Kai Larsen

Kai Larsen
Born(1925-11-15)November 15, 1925
DiedAugust 23, 2012(2012-08-23) (aged 86)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Kai Larsen (15 November 1926 in Hillerød – 23 August 2012)[1] was a Danish botanist.

Kai Larsen was professor of botany (Emeritus from 1-12-1996) at Århus University, Denmark. He was the Danish editor of Flora Nordica, editor of Flora of Thailand, advisor to Flora of China and executive member of Flora Malesiana.

He edited several exsiccatae, among others Flora Germanica exsiccata Schleswig-Holstein.[2][3]

He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[4] and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

The standard author abbreviation K.Larsen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

  1. ^ "Botanist • K.Larsen | In Memoriam: Kai Larsen, 1926-2012". Species New to Science. pskhun. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Flora Germanica exsiccata Schleswig-Holstein: IndExs ExsiccataID=1618637567". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  4. ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  K.Larsen.