> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 546](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190017) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8094-1) LSID 8094-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11900845) QID Q11900845 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Räsänen, Veli Johannes Paavo Bartholomeus (1888-1953), Finnish botanist; Mag. phil. Helsinki 1914; Dr. phil. ib. 1927; teacher at Kemi 1913-1914, at Lapua 1918-1921; lecturer at the agricultural college of Kurkijoki 1921-1940; from 1940-1953 id. at the college of animal husbandry at Kuopio; student of E.A. Vainio. **Abbreviated name**: *Ras.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Räsänen*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection H|H]]; other material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection KUO|KUO]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection TUR|TUR]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]. *Exsiccatae*: (*1*)*Lichenes Fenniae exsiccati*, fasc. 1-20, nos. 1-1001, Helsinki 1935-1946, sets at [[Collection BG|BG]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KUO|KUO]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection PRC|PRC]], [[Collection TNS|TNS]], [[Collection TU|TU]], [[Collection TUR|TUR]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]]. – For schedae see below. - (2) *Lichenotheca Fennica*, 1946-1960 with (Hakulinen), fasc. 1-32, nos. 1-750 curavit Räsänen; continued by Rainar Hakulinen (1918-x), fasc. 33-52, nos. 751-1300, sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection COLO|COLO]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GDOR|GDOR]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KUO|KUO]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LIL|LIL]], [[Collection LISU|LISU]], [[Collection LWU|LWU]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MSK|MSK]], [[Collection NSW|NSW]], [[Collection O|O]], [[Collection OULU|OULU]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TELA|TELA]], [[Collection TMP|TMP]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection TU|TU]], [[Collection TUR|TUR]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection UPSV|UPSV]], [[Collection US|US]]. – Schedae were issued: *Lichenotheca Fennica a Museo Kuopioënsi edita*, Kuopio 1946-1960, with an *Index systematicus lichenum ad fasciculos omnes* (i-lii), Kuopio 1961. For further details see Sayre (1969) and Collandér et al. (Kukkonen & Ahti 1973). 118 letters by Räsänen to K. Linkola are at [[Collection H|H]]-UB. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 123; Biol.-Dokum. 14: 7288; BL 2: 74, 706; GR 612, *pl*. \[*41*\], GR, cat. p. 70; Hawksworth p. 185; Hirsch p. 242; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): in press, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 386; MW p. 399, suppl. p. 289; SBC p. 129. #### Biofile - Gyelnik, V. Köfarago, Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. natl. Hung., Bot. 31: 56. 1938. - Fagerström, L., Mem. Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 23: 161-163. 1947 (Lich. Fenn. exs. summary). - Häyren, E., Mem. Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 30: 85-86. 1955. - Hakulinen, R., Luonnon Tutkija 57: 84-85. 1953 (obit., portr.); Kuopion Luonnon Yst. Yhd. julk. B 3(2): 1-30. 1956 (bibl., portr., signature); id. 3(4): 1-31. 1961 (list of new taxa and names). - Huuskonen, A. J., Kuopion Luonnon Yst. Yhd. julk. B 2(5): 1-7. 1949 (portr.). - Kujala, V., Luonnon Tutkija 52: 155-156. 1948 (biogr. notes; 60th birthday, portr.). - Kukkonen, I. & T. Ahti, in R. Collander et al., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 81: 645. 1973. - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist n: 16. 1979. - Sato, M., Lichenol. Misc. 9: 33. 1953, J. Jap. bot. 29: 32. 1954. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 156-157. 1969. - Trass, H.H., Bot. Zhurn. 54(6): 956-957. 1969 (biogr. sketch). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 118. 1936, 3: 53. 1937. #### Handwriting Kuopion Luonnon Yst. Yhd. julk. B 3(2): 2. 1956. #### Note - (1) See also his *Das System der Flechten*, Acta bot. fenn. 33. 1943, p. \[1\]-82, *copies*: Almborn, H, and *Suomen jäkäläkasvio*, Kuopio (Kuopion Luonnon Yst. Yhd. julk.) 5, 1951, p. \[1\]-158, *pl. 1-16. Copies*: Almborn, FH, H. - (2) Information on Räsänen was kindly provided by T. Ahti, O. Almborn and P. Isoviita. #### Eponymy *Raesaeneniolichen* Tomaselli et Ciferri (1952); *Raesaeneniomyces* Ciferri et Tomaselli (1953). ### Publications ##### n.8541. Die Flechtenflora des Gebiets Ostrobottnia borealis **Title** *Die Flechtenflora des Gebiets Ostrobottnia borealis*... Helsinki 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1926, cover t.p., p. \[268\]-349. *Copies*: Almborn, H, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Soc. zool.-bot. fenn. Vanamo 3(8): 268-349. 1926. ##### n.8542. Über Flechtenstandorte und Flechtenvegetation im westlichen Nordfinnland **Title** *Über Flechtenstandorte und Flechtenvegetation im westlichen Nordfinnland*. Helsinki 1927. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: shortly before 12 Mar 1927 (as thesis; inf. P. Isoviita), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-202. *Copies*: Almborn, BR, FH, G, H, USDA. – Issued and to be cited as Ann. Soc. zool.-bot. fenn. Vanamo 7(1), 1927. ##### n.8543. Die Flechten Estlands **Title** *Die Flechten Estlands* mit einer Bestimmungstabelle der wichtigsten nord– und mitteleuropäischen Flechtenarten und Varietäten I.... Helsinki (Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia) 1931. Oct. †. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1931, p. \[1\]-162, \[1, index\]. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, FI, H. – Issued and to be cited as Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn. A. 34(4). 1931. ##### n.8544. Zur Kenntniss der Flechtenflora Feuerlands **Title** *Zur Kenntniss der Flechtenflora Feuerlands* sowie der Prov. de Magallanes, Prov. de Chiloë und Prov. de Nuble in Chile auf Grund des von H. Roivainen gesammelten Materiales dargestellt von Veli Räsänen... Helsinki 1932. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Oct 1932 (in journal volume; reprints probably published previously, inf. P. Isoviita), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-65, \[66-68\]. *Copy*: H. – Reprinted from Ann. bot. Soc. zool.-bot. Fenn. Vanamo 2(1): \[1\]-vi, \[1\]-65, \[66-68\]. 1932. ##### n.8545. Lichenes Fenniae exsiccati **Title** *Lichenes Fenniae exsiccati* a Museo botanico Universitatis Helsingiensis editi... Helsinki 1935-1946. **Notes** *Schaedae* \[sic\] *ad fasciculos 1-3* (nr. 1-150), quos curavit Veli Räsänen, 1935, p. \[i\], 1-50, err. slip. *Schedae 4-7*, (nr. 151-350): 1936, p. \[i\], 1-68. *Schedae 8-11*, (nr. 351-550): 1939, p. \[i\], 1-67, \[68\]. *Schedae 12-14*, (nr. 551-700): 1940, p. \[i\], \[1\]-50. *Schedae 15-17*, (nr. 701-850): 1943, p. \[i\], \[1\]-50. *Schedae 18-20*, (nr. 851-1000)... Index systematicus lichenum ad fasciculos omnes (i-xx), 1946, p. \[1\]-63, \[64, map\]. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, FI, H, U. ##### n.8546. Die Flechtenflora der nördlichen Küstengegend **Title** *Die Flechtenflora der nördlichen Küstengegend* am Laatokka-See... Helsinki 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1939 (p. viii: Jul 1938), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-240. *Copies*: Almborn, G, H, Stevenson. – Issued and to be cited as Ann. bot. Soc. zool.-bot. fenn. Vanamo 12(1), 1939.