Relicina | |
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Relicina eximbricata, in Florida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: |
Relicina ( Hale & Kurok.) Hale (1974) |
Type species | |
Relicina eumorpha (
Hepp) Hale (1974)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Relicina is a genus of foliose lichens belonging to the large family Parmeliaceae. It contains 59 species. [2]
Relicina was originally conceived as a series of the large genus Parmelia by lichenologists Mason Hale and Syo Kurokawa in 1964. A decade later, they promoted it to the status of genus. [3]
The genus Relicinopsis, proposed by Australian lichenologists John Elix and Doug Verdon in 1986 as a segregate of Pseudoparmelia, [4] was shown to be nested within Relicina in a 2017 molecular phylogenetics study. [5]
Relicina | |
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Relicina eximbricata, in Florida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: |
Relicina ( Hale & Kurok.) Hale (1974) |
Type species | |
Relicina eumorpha (
Hepp) Hale (1974)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Relicina is a genus of foliose lichens belonging to the large family Parmeliaceae. It contains 59 species. [2]
Relicina was originally conceived as a series of the large genus Parmelia by lichenologists Mason Hale and Syo Kurokawa in 1964. A decade later, they promoted it to the status of genus. [3]
The genus Relicinopsis, proposed by Australian lichenologists John Elix and Doug Verdon in 1986 as a segregate of Pseudoparmelia, [4] was shown to be nested within Relicina in a 2017 molecular phylogenetics study. [5]