# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veli-rasanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:02:28.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veli-rasanen"
name: "Veli Räsänen"
slug: "veli-rasanen"
description: "Veli Johannes Paavo Bartholomeus Räsänen was a Finnish lichenologist who made contributions to the study and documentation of Nordic and Baltic lichen funga. As a lecturer at various agricultural institutions and the University of Kuopio, he published extensive systematic and floristic works on lichens in Finland, Estonia, and the Petsamo region, including his comprehensive 1951 guide Suomen jäkäläkasvio. Räsänen curated two major lichen exsiccatae collections, compiling over 1,750 specimens between 1935 and 1952, and described numerous previously unknown lichen taxa. His influence on the field is reflected in several lichen species and two genera named in his honour, and his work with mentor Edvard Vainio helped establish Finland's strong tradition in lichenology."
tagline: "Finnish botanist (1888–1953)"
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gender: "male"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1888-08-24"
deathDate: "1953-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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    title: "Рясянен, Вели"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump