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 Cresporhaphis 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]

  1. ^ DIVAKAR, Pradeep K.; Barreno, Eva; Sancho, Leopoldo; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (8 May 2018). "Ana Crespo: a 70th birthday tribute". The Lichenologist. 50 (3): 251–253. doi:10.1017/S0024282918000038.
  2. ^ Divakar, Pradeep K. "Acharius Medallists: Ana Crespo". International Association for Lichenology. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. 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. S2CID 86356671.
  4. ^ Divakar, Pradeep K. "IAL - Acharius Medallists". www.lichenology.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  A.Crespo.