Arve Elvebakk (born 1951) is a Norwegian mycologist and professor working from the Arctic University of Norway in
Tromsø
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø.
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who has published widely on Arctic biology,
and climatology. Additionally, he collaborates with many mycologists across the world, and has published names for lichens in Australia,
New Zealand,
the South Pacific, and South America,
and the Antarctic.
Some published names
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Gibbosporina
''Gibbosporina'' is a genus of 13 species of foliose lichens in the family Pannariaceae. It contains species that molecular phylogenetic analysis clustered together in a clade previously referred to as the "'' Physma''"-group. Despite their morp ...
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Gibbosporina acuminata
''Gibbosporina acuminata'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Pannariaceae. It was described as a new species in 2016 by Norwegian lichenologist Arve Elvebakk. The specific epithet, derived from the Latin ''acumen'' ("sharp point"), re ...
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Gibbosporina elixii
''Gibbosporina elixii'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Pannariaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. The lichen was described as a new species in 2016 by Arve Elvebakk, Soon Gyu Hong, and Per Magnus Jørgensen. The specific ...
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Pannaria phyllidiata
''Pannaria phyllidiata'' is a species of lichen in the family Pannariaceae. Known from Australia, it was described as new to science in 2011. It is characterised by its unique (small leaf-like or scale-like propagules) and distinct distribu ...
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See also
Taxa named by Arve Elvebakk.
Selected works
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Books
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Journal articles
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References
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian scientists
Norwegian mycologists
Academic staff of the University of Tromsø
21st-century Norwegian scientists