Christian Printzen (born 1962), German botanist and lichenologist, expert on Biatora. Head of the cryptogamic section of Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt.

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Address: Botany and Molecular Evolution, Cryptogams, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Taxon names authored

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• 13 taxon names authored by Christian Printzen

Publications

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• Printzen, C. & Otte, V. 2005. Biatora longispora, new to Europe, and a revised key to European and Macaronesian Biatora species. Graphis Scripta 17(2): 56–61. PDF Reference page. 
• Wirtz, N., Printzen, C., Sancho, L.G. & Lumbsch, H.T. 2006. The phylogeny and classification of Neuropogon and Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) revisited. Taxon 55(2): 367–376.   RLL List # 204 / Rec.# 29358 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.2307/25065584 Reference page. 
• Spribille, T., Björk, C.R., Ekman, S., Elix, J.A., Goward, T., Printzen, C., Tønsberg, T. & Wheeler, T. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist 112(1): 109–137. DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.109 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Lumbsch, H.T., Ahti, T.T., Altermann, S., De Paz, G.A., Aptroot, A., Arup, U., Bárcenas-Peña, A., Bawingan, P.A., Benatti, M.N., Betancourt, L., Björk, C.R., Boonpragob, K., Brand, A.M., Bungartz, F., Caceres, M.E.S., Candan, M., Chaves, J.L., Clerc, P., Common, R.S., Coppins, B.J., Crespo, A., Dal-Forno, M., Divakar, P.K., Duya, M.V., Elix, J.A., Elvebakk, A., Fankhauser, J.D., Farkas, E., Ferraro, L.I., Fischer, E., Galloway, D.J., Gaya, E., Giralt, M., Goward, T., Grube, M., Hafellner, J., Hernández, J.E., Herrera-Campos, M.A., Kalb, K., Kärnefelt, I., Kantvilas, G., Killmann, D., Kirika, P.M., Knudsen, K., Komposch, H., Kondratyuk, S.Y., Lawrey, J.D., Mangold, A., Marcelli, M.P., Mccune, B.P., Messuti, M.I., Michlig, A., Miranda-González, R., Moncada, B., Naikatini, A., Nelsen, M.P., Øvstedal, D.O., Palice, Z., Papong, K.B., Parnmen, S., Pérez-Ortega, S., Printzen, C., Rico, V.J., Plata, E.R., Robayo, J., Rosabal, D., Ruprecht, U., Allen, N.S., Sancho, L.G., De Jesus, L.S., Vieira, T.S., Schultz, M., Seaward, M.R.D., Sérusiaux, E., Schmitt, I., Sipman, H.J.M., Sohrabi, M., Søchting, U., Søgaard, M.Z., Sparrius, L.B., Spielmann, A.A., Spribille, T., Sutjaritturakan, J., Thammathaworn, A., Thell, A., Thor, G., Thüs, H., Timdal, E., Truong, C., Türk, R., Umaña-Tenorio, L., Upreti, D.K., Van den Boom, P., Rebuelta, M.V., Wedin, M., Will-Wolf, S., Wirth, V., Wirtz, N., Yahr, R., Yeshitela, K., Ziemmeck, F., Wheeler, T.B. & Lücking, R. 2011. One hundred new species of lichenized fungi: a signature of undiscovered global diversity. Phytotaxa 18: 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.18.1.1 . Magnolia Press (PDF) Reference page. 
• Lücking, R., Moncada, B., McCune, B.P., Farkas, E., Goffinet, B., Parker, D., Chaves, J.L., Lőkös, L., Nelson, P.R., Spribille, T., Stenroos, S.K., Wheeler, T.B., Yánez-Ayabaca, A., Dillman, K., Gockman, O.T., Goward, T., Hollinger, J., Tripp, E.A., Villella, J., Álvaro-Alba, W.R., Arango, C.J., Cáceres, M.E.S., Coca, L.F., Printzen, C., Rodríguez, C., Scharnagl, K., Rozzi, R., Soto-Medina, E.A. & Yakovchenko, L.S. 2017. Pseudocyphellaria crocata (Ascomycota: Lobariaceae) in the Americas is revealed to be thirteen species, and none of them is P. crocata. The Bryologist 120(4): 441–500. RLL List # 251 / Rec.# 39708 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-120.4.14 Reference page. 

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• Dr. Christian Printzen and staff. Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum.