Brigantiaea leucoxantha

Brigantiaea leucoxantha
	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
Binomial name
	Brigantiaea leucoxantha; (Spreng.) R.Sant. & Hafellner (1982)
Synonyms
	Lecidea leucoxantha Spreng. (1820); Biatora leucoxantha (Spreng.) Bél. (1834); Heterothecium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) A.Massal. (1856); Lopadium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Zahlbr. (1902); Miltidea leucoxantha (Spreng.) Stirt. (1898); Patellaria leucoxantha (Spreng.) Spreng. (1827); Sporopodium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Vain. (1921); Xanthocarpia leucoxantha (Spreng.) Hampe (1857);

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]

References

^ "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.

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