Caprettia
Genus of lichens
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Caprettia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Monoblastiaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Heraldo da Silva Maia in 1965, with Caprettia amazonensis assigned as the type species.[3]
| Caprettia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Monoblastiales |
| Family: | Monoblastiaceae |
| Genus: | Caprettia Bat. & H.Maia (1965) |
| Type species | |
| Caprettia amazonensis Bat. & H.Maia (1965) | |
| Species | |
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C. amazonensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
The genus name of Caprettia is in honour of Corrado Capretti (1915–1960), an Italian botanist and professor at University of the Andes (Venezuela) in 1956.[4]
Species
- Caprettia amazonensis Bat. & H.Maia (1965)[3]
- Caprettia confusa Lücking & Sipman (2008)
- Caprettia goderei Yeshitela, Eb.Fisch., Killmann & Sérus. (2009)
- Caprettia lichexanthotricha Aptroot & M.F.Souza (2021)[5]
- Caprettia neotropica Lücking & Sérus. (2003)
- Caprettia nyssogenoides Sérus. & Lücking (2003)
- Caprettia ornata (R.Sant. & Vězda) Lücking & Sérus. (2008)
