Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens

Biodiversity And Ecology Of Lichens Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman

Paperback | Year 2009|Author André Aptroot, Mark R. D. Seaward, Laurens B. Sparrius

This volume on lichen biodiversity and ecology is dedicated to Harrie Sipman. It contains 29 peer-reviewed contributions by 50 authors. The emphasis is on the biodiversity and ecology of lichens in the tropics, but some papers are devoted to related areas. This volume is indispensable for active lichenologists, especially because it contains keys to several lichen genera.

The newly described Thelopsis is intermediate between that genus and Topelia, leading to the supposition that these genera are one continuum and should be united. Floristic papers are presented on lichens from Montenegro, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Namibia (including the description of an association), South Africa and the Seychelles and bryophytes of the Galapagos, but specimens from a multitude of other countries ranging from Iceland to Australia are cited throughout the papers.

It is an excellent volume for those who are interested in tropical lichenology since Harrie Sipman’s life combined to lichens and field work, especially in the tropics. His friends edited this volume filled with facts about Harrie (life history, publications, new taxa described by him and named in honour of him), highly valuable scientific papers (26) and a lot of emotions.