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André Aptroot
Born1961
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Scientific career
FieldsMycology; lichenology
InstitutionsCentraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Author abbrev. (botany)Aptroot[1]

André Aptroot (Heemskerk, 1961) is a Dutch mycologist and lichenologist. His primary research focus is on biodiversity, particularly tropical lichens, encompassing systematics, floristic surveys, and taxonomic reviews. A prolific researcher, he has published more than 500 scientific papers and described hundreds of new fungal and lichen species.

Career

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In 1993 he did his PhD at the University of Utrecht under the supervision of Robbert Gradstein (nl). His dissertation was titled "Systematic studies on pyrenocarpous lichens and related fungi".[2]

He specializes in fungi and lichens on which he has several hundreds of publications to his name. He has worked as curator at Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (now Westerdijk Institute).[3]

Aptroot is the founder of the Adviesbureau voor Bryologie en Lichenologie – Herbarium (Consultancy for Bryology and Lichenology), which is located in Soest where there is a herbarium with a collection of lichens mainly from the Netherlands and the tropics. This collection numbers into the tens of thousands of specimens, estimated to represent about 10,000 species.[3] From 2008 he has been collection manager at Pinetum Blijdenstein (nl) in Hilversum. He is a member of the International Association for Lichenology[4] and the American Bryological and Lichenological Society.

He is a visiting professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in Campo Grande, Brazil, since February 2019. In 2020, Aptroot was listed among the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world according to research published by Stanford University, which utilised citations from the Scopus database. The research highlighted scientists' impact throughout their careers and in the year 2019 specifically.[5] Because of Aptroot's broad expertise in tropical lichens, his colleague Ingvar Kärnefelt has called him "a Müller Argoviensis of our time".[3] Aptroot is the author or co-author of three of the thirty most highly cited publications published in the scientific journal The Lichenologist from 2000 to 2019.[6] He is also a prolific author (or co-author) of new fungal and lichen species, having formally described 775 as of December 2017.[7] Starting with 2017 he acts as co-editor of the exsiccata series Lichenes Neotropici, together with Klaus Kalb.[8]

Eponymy

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Lecidea aptrootii is one of many species named after Aptroot.

Several taxa have been named to honour Aptroot. These include the genus Aptrootia Lücking & Sipman (2007), and the following species: Mazosia aptrootii Sipman (1991);[9] Buellia aptrootii Sipman (1992);[10] Parmotrema aptrootii Aubel (1992);[11] Byssoloma aptrootii Sérus. (1993);[12] Porina aptrootii P.M.McCarthy (1993);[13] Pertusaria aptrootii A.W.Archer & Elix (1998);[14] Didymella aptrootii K.D.Hyde & S.W. Wong (1999);[15] Lecidella aptrootii Knoph & Garnitz (1999);[16] Sclerophyton aptrootii Sparrius (2004);[17] Alloconiothyrium aptrootii Verkley, Göker & Stielow (2014);[18] Graphis aptrootiana Van den Broeck, Lücking & Ertz (2014);[19] Ocellularia aptrootiana Weerakoon, Lücking & Lumbsch (2014);[20] Sclerococcum aptrootii Diederich (2015);[21] Myxospora aptrootii L.Lombard & Crous (2016);[22] Hazslinszkyomyces aptrootii Crous (2017);[23] Gyalideopsis aptrootii Xavier-Leite, M.Cáceres & Lücking (2018);[24] Lecidea aptrootii M.Khan, A.N.Khalid & Lumbsch (2018);[25] Pseudochapsa aptrootiana M.Cáceres, T.A.Pereira & Lücking (2018);[26] Ionaspis aptrootii Poengs. & Lumbsch (2021);[27] Carbacanthographis aptrootii Feuerstein & Lücking (2022);[28] and Tremella aptrootii Diederich & Common (2022).[29]

Selected publications

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Aptroot has written more than 500 publications on the floristics and systematics of lichens and fungi.[30]

