Ingvar Kärnefelt

Ingvar Kärnefelt
Born1944 (age 81–82)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Alma materUniversity of Gothenburg; Lund University
Scientific career
FieldsLichenology
InstitutionsLund University
Author abbrev. (botany)Kärnefelt

Jan Eric Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944) is a Swedish lichenologist. Educated at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University, he is known for monographic work on Cetraria and related parmelioid genera and for organising the 1992 International Association for Lichenology (IAL) meeting in southern Sweden. He later directed the biological museums at Lund and retired in 2011. He also helped build national biodiversity infrastructure and led work documenting threatened lichens in southern Sweden.

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