Rolueckia is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Gomphillaceae. It was circumscribed in 2008 by Thai lichenologists Khwanruan Papong, Achra Thammathaworn, and Kansri Boonpragob. The three species in the genus were formerly part of the Calenia conspersa group, previously part of the genus Calenia.[1] The type species, Rolueckia conspersa, was first described as Thelotrema conspersum by James Stirton in 1879.[2]
Rolueckia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Graphidales |
Family: | Gomphillaceae |
Genus: | Rolueckia Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008) |
Type species | |
Rolueckia conspersa (Stirt.) Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008)
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Species | |
Species edit
- Rolueckia aggregata (R.Sant.) Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008)
- Rolueckia conspersa (Stirt.) Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008)
- Rolueckia siamensis Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008)
References edit
- ^ Papong, Khwanruan; Thammathaworn, Achra; Boonpragob, Kansri (2008). "Rolueckia (Ostropales: Gomphillaceae), a new genus of foliicolous lichens". Nova Hedwigia. 86 (1–2): 201–208. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0201.
- ^ Stirton, J. (1878). "Lichens growing on living leaves from the Amazon". Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow. 11: 99–111.