  • A Monograph of Didymosphaeria, André Aptroot: Studies in Mycology 37; 1–160 (1995) [thesis]
  • Lücking, Robert; Archer, Alan W.; Aptroot, André (2009). "A world-wide key to the genus Graphis (Ostropales: Graphidaceae)". The Lichenologist. 41 (4): 363–452. doi:10.1017/s0024282909008305.
  • Aptroot, André (2011). "A world key to the species of Anthracothecium and Pyrenula". The Lichenologist. 44 (1): 5–53. doi:10.1017/s0024282911000624.
  • Aptroot, André; Lücking, Robert (2016). "A revisionary synopsis of the Trypetheliaceae (Ascomycota: Trypetheliales)". The Lichenologist. 48 (6): 763–982. doi:10.1017/s0024282916000487.
  • Veldgids Korstmossen, Kok van Herk, André Aptroot & Laurens Sparrius, KNNV Uitgeverij (2019)
The standard author abbreviation Aptroot is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[31]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aptroot, André (1961–)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ^ Kärnefelt, E.T. (1993). "A letter from the President: the state of Dutch lichenology" (PDF). International Lichenological Association Newsletter. 26 (1): 9–10.
  3. ^ a b c Kärnefelt, Ingvar (2009). "Fifty influential lichenologists". In Thell, Arne; Seaward, Mark R. D.; Feuerer, Tassilo (eds.). Diversity of Lichenology – Anniversary Volume. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 100. Stuttgart: J. Kramer. p. 288. ISBN 978-3-443-58079-7.
  4. ^ International Association for Lichenology
  5. ^ Pimenta, Paula (19 November 2020). "Professor visitante da UFMS é um dos 100 mil cientistas mais influentes do mundo" [Visiting professor at UFMS is one of the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world]. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ^ Lücking, Robert (2021). "Peter D. Crittenden: meta-analysis of an exceptional two-decade tenure as senior editor of The Lichenologist, the flagship journal of lichenology". The Lichenologist. 53 (1): 3–19. doi:10.1017/s0024282920000560.
  7. ^ Lücking, Robert (2020). "Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective". Megataxa. 1 (1): 78–103 [86]. doi:10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16.
  8. ^ "Lichenes Neotropici: IndExs ExsiccataID=2147199835". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  9. ^ Sipman, H.J.M. (1991). "More foliicolous lichens from Australia". Nova Hedwigia. 53: 255–264.
  10. ^ Sipman, H.J.M.; Aptroot, A. (1992). "Results of a botanical expedition to Mount Roraima, Guyana. II. Lichens". Tropical Bryology. 5: 79–108.
  11. ^ Sipman, H.; Aubel, R.J.M.T. van. (1992). "New Parmeliaceae (Lichenes) from the Guianas and surroundings". Mycotaxon. 44 (1): 1–12.
  12. ^ Sérusiaux, E. (1993). "New taxa of foliicolous lichens from western Europe and Macaronesia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (4): 447–461. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00080.x. hdl:2268/174879.
  13. ^ McCarthy, P.M. (1993). "Saxicolous species of Porina Müll. Arg. (Trichotheliaceae) in the Southern Hemisphere". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 52: 29.
  14. ^ Archer, A.W.; Elix, J.A. (1998). "Additional new species and two new reports in the lichen genus Pertusaria (lichenised Ascomycotina) from Papua New Guinea". Mycotaxon. 67: 157–158.
  15. ^ Hyde, K.D.; Wong, S.W. (1999). "Didymella aptrootii sp. nov. from bamboo submerged in freshwater". Australasian Mycologist. 18: 54–59.
  16. ^ Knoph, J.G.; Garnitz, R.; Leuckert, C. (1999). "Two new corticolous species of the genus Lecidella (Lecanoraceae, Lecanorales, lichenized Ascomycotina)". Mycotaxon. 71: 163–168.
  17. ^ Sparrius, L.B. (2004). "A monograph of Enterographa and Sclerophyton". Bibliotheca Lichenologica. 89: 68.
  18. ^ Verkley, G.J.M.; Dukik, K.; Renfurm, R.; Göker, M.; Stielow, J.B. (2014). "Novel genera and species of coniothyrium-like fungi in Montagnulaceae (Ascomycota)". Persoonia. 32 (1): 25–51. doi:10.3767/003158514x679191. PMC 4150078. PMID 25264382.
  19. ^ Broeck, Dries Van den; Lücking, Robert; Ertz, Damien (2014). "Three new species of Graphidaceae from tropical Africa". Phytotaxa. 189 (1): 325–330. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.23.
  20. ^ Weerakoon, Gothamie; Lücking, Robert; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2014). "Thirteen new species of Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) from Sri Lanka". Phytotaxa. 189 (1): 331–347. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.189.1.24.
  21. ^ Diederich, P. (2015). "Two new lichenicolous species of Sclerococcum (asexual Ascomycetes) growing on Graphidaceae" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois. 117: 35–42.
  22. ^ Lombard, L.; Houbraken, J.; Decock, C.; Samson, R.A.; Meijer, M.; Réblová, M.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2016). "Generic hyper-diversity in Stachybotriaceae". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 36 (1): 156–246. doi:10.3767/003158516X691582. PMC 4988370. PMID 27616791.
  23. ^ Crous, Pedro W.; Groenewald, Johannes Z. (2017). "The Genera of Fungi — G 4: Camarosporium and Dothiora". IMA Fungus. 8 (1): 131–152. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.01.10. hdl:2263/62204. PMC 5493531. PMID 28824845.
  24. ^ Xavier-Leite, Amanda Barreto; da Silva Cáceres, Marcela E.; Goto, Bruno Tomio; Lücking, Robert (2018). "The genus Gyalideopsis (lichenized Ascomycota: Gomphillaceae) in Brazil: updated checklist, key to species, and two novel taxa with unique hyphophores". The Bryologist. 121 (1): 32–40. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-121.1.032.
  25. ^ Khan, Memoona; Khalid, Abdul Nasir; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (2018). "A new species of Lecidea (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) from Pakistan". MycoKeys. 38 (38): 25–34. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.38.26960. PMC 6092473. PMID 30123028.
  26. ^ Pereira, Thamires Almeida; Passos, Paula de Oliveira; Santos, Lidiane Alves dos; Lücking, Robert; Cáceres, Marcela Eugenia Da Silva (2018). "Going extinct before being discovered? New lichen fungi from a small fragment of the vanishing Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil". Biota Neotropica. 18 (1). doi:10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0445.
  27. ^ Poengsungnoen, V.; Buaruang, K.; Boonpragob, K.; Lumbsch, H.T. (2021). "A key to the identification of the genera of lichenized fungi occurring in Thailand". Mycotaxon. 136 (2): 409–444. doi:10.5248/136.409.
  28. ^ Feuerstein, Shirley Cunha; Lücking, Robert; Borges da Silveira, Rosa Mara (2022). "A worldwide key to species of Carbacanthographis (Graphidaceae), with 17 species new to science". The Lichenologist. 54 (1): 45–70. doi:10.1017/s002428292100044x.
  29. ^ Diederich, P.; Millanes, A.M.; Wedin, M. (2022). Class Tremellomycetes, order Tremellales. Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi. Vol. 1. Luxembourg: National Museum of Natural History. p. 135. ISBN 978-2-919877-26-3.
  30. ^ Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). "Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora" [Investigators of Austria's lichen flora] (PDF). Stapfia (in German). 104 (2): 1–211 (see p. 16).
  31. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Aptroot.
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