Gintaras 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.

Gintaras Kantvilas
Born1956  (age 65)
Alma mater
Occupation
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisStudies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens
Author abbrev. (botany)Kantvilas

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 genus, Kantvilasia, is named in his honour.[11]

The standard author abbreviation Kantvilas is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Some genera authored

See also
  • Category:Taxa named by Gintaras Kantvilas

References
  1. "Index Fungorum - Fungal Name Author Details: Gintaras Kantvilas". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. Kantvilas, Gintaris (1985). Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens (phd thesis). University of Tasmania.
  3. "Mycobank:Advanced search (author contains Kantvilas)". Mycobank. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "Using an advanced search (author name contains "Kantvilas" AND rank=genus)". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. "Returning Land to its Traditional Owners » Old Virgilians Association". oldvirgilians.org.au. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. G. Kantvilas; C. Gueidan (2018). "Pannaria hookeri (lichenised Ascomycetes) – a remarkable new record for Australia" (PDF). Muelleria. 36: 74–80. ISSN 0077-1813. Wikidata Q102374092.
  11. 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.
  12. "Index Fungorum - Names Record Ramboldia". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  13. 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. Wikidata Q99873061.
  14. "Index Fungorum - Names Record Amphorothecium". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  15. 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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