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Rolueckia

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Rolueckia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Gomphillaceae
Genus: Rolueckia
Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008)
Type species
Rolueckia conspersa
(Stirt.) Papong, Thammath. & Boonpr. (2008)
Species

Rolueckia is a genus of leaf-dwelling lichens in the family Gomphillaceae. It was circumscribed in 2008 by Thai lichenologists Khwanruan Papong, Achra Thammathaworn, and Kansri Boonpragob. The three species in the genus were formerly part of the Calenia conspersa group, previously part of the genus Calenia.[1] The type species, Rolueckia conspersa, was first described as Thelotrema conspersum by James Stirton in 1879.[2]

Species

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As of July 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts three species of Rolueckia:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Papong, Khwanruan; Thammathaworn, Achra; Boonpragob, Kansri (2008). "Rolueckia (Ostropales: Gomphillaceae), a new genus of foliicolous lichens". Nova Hedwigia. 86 (1–2): 201–208. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0201.
  2. ^ Stirton, J. (1878). "Lichens growing on living leaves from the Amazon". Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow. 11: 99–111.
  3. ^ "Rolueckia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 July 2024.