Ana Crespo

Ana María Crespo de las Casas (born 30 March 1948, Santa Cruz de Tenerife) is a Spanish lichenologist noted for studying the phytosociology, taxonomy and floristics of Mediterranean lichens.[1] She was awarded the 2012 Acharius Medal from the International Association for Lichenology for lifetime achievements in lichenology,[2] and the genera Crespoa,[3] Cresponea and Cresporaphis were named in her honor.[4] The standard author abbreviation A.Crespo is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References
  1. DIVAKAR, Pradeep K.; BARRENO, Eva; SANCHO, Leopoldo; LUMBSCH, H. Thorsten (8 May 2018). "Ana Crespo: a 70th birthday tribute". The Lichenologist. 50 (03): 251–253. doi:10.1017/S0024282918000038.
  2. Divakar, Pradeep K. "Acharius Medallists: Ana Crespo". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. Hawksworth, David L. (2011). "Parmotrema subgen. Crespoa subgen. nov. for the Canoparmelia crozalsiana clade". Lichenologist. 43 (6): 647–648. doi:10.1017/S0024282911000399.
  4. Divakar, Pradeep K. "IAL - Acharius Medallists". www.lichenology.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. IPNI.  A.Crespo.


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