{{Short description|Swedish botanist and lichenologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Leif Tibell | image = | caption = | alt = | birth_date = 1944 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | fields = [[Lichenology]] | alma_mater = [[Uppsala University]] | workplaces = [[Swedish Research Council]]<br /> Uppsala University | author_abbrev_bot = Tibell<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ipni.org/a/27720-1 |title=Tibell, Leif (1944-) |publisher=[[International Plant Names Index]] |accessdate=12 January 2021}}</ref> |awards = [[Acharius Medal]] (2012) }}
'''Leif Tibell''' (born 16 November 1944) is a Swedish [[lichenologist]] and [[Emeritus Professor]] at the [[University of Uppsala]]. He is known for his expertise on [[Caliciaceae|calicioid lichens]]. He was awarded the [[Acharius Medal]] in 2012 for lifetime achievements in lichenology.
==Biography== Tibell was born in [[Gothenburg]], Sweden, in 1944.<ref name="Kärnefelt 2009"/> He developed an interest in lichens at a young age after meeting the prominent lichenologist [[Gunnar Degelius]] through the [[Gothenburg Botanical Garden]], where they were both members.<ref name="IAL: Acharius Medallists"/> Degelius mentored Tibell, and recommended to him that he should study the subject at [[Uppsala University]], which he did after moving there in the mid 1960s.<ref name="Kärnefelt 2009"/> [[File:Cyphelium pinicola - Flickr - pellaea.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Cyphelium pinicola]]'' was [[species description|described]] as a new species by Tibell in 1969.<ref name="Tibell 1969"/>]] He continued with [[graduate studies]] under the supervision of [[Rolf Santesson]] after accompanying him on a research excursion to Norway's [[Varanger Peninsula]] in 1966.<ref name="Kärnefelt 2009"/> Santesson was Curator of the Herbarium at the Botany Department. He was also the father of Johan Santesson, who knew Tibell through an [[organic chemistry]] research group they were both part of. Rolf Santesson, who became Tibell's Ph.D. supervisor and second main mentor,<ref name="IAL: Acharius Medallists"/> suggested he should study [[genus|genera]] of the family [[Caliciaceae]] – the [[pin lichen]]s. Tibell followed his advice and ultimately developed a long career that was largely dedicated to the study of this group. After earning a Ph.D. in 1975, Tibell accepted a position at the [[Swedish Research Council]] that he held for many years. In 1978, he started to edit the [[exsiccata]] series ''Caliciales exsiccatae''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caliciales exsiccatae: IndExs ExsiccataID=641583859 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=641583859 |access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref> Tibell was later promoted to Senior [[Lecturer]] and ultimately [[Professor]] in 2000.<ref name="Kärnefelt 2009"/> As of 2021, he is an [[Emeritus Professor]] with the Department of Organismal Biology at Uppsala University.<ref name="Uppsala University: Leif Tibell"/>
==Recognition== Tibell was awarded the [[Acharius Medal]] in 2012. Swedish botanist Mats Wedin noted that another prominent Swedish lichenologist, [[Erik Acharius]] (for whom the medal is named), published one of the earliest taxonomic [[monograph]]s in lichenology also on the subject of calicioid lichens.<ref name="IAL: Acharius Medallists"/> Tibell had a [[Festschrift]] dedicated to him in celebration of his 60th birthday in 2004.<ref name="Thor et al. 2004"/>
===Eponyms=== Several [[taxon|taxa]] have been named in honour of Tibell. These include:<ref name="Hertel et al. 2017"/> ''[[Leifidium]]'' {{au|Wedin (1993)}}; ''[[Tibellia]]'' {{au|Vězda & Hafellner (1992)}}; ''[[Atla tibelliorum]]'' {{au|Pykälä & Myllys (2016)}}; ''[[Caloplaca tibellii]]'' {{au|S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2009)}}; ''[[Chaenothecopsis leifiana]]'' {{au|Titov, Kuzn. & Himelbr. (2004)}}; ''[[Chaenothecopsis tibellii]]'' {{au|Titov (2000)}}; ''[[Chapsa tibellii]]'' {{au|Mangold (2009)}}; ''[[Choreospora tibellii]]'' {{au|Constant. & R.Sant. (1987)}}; ''[[Dimerella tibellii]]'' {{au|Vězda}}; ''[[Diorygma tibellii]]'' {{au|Kalb, Staiger & Elix (2004)}}; ''[[Hypotrachyna tibellii]]'' {{au|Elix, T.H.Nash & Sipman (2009)}}; ''[[Lecanactis tibelliana]]'' {{au|Egea & Torrente (1994)}}; ''[[Phaeocalicium tibellii]]'' {{au|Kalb (1992)}}; ''[[Plectocarpon tibellii]]'' {{au|Ertz & Diederich (2005)}}; ''[[Pronectria tibellii]]'' {{au|Zhurb. (2004)}}; ''[[Pyrgillus tibellii]]'' {{au|Kr.P.Singh & Pushpi Singh (2012)}}; ''[[Rinodina tibellii]]'' {{au|H.Mayrhofer (1983)}}; ''[[Sphaerophorus tibellii]]'' {{au|Wedin (1992)}}; ''[[Xanthoparmelia tibellii]]'' {{au|T.H.Nash & Elix (2004)}}; and ''[[Xanthoria tibellii]]'' {{au|S.Y.Kondr. & Kärnefelt (2003)}}.
