Rolf Santesson (1916–2013), Swedish lichenologist.

IPNI standard form: R.Sant.

Botanical Museum, Uppsala, Sweden. Honored with an Acharius Medal in 1992.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 7 taxon names authored by Rolf Santesson

plus

Aspicilia alexanderi R. Sant., 1984

Aspicilia aspicilioidea (Th. Fr.) R. Sant., 1984

Aspicilia mazarina (Wahlenb.) R. Sant., 1984

Aspicilia praeruptorum (H. Magn.) R. Sant., 1984

Aspicilia scabrida (Degel.) R. Sant., 1984

Aspicilia zonata (Ach.) R. Sant., 1984

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Santesson, R. 1942. The South American Menegazziae. Arkiv för Botanik 30A(11): 1–35.Reference page. 
• Santesson, R. & Culberson, W.L. 1966. The Typification of the Homonymic Generic Names Platisma (Platysma) Proposed for Lichens. The Bryologist 69(1): 100–104. DOI: 10.2307/3240489 . JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Santesson, R. 1968. Lavar. Some aspects of lichen taxonomy. Svensk Naturvetenskap (Yearbook of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council) 21: 176–184. RLL List # 76 / Rec.# 16279 – Recent Literature on Lichens Reference page. 

Links

• Rolf Santesson: Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Sweden and Norway ISBN 919712558X
• Biography at lichenology.org