Vernon Ahmadjian

Vernon Ahmadjian (1930–2012), U.S. lichenologist, phycologist. Specialist on lichen symbiosis

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Honored with an Acharius Medal in 1996

IPNI standard form: Ahmadjian

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 11 taxon names authored by Vernon Ahmadjian

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Ahmadjian, V. 1960. Some new and interesting species of Trebouxia, a genus of lichenized algae. American Journal of Botany 47: 677–683. Reference page. 
• Hildreth, K.C. & Ahmadjian, V. 1981. A study of Trebouxia and Pseudotrebouxia isolates from different lichens. Lichenologist 13: 65–86. Reference page. 

External links

• Biography at lichenology.org

Obituary

• Smith, D.C. and Seaward, M.R.D. 2013: A tribute to Vernon Ahmadjian (19 May 1930–13 March 2012). The Lichenologist 45(2): 133–136. doi:10.1017/S0024282912000795