0330 . ISSN 0024-2829 . Wikidata Q55891827 .
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