Zwackhia | |
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Zwackhia viridis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Lecanographaceae |
Genus: |
Zwackhia Körb. (1855) |
Type species | |
Zwackhia involuta (
Wallr.) Körb. (1855)
|
Zwackhia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanographaceae. It has six species. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1855 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber. [2] He assigned Zwackhia involuta as the type species; this species is now known as Z. viridis.
The genus name of Zwackhia is in honour of Philipp Franz Wilhelm von Zwackh-Holzhausen (1826–1903), who was a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). He was also a Military Officer as well as being a landowner near Heidelberg. He was financially independent and owned large Herbarium. [3]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [4]
Former species; [4]
Zwackhia | |
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Zwackhia viridis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Arthoniomycetes |
Order: | Arthoniales |
Family: | Lecanographaceae |
Genus: |
Zwackhia Körb. (1855) |
Type species | |
Zwackhia involuta (
Wallr.) Körb. (1855)
|
Zwackhia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanographaceae. It has six species. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1855 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber. [2] He assigned Zwackhia involuta as the type species; this species is now known as Z. viridis.
The genus name of Zwackhia is in honour of Philipp Franz Wilhelm von Zwackh-Holzhausen (1826–1903), who was a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). He was also a Military Officer as well as being a landowner near Heidelberg. He was financially independent and owned large Herbarium. [3]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [4]
Former species; [4]