Brigantiaea leucoxantha is a species of crustose lichen in the family Brigantiaeaceae. It was first described as a new species by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1820, as Lecidea leucoxantha.[2] Rolf Santesson and Josef Hafellner transferred it to the genus Brigantiaea in 1982.[3]
Brigantiaea leucoxantha | |
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in Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Brigantiaeaceae |
Genus: | Brigantiaea |
Species: | B. leucoxantha
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Binomial name | |
Brigantiaea leucoxantha | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ "Synonymy: Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R. Sant. & Hafellner, in Hafellner & Bellemère, Nova Hedwigia 35(2 & 3): 246 (1982) [1981]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Sprengel, C.P.J. (1820). "Plantarum cryptogamicarum tropicarum pugillus". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlinger. Series 3 (in Latin). 8: 46–53.
- ^ Hafellner, J.; Bellemère, A. (1981). "Elektronenoptische Untersuchungen an Arten der Flechtengattung Brigantiaea". Nova Hedwigia. 35: 237–261.