Bibbya
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| Bibbya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Bibbya J.H.Willis (1956) |
| Type species | |
| Bibbya muelleri (F.Wilson) J.H.Willis (1956) | |
Bibbya is a genus of fruticose lichens in the family Ramalinaceae.[1]
The genus was circumscribed in 1956 by Australian botanist James Hamlyn Willis, with Bibbya muelleri assigned as the type species.[2] The generic name honours Patrick Noel Sumner Bibby (1907–1955), a colleague with whom Willis had collaborated, and who had died the year previously.[3]
In 1992, Einer Timdal included Bibbya in Toninia.[4] The genus was resurrected in 2018 after a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the family Ramalinaceae. The authors transferred several species previously placed in genus Toninia, as well as one previously placed in Bacidia.[5]