Ciposia

Ciposia
Ciposia wheeleri on southern live oak in North Carolina, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Ciposia
Marbach (2000)
Species:
C. wheeleri
Binomial name
Ciposia wheeleri
(R.C.Harris) Marbach (2000)
Synonyms
  • Buellia wheeleri R.C.Harris (1988)

Ciposia is a single-species fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae. Circumscribed by Bernhard Marbach in 2000,[1] it contains the species Ciposia wheeleri,[2] a corticolous (bark-dwelling) and crustose lichen. This species was originally classified in genus Buellia by Richard Harris in 1988.[3]

According to Index Fungorum,[4] Ciposia is not a correct name, as its publication was predated by a homonym, the plant genus Ciposia (family Myrtaceae), which was published by Brazilian botanist Alvaro Astolpho da Silveira in 1918. The earliest-published name has precedence according to the Principle of priority.

References

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  1. ^ Marbach, Bernhard (2000). Corticole und lignicole Arten der Flechtengattung Buellia sensu lato in den Subtropen und Tropen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica (in German). Vol. 74. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer. p. 158. ISBN 978-3-443-58053-7.
  2. ^ IndexFungorum.
  3. ^ Harris, R.C. (1988). "Buellia in north and central Florida or the virtues and rewards of collecting". Evansia. 5 (3): 37–45. doi:10.5962/p.345875. S2CID 254362492.
  4. ^ Kirk, Paul (ed.). "Record Details: Ciposia Marbach". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 25 August 2022.