Gintaras Kantvilas | |
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| Born | 1956  |
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| Thesis | Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | 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.
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 genera Gintarasia[11] and Kantvilasia are named in his honour.[12]
The standard author abbreviation Kantvilas is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]