Syo Kurokawa (1926–2010), Japanese lichenologist. Honored with an Acharius Medal in 1994.

Standard IPNI form: Kurok.

Botanic Gardens of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Authored taxa

• 7 taxon names authored by Syo Kurokawa (List may be incomplete)

plus:

• Heterodermia albopruinosa (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia arsenei (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia cyathiformis (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia fauriei (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia isidiosa (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia pacifica (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia peruviana (Kashiw. & Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia polyrhiza (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia spinigera (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia subisidiosa (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia trichophoroides (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998
• Heterodermia tropica (Kurok.) Kurok., 1998

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Kurokawa, S. 1955. Notulae miscellaneae Lichenum japonicorum (1). The Journal of Japanese Botany 30(8): 252–256. RLL List number 17: Record number 10615. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1956. Notulae miscellaneae Lichenum japonicorum (2). The Journal of Japanese Botany 31(7): 193–196. RLL List number 21: Record number 10618. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1956. Notulae miscellaneae Lichenum japonicorum (3). The Journal of Japanese Botany 31(11): 351–352. RLL List number 22: Record number 10619. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1958. Notulae miscellaneae Lichenum japonicorum (4). The Journal of Japanese Botany 33(4): 116–119. RLL List number 29: Record number 10626. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1958. Notulae miscellaneae Lichenum japonicorum (5). The Journal of Japanese Botany 33(7): 205–208. RLL List number 29: Record number 10627. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1959. Notulae miscellaneae Lichenum japonicorum (6). The Journal of Japanese Botany 34(1): 23–24. RLL List number 30: Record number 10636. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1959. Anaptychiae (lichens) and their allies of Japan (1). The Journal of Japanese Botany 34(4): 117–124. RLL List number 31: Record number 10631. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1959. Anaptychiae (lichens) and their allies of Japan (2). The Journal of Japanese Botany 34(6): 174–184, pl. 1–2. RLL List number 31: Record number 10632. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1960. Anaptychiae (lichens) and their allies of Japan (3). The Journal of Japanese Botany 35(3): 91–96, pl. 1. RLL List number 35: Record number 10638. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1960. Anaptychiae (lichens) and their allies of Japan (4). The Journal of Japanese Botany 35(8): 240–243, pl. 1. RLL List number 37: Record number 10639. (PDF)
• Kurokawa, S. 1960. Anaptychiae (lichens) and their allies of Japan (5). The Journal of Japanese Botany 35(12): 353–358, pl. 2. RLL List number 38: Record number 10640. (PDF)

• Kurokawa, S. 1961. Anaptychiae (lichens) and their allies of Japan (6). The Journal of Japanese Botany 36(2): 51–56. RLL List number 39: Record number 10642. (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kurokawa, S. 1962. A note on the lichen genus Tornabenia Trev. The Journal of Japanese Botany 37(10): 289–294. RLL List number 44: Record number 10644. (PDF)

• Kurokawa, S. 1994. Japanese Species of Parmelia Ach. (sens. str.), Parmeliaceae (5). The Journal of Japanese Botany 69(6): 373–378. RLL List # 161 / Rec.# 10713 – Recent Literature on Lichens JJB (PDF) Reference page. 

• Kurokawa, S. & Kashiwadani, H. 2006. Checklist of Japanese Lichens and Allied Fungi. National Science Museum Monographs (33): 1–157. Kahaku (PDF) Reference page. 

External links

• Biography at lichenology.org
• Kashiwadani, H. 2011. A tribute to Syo Kurokawa (1926–2010). The Lichenologist 43(3): 191–192. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000090