==Selected publications== Some of Tibell's major publications include:
*{{cite book |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif |year=1975 |title=The Caliciales of Boreal North America. Taxonomy, Ecological and Distributional Comparisons With Europe, and Ultrastructural Investigations in Some Species |series=Symbolae botanicae Upsalienses |publisher=Uppsala University |location=Uppsala |isbn=91-554-0270-4}}
*{{cite book |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif |year=1984 |title=A Reappraisal of the Taxonomy of Caliciales |series=Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia |volume=79 |pages=597–713}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif |title=Crustose lichens as indicators of forest continuity in boreal coniferous forests |journal=Nordic Journal of Botany |volume=12 |issue=4 |year=1992 |pages=427–450 |doi=10.1111/j.1756-1051.1992.tb01325.x}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif B. |title=Distribution patterns and dispersal strategies of Caliciales |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=116 |issue=3 |year=1994 |pages=159–202 |doi=10.1006/bojl.1994.1059}}
*{{cite book |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif |year=1996 |title=Caliciales |series=[[Flora Neotropica]] |publisher=[[New York Botanical Garden Press]] |volume=69 |pages=1-78 |jstor=4393866}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif |title=A synopsis of crustose calicioid lichens and fungi from mainland Africa and Madagascar |journal=Nordic Journal of Botany |volume=20 |issue=6 |year=2000 |pages=717–742 |doi=10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb00759.x}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Tibell |first1=Leif |last2=Wedin |first2=Mats |title=Mycocaliciales, a new order for nonlichenized calicioid fungi |journal=Mycologia |volume=92 |issue=3 |year=2000 |pages=577–581 |doi=10.2307/3761518}}
==See also== * [[:Category:Taxa named by Leif Tibell]]
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="Hertel et al. 2017">{{cite journal |first1=Hannes |last1=Hertel |first2=Georg |last2=Gärtner |first3=László |last3=Lőkös |title=Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora |trans-title=Investigators of Austria's lichen flora |journal=Stapfia |year=2017 |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=1–211 (see pp. 149–150) |language=German |url=https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Flechtenforschung_Austria_STAPFIA_0104_2_0001-0211.pdf}}</ref>
<ref name="IAL: Acharius Medallists">{{cite web |last1=Wedin |first1=Mats |title=Acharius Medallists: Leif Tibell |url=http://www.lichenology.org/index.html?/Awards/AchariusMedallists.html |publisher=[[International Association for Lichenology]] |access-date=12 January 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624065615/http://www.lichenology.org/index.html?%2FAwards%2FAchariusMedallists.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="Kärnefelt 2009">{{cite book |last1=Kärnefelt |first1=Ingvar |authorlink=Ingvar Kärnefelt |chapter=Fifty influential lichenologists |pages=338–339 |title=Diversity of Lichenology – Anniversary Volume |editor-last1=Thell |editor-first1=Arne |editor-last2=Seaward |editor-first2=Mark R. D. |editor-last3=Feuerer |editor-first3=Tassilo |year=2009 |series=Bibliotheca Lichenologica |publisher=J. Kramer |volume=100 |location=Stuttgart |isbn=978-3-443-58079-7}}</ref>
<ref name="Thor et al. 2004">{{cite book |editor-first1=Goran |editor-last1=Thor |editor-first2=Anders |editor-last2=Nordin |editor-first3=Inga |editor-last3=Hedberg |year=2004 |title=Contributions to Lichen Taxonomy & Biogeography: Dedicated to Leif Tibell |series=Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses |volume=34 |pages=1–499 |publisher=Uppsala Universitet |isbn=978-9155460259}}</ref>
<ref name="Tibell 1969">{{cite journal |last1=Tibell |first1=L. |year=1969 |title=The genus ''Cyphelium'' in Northern Europe |journal=Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift |volume=63 |pages=465–485 |url=http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1202291/FULLTEXT01.pdf}}</ref>
<ref name="Uppsala University: Leif Tibell">{{cite web |url=https://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=XX1518 |title=Leif Tibell - Uppsala University, Sweden |publisher=Uppsala University |accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref>
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