Harrie Sipman | |
---|---|
Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Sittard, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Utrecht University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Lichenology |
Institutions | Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Sipman [1] |
Henricus (Harrie) Johannes Maria Sipman (born 1945) is a retired Dutch lichenologist who specialised in tropical and subtropical lichens and authored or co-authored over 250 scientific publications. [2] He was the curator of the lichen herbarium at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum from 1983 until his retirement in 2010. Between 1990 and 1997 he edited and distributed the exsiccata Lichenotheca Latinoamericana a museo botanico Berolinensi edita. [3]
Sipman was born in 1945 in Sittard, Netherlands. He attended Utrecht University, where he studied botany. [4] He was appointed to the Herbarium and the Institute for Systematic Botany from 1972 to 1982, [2] where his focus was on lichenology and bryology. During this time, some of his research publications dealt with taxa from the lichen genera Cladonia and Stereocaulon , and on the Musci Anisothecium staphylinum , Campylopus and Ephemerum . [4] His supervisor was Robbert Gradstein (nl). He earned his PhD in 1983 after defending a thesis on the family Megalosporaceae, later published as a monograph in the Bibliotheca Lichenologica series. Afterwards he started a long career as curator of lichens in the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. [5] Frequent collaborators include André Aptroot, Teuvo Ahti, Paul Diederich, Mark Seaward, Emmanuël Sérusiaux and Richard Harris. Many of his publications deal with lichen floras of tropical and subtropical countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Guiana and New Guinea. [2]
A Festschrift was dedicated to his honour in 2009, on the occasion of his 64th birthday and impending retirement. [6] The volume includes 29 peer-reviewed contributions of various aspects of lichenology written by 50 of his colleagues. It also has a biography, a list of his scientific publications and a list of new taxa he introduced (9 genera and 213 species). [7]
Three genera are named after Sipman: [8]
Many species have been named in Sipman's honour. These eponyms include: [12] Leproloma sipmanianum Kümmerl. & Leuckert (1991); [13] Phacopsis falcispora var. sipmaniiDiederich & Triebel (1995); [14] Xanthoparmelia sipmanii T.H.Nash & Elix (1995); [15] Opegrapha sipmanii Matzer (1996); Relicina sipmanii Elix (1996); Rinodina sipmanii Aptroot (1997); [16] Sporopodiopsis sipmanii Sérus. (1997); [17] Pertusaria sipmanii A.W.Archer & Elix (1998); Trichothelium sipmanii Lücking (1998); Bulbothrix sipmanii Aptroot & Aubel (1999); Parmotrema sipmanii Louwhoff & Elix (1999); Cladonia sipmanii Ahti (2000); [18] Lecania sipmanii van den Boom & Zedda (2000); [19] Diorygma sipmanii Kalb, Staiger & Elix (2004); Enterographa sipmanii Sparrius (2004); Imshaugia sipmanii Elix (2004); [20] Tricharia sipmanii Lücking (2008); Xanthoria sipmanii S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2008); [21] Bacidia sipmanii M.Brand, Coppins, van den Boom & Sérus. (2009); Buellia sipmanii Bungartz & V.Wirth (2009); Caloplaca sipmanii S.Y.Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix & Vondrák (2009); Chapsa sipmanii Frisch & Kalb (2009); Herpothallon sipmanii Aptroot, Lücking & Rivas Plata (2009); Micarea sipmanii Sérus. & Coppins (2009); [22] Pyrenula sipmanii Aptroot & K.H.Moon (2009); Synarthothelium sipmanianum Sparrius (2009); Zwackhiomyces sipmanii Diederich & Zhurb. (2009); Lobariella sipmanii B.Moncada, Betanc. & Lücking (2011); Remototrachyna sipmaniana Kukwa & Flakus (2012); [23] Astrochapsa sipmanii Weerakoon & Lücking (2015); [24] Sclerococcum sipmanii Diederich (2015); [25] Astrothelium sipmanii Aptroot (2016); [26] Endococcus sipmanii Etayo (2017); Pygmaeosphaera sipmaniana Etayo (2017); Rhizocarpon sipmanianum Kalb & Aptroot (2017); and Carbacanthographis sipmaniana Feuerstein & Lücking (2022). [27]
A complete list of publications (up to 2008) is given by Aptroot in the 2009 Festschrift. Some of Sipman's work includes the following:
Diorygma is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824. Species of the genus are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Acanthotrema is a genus of lichens in the family Graphidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Andreas Frisch in 2006, with Acanthotrema brasilianum assigned as the type species. Acanthotrema species are commonly found in rainforests ranging from lowland to montane environments.
Enterographa is a genus of lichens in the family Roccellaceae.
