Claude Roux

Claude Roux is a French lichenologist, mycologist and Esperantist. He has co-authored books about the identification of lichens written in Esperanto.

Career

From 1969 to 1975, Roux taught biology and geology in a secondary school. From 1975 he worked at the Botany Laboratory of the CNRS Mediterranean Institute of Ecology and Paleoecology in Marseille, studying systematics, morphology and reproduction of lichens. He retired in 2005 but continues scientific research as a honorary CNRS researcher.

He has been president of the French Institute of Esperanto. He is a member of the International Academy of Sciences San Marino.

Awards and honours

The lichen genus ''Claurouxia'' is named after him as well as several species. He is the honorary president of the French Lichenology Association (''Association Française de Lichénologie'')

Publications

Roux is the author or co-author of many books and scientific papers. These include:
* Paukov, A.G., Davydov, E.A., Nordin, A., Roux, C., Şenkardeşler, A., Sohrabi, M., Vondrák, J., Frolov, I.V., Teptina, A.Y. & Shiryaeva, A.S. 2019. Three new species, new combinations and a key to known species of Lobothallia (Megasporaceae). ''The Lichenologist'' 51(4): 301–322.
* Roux, C. 2012. Liste des lichens et champignons lichénicoles de France. ''Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Provence'' NS 16: 1–220.
* Gueidan, C., Savić, S., Thüs, H., Roux, C., Keller, C., Tibell, L., Prieto, M., Heiðmarsson, S., Breuss, O., Orange, A., Fröberg, L., Wynns, A.A., Navarro-Rosinés, P., Krzewicka, B., Pykälä, J., Grube, M. & Lutzoni, F. 2009. Generic classification of the Verrucariaceae (Ascomycota) based on molecular and morphological evidence: recent progress and remaining challenges. ''Taxon: The Journal of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy'' 58(1): 184–208.
* Hibbett, D.S., Binder, M., Bischoff, J.F., Blackwell, M., Cannon, P.F., Eriksson, O.E., Huhndorf, S.M., James, T., Kirk, P.M., Lücking, R., Lumbsch, H.T., Lutzoni, F., Matheny, P.B., McLaughlin, D.J., Powell, M.J., Redhead, S.A., Schoch, C.L., Spatafora, J.W., Stalpers, J.A., Vilgalys, R.J., Aime, M.C., Aptroot, A., Bauer, R., Begerow, D., Benny, G.L., Castlebury, L.A., Crous, P.W., Dai, Y.C., Gams, K.W., Geiser, D.M., Griffith, G.W., Gueidan, C., Hawksworth, D.L., Hestmark, G., Hosaka, K., Humber, R.A., Hyde, K.D., Ironside, J.E., Kõljalg, U., Kurtzman, C.P., Larsson, K.H., Lichtwardt, R.W., Longcore, J.E., Miądlikowska, J., Miller, A.N., Moncalvo, J.M., Mozley-Standridge, S., Oberwinkler, F., Parmasto, E., Reeb, V., Rogers, J.D., Roux, C., Ryvarden, L., Sampaio, J.P., Schüßler, A., Sugiyama, J., Thorn, R.G., Tibell, L., Untereiner, W.A., Walker, C., Wang, Z., Weir, A., Weiss, M., White, M.M., Winka, K., Yao, Y.J. & Zhang, N. 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. ''Mycological Research'' 111(5): 509–547.
* Clauzade, G. & Roux, C. 1984. Les genres ''Aspicilia'' Massal. et ''Bellemerea'' Hafellner et Roux. ''Bulletin de la Société Botanique du Centre-Ouest'', N.S., 15: 127–141

He has also co-authored several books written in Esperanto, including:

* Georges Clauzade and Claude Roux (1985) ''Likenoj de okcidenta Eǔropo: ilustrita determinlibro'' (Lichens of Western Europe: an illustrated book of determination)
* Georges Clauzade, Claude Roux and Paul Diederich (1989) ''Nelikeniĝintaj fungoj likenloĝaj: ilustrita determinlibro'' (Non-lichenized lichenicultural mushrooms)

See also

* :Taxa named by Claude Roux

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Claude
1945 births
French lichenologists
French Esperantists
French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists
French mycologists
People from Orange, Vaucluse
Aix-Marseille University alumni
Living people