Willeya australis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Willeya |
Species: | W. australis
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Binomial name | |
Willeya australis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Willeya australis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Indonesia, it was formally described as a new species in 1954 by Dutch lichenologist Pieter Groenhart, as Staurothele australis. He found the type specimen growing on rocks in the falls of the Brantas River ( Malang, East Java). Although he included it in the genus Staurothele, he suggested that a placement in Willeya might also be appropriate. [2] Cécile Gueidan made that generic transfer official in 2014 following molecular phylogenetic analysis of Staurothele and related genera in the Verrucariaceae. [3]
Willeya australis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Verrucariales |
Family: | Verrucariaceae |
Genus: | Willeya |
Species: | W. australis
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Binomial name | |
Willeya australis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Willeya australis is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. Found in Indonesia, it was formally described as a new species in 1954 by Dutch lichenologist Pieter Groenhart, as Staurothele australis. He found the type specimen growing on rocks in the falls of the Brantas River ( Malang, East Java). Although he included it in the genus Staurothele, he suggested that a placement in Willeya might also be appropriate. [2] Cécile Gueidan made that generic transfer official in 2014 following molecular phylogenetic analysis of Staurothele and related genera in the Verrucariaceae. [3]