Alan W. Archer

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Alan W. Archer
Born	1930  (age 91)
Academic career
Author abbrev. (botany)	A.W.Archer

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Alan W. Archer (born 1930)^[1] is a mycologist. He is currently (January 2021) an honorary research associate at Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, and working on the chemotaxonomy of the lichen genus Pertusaria together with a key to all taxa in that genus.^[2]

An advanced search of the Mycobank database shows that he has authored some 101 fungi taxa,^[3] including .^[4] (See also Taxa named by Alan W. Archer.)

The standard author abbreviation A.W.Archer is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Some publications[]

• Archer, Alan W.; Elix, John A. (27 February 2014). "Two new species and a new combination in the lichen genus Pertusaria from Brazil". Telopea. 16: 5–8. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q104982071.
• Frank Bungartz; John Elix; Alba Yánez-Ayabaca; Alan Archer (22 September 2015). "Endemism in the genus Pertusaria (Pertusariales, lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands". Telopea. 18: 325–369. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA8895. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q99888875.
• Archer, Alan W. (1991). "Synonymy and chemotaxonomy of Australian Pertusaria species (Lichenes) based on Australian type specimens". Telopea. 4 (2): 165–184. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q104984462.
• Alan W. Archer; John A. Elix; Eberhard Fischer; Dorothee Killmann; Emmanuël Sérusiaux (1 May 2009). "The lichen genus Pertusaria (Ascomycota) in Central Africa (Congo/Kivu, Rwanda and Burundi) and Western Kenya". Nova Hedwigia. 88 (3): 309–333. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2009/0088-0309. ISSN 0029-5035. Wikidata Q99863687.

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