Feigeana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Roccellaceae |
Genus: |
Feigeana Mies, Lumbsch & Tehler (1995) |
Type species | |
Feigeana socotrana Mies, Lumbsch & Tehler (1995)
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Feigeana is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae. [1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Feigeana socotrana, first reported from Yemen in 1995. [2]
The genus name of Feigeana is in honour of Guido Benno Feige (1937 - 2007), a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology) and also Professor of Botany in Essen. He also established the Botanical Garden of the University of Duisburg-Essen. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Bruno A. Mies, Helge Thorsten Lumbsch and Anders Gunnar Tehler in Mycotaxon Vol.54 on page 156 in 1995.
Feigeana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Roccellaceae |
Genus: |
Feigeana Mies, Lumbsch & Tehler (1995) |
Type species | |
Feigeana socotrana Mies, Lumbsch & Tehler (1995)
|
Feigeana is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae. [1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Feigeana socotrana, first reported from Yemen in 1995. [2]
The genus name of Feigeana is in honour of Guido Benno Feige (1937 - 2007), a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology) and also Professor of Botany in Essen. He also established the Botanical Garden of the University of Duisburg-Essen. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Bruno A. Mies, Helge Thorsten Lumbsch and Anders Gunnar Tehler in Mycotaxon Vol.54 on page 156 in 1995.