Oscar Klement

Oscar Anton Carl Klement (born April 19, 1897 in Komotau in Northern Bohemia , † February 16, 1980 in Lindenberg in Bavaria ) was a German lichenologist . His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is “ Klem. "

Life

Professionally, he had been with Mannesmann-Röhrenwerke since 1921, with one interruption from 1945 to 1949, most recently from 1958 as managing director in Hanover. Klement wrote and co- authored articles on the subject of lichen . In 1959 he received an honorary doctorate in natural science from the University of Bonn for his services in the field of lichenology .

Publications

• 1930: The plant cover of our homeland. Local history of the Komotau district.
• 1931: On the lichen flora of the Ore Mountains; the surroundings of Chomutov. Booklet Botan. Centralblatt 48 / I.
• 1941: On the epiphyte vegetation of the oak forests in Wallachia. Ber. d. German. Bot. Ges. Bd. LIX.
• 1941–1942 (with K. Preis): Lichenological notes by O. Klement & K. Preis. Sd. von Lotos, Vol. 88, pp. 200-220.
• 1947: On the lichen vegetation of the Dümmer area. Year natural Ges. Hannover, pp. 289-302.
• 1948: The Physcietum ascendentis in Swabia. Ber. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg, pp. 26-39.
• 1948: On the mollusc fauna of Romania. Arch. Minor. Vol. 77 number 1/6, pp. 90-110.
• 1949: On Schleswig-Holstein's lichen vegetation. Writings D. Naturw. Ver. Schleswig-Holstein 24, pp. 1-15.
• 1949: On the pavement flora of Augsburg. 2nd Ber. der Naturf. Ges. Augsburg, pp. 39-54.
• 1950: On the lichen vegetation of the Upper Palatinate. Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Munich, pp. 1–26.
• 1950: About the species entitlement of some Parmelias. Ber. D. Bot. Ges., Pp. 47-52.
• 1951: The ecological indicator value of lichens in forestry. Forest archive. 22, pp. 138-140.
• 1952: On the lichen flora of Swabia. Ber. Naturf. Ges. Augsburg 5, pp. 43-91.
• 1952 (with Hans Doppelbaur): About the species entitlement of some marine arthopyrenias. Mountain. D. Bot. Ges. 65: 166-174.

Dedication names

In honor of Klement, several types of lichen were named after him:

• Bulbothrix klementii Hale
• Cetraria scutata var. Klementii Servít
• Chiodecton klementii Follmann
• Cladonia klementii Oxner
• Diploschistes bryophilus var. Klementianus Gyeln.
• Fulgensia klementii calf
• Gyalolechia klementii (calf) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
• Lecanora klementii Different
• Opegrapha klementii Cretz.
• Sclerophyton klementii (Follmann) Sipman
• Staurothele klementii O. Behr
• Thelidium klementii Servít
• Verrucaria klementii Servít

Newly described lichen species

• Aspicilia crusii Klem.
• Bacidia baearica Klem.
• Biatorella ligustica Klem.
• Caloplaca degeneriana Klem.
• Cladonia furcata f. divulsa Klem.
• Cladonia rangiformis f. stepposa Klem. ex different
• Cladonia rangiformis f. subvariolosa Klem. ex different
• Dermatocarpon bachmannii var. Inundatum Klem.
• Fulgensia sorediosa Klem.
• Gyrophora polyphylla f. reticulata Klem.
• Lecanora changaica Klem.
• Lecanora follmannii Klem.
• Lecidea lipseri Klem.
• Parmelia furfuracea f. arenaria Klem.
• Parmelia molliuscula f. teretiuscula Klem. & O. Behr
• Parmelia sulcata f. arenaria Klem.
• Pertusaria maximiliana Klem.
• Physcia grisea f. muscigenoid Klem. & O. Behr
• Physcia tenella f. humilis Klem.
• Ramalina fraxinea f. prolifera Klem. & O. Behr
• Usnea hirta f. arenaria Klem.
• Xanthoria liguriensis Klem. & JM Steiner

Web links

• Author entry at the IPNI
• Erhard Dörr: No biological discipline was too alien to him. On the death of Dr.hc Oscar Klement. In: Natural history contributions from the Allgäu (= communications of the natural science working group Kempten (Allgäu) of the Kempten Adult Education Center ). No. 24_1, 1980, pp. 1–4 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ; obituary from the Kempten Adult Education Center ).