Lopezaria
Genus of lichens
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Lopezaria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[1]
| Lopezaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Lopezaria Kalb & Hafellner (1990) |
| Type species | |
| Lopezaria versicolor (Flot.) Kalb & Hafellner (1990) | |
| Species | |
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L. isidiza | |
The genus name of Lopezaria is in honour of Manuel López-Figueiras (1915-2012), who was a (Spanish-) Venezuelan botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), from the University of Havana (in Cuba).[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Klaus Kalb and Josef Hafellner in Lich. Neotropici fasc. XI, vol.2 in 1990.
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