Hildur Krog (22 March 1922 – 25 August 2014) was a Norwegian botanist.
She was born in Modum. She took the dr.philos. degree in 1968 with a thesis on Alaskan lichens, was hired as a curator at the Botanical Museum of Oslo in 1971 and served as professor at the University of Oslo from 1987 to 1992.[1]
In 1992 Hildur Krog was awarded the Acharius Medal by the International Association for Lichenology[2]
She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3] She died in 2014.[4]
Several lichen species are named in her honour, including Leptogium krogiae,[5] Dictyonema krogiae,[6] and Usnea krogiana.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Hildur Krog". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Gruppe 5: Biologi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Death announcement, Aftenposten
- ^ Bjelland, Torbjørg; Bendiksby, Mika; Frisch, Andreas (2017). "Geographically disjunct phylogenetic lineages in Leptogium hibernicum reveal Leptogium krogiae sp. nov. from East Africa". Lichenologist. 49 (3): 239–251. doi:10.1017/S0024282916000645. S2CID 90234682.
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Timdal, Einar (2016). "New species of Dictyonema and Cyphellostereum (lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae) from tropical Africa and the Indian Ocean, dedicated to the late Hildur Krog". Willdenowia. 46 (1): 191–199. doi:10.3372/wi.46.46115.
- ^ Clerc, Philippe (2006). "Synopsis of Usnea (lichenized Ascomycetes) from the Azores with additional information on the species in Macaronesia". Lichenologist. 38 (3): 191–212. doi:10.1017/S002428290600569X. S2CID 85154154.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Krog.
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