Punctonora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1997 by lichenologist André Aptroot, with Punctonora nigropulvinata assigned as the type species. A second species was added to the genus in 2018.
Pyrrhospora is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber in 1855, with Pyrrhospora quernea assigned as the type species.
André Aptroot is a Dutch mycologist and lichenologist. His primary research focus is on biodiversity, particularly tropical lichens, encompassing systematics, floristic surveys, and taxonomic reviews. A prolific researcher, he has published more than 500 scientific papers and described hundreds of new fungal and lichen species.
Klaus Kalb is a German lichenologist and an authority on tropical lichens.
Heiomasia is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has five species.
Mark Richard David Seaward is a British ecologist and lichenologist. He was awarded the Acharius Medal in 2006 for lifetime contributions to lichenology.
Schistophoron aurantiacum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by lichenologists André Aptroot and Harrie Sipman. The type specimen was collected by the second author from Carara National Park, where it was found along a stream in a partly disturbed primary forest dominated by an understory of the shrub Erythrochiton gymnanthus.
Robert Lücking is a German lichenologist, known for his extensive research on foliicolous lichens and his significant contributions to the taxonomy, ecology, and biodiversity of fungi and lichens. He earned his master's and PhD from the University of Ulm, focusing on foliicolous lichens. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Mason E. Hale Award for his doctoral thesis, the Augustin Pyramus de Candolle prize for his monograph, and the Tuckerman Award twice for his publications in the scientific journal The Bryologist.
Megalotremis is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Monoblastiaceae. It has 16 species. The genus was circumscribed by Dutch lichenologist André Aptroot in 1991, with Megalotremis verrucosa assigned as the type species. Megalotremis is a pyrenolichen genus, meaning its species have perithecioid ascocarps: spherical or flask-shaped, sessile or partly immersed in the thallus, with a single opening (ostiole) and enclosed by a distinct wall.
Caloplaca sipmanii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in Queensland, Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by the lichenologists Sergey Kondratyuk, Ingvar Kärnefelt, John Elix, and Jan Vondrák. The type specimen was collected by the third author from Baga National Park at an elevation of 50 to 150 m, where it was found growing on Eucalyptus bark. The species epithet of this lichen pays homage to the Dutch lichenologist Harrie Sipman, in whose honour the volume featuring this species was dedicated. Caloplaca sipmanii contains lichexanthone as a major lichen product.
Pseudochapsa isidiifera is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in Brazil, it was first formally described as a new species in 2009 by the lichenologists Andreas Frisch and Klaus Kalb, as a member of the genus Chapsa. The type specimen was collected by Kalb in 1980 in a rainforest along the Rio Negro, between 100 and 200 km upstream from Manaus. The species epithet isidiifera refers to the presence of isidia on the thallus. Sittiporn Parnmen, Robert Lücking, and Helge Thorsten Lumbsch transferred the taxon to the genus Pseudochapsa in 2012.
Herpothallon pustulatum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. It was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologist Göran Thor. It is found in montane forests in Costa Rica, Brazil, and Venezuela. It contains confluentic acid as its major lichen product along with trace amounts of several other substances.
Herpothallon furfuraceum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologist Göran Thor. It is only known to occur in two locations in Costa Rica, at elevations ranging from 900 to 1,350 m. It contains confluentic acid and chiodectonic acid as major lichen products. The authors suggest that because this lichen resembles a more weakly pigmented version of the more common and widespread Herpothallon rubrocinctum, it may be commonly overlooked by collectors.
Herpothallon fertile is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Originally described from specimens collected in Costa Rica, it was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologists André Aptroot and Robert Lücking. It also occurs in Brazil, and is considered by the authors to have a wide distribution in "tropical parts of America". Its species epithet fertile reflects the fact that it is the only species of Herpothallon to have been found with asci and ascospores.
Herpothallon confluenticum is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Arthoniaceae. Originally described from specimens collected in Thailand, it was formally described as new to science in 2009 by the lichenologists André Aptroot and Robert Lücking. The lichen has also been recorded in other localities in Asia, Australia, and South America. It contains confluentic acid as a major lichen product.
Eilifdahlia dahlii is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Widely distributed in Southern Australia, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by John Elix, Sergey Kondratyuk, and Ingvar Kärnefelt. The type specimen was collected by the first author in 1990 from Mountain Creek in Jimberoo State Forest, where it was found growing on a dead Callitris on a rocky ridge dominated by that tree. It has also been recorded growing on the branch and twig bark of Casuarina stricta, and species of Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, and Melaleuca. The species epithet dahlii honours the Norwegian lichenologist Eilif Dahl, "for his significant contribution to Australian lichenology". The taxon was transferred to Eilifdahlia in 2014, a newly circumscribed genus in which it is the type species.
Phaeographopsis is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has three species.