Biology:Calathaspis

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Short description: Single-species lichen genus


Calathaspis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Cladoniaceae
Genus: Calathaspis
I.M.Lamb & W.A.Weber (1972)
Species:
C. devexa
Binomial name
Calathaspis devexa
I.M.Lamb & W.A.Weber (1972)

Calathaspis is a lichen genus in the family Cladoniaceae.[1] A monotypic genus, Calathapsis contains the single species Calathaspis devexa, which is found in Papua New Guinea in middle- and high-altitude forests at altitudes ranging from 2,000–4,000 metres (6,600–13,100 ft). The genus name, which combines the Greek κάλαθος (vase-shaped vessel) and κάλαθος ("shield"), refers to the shape of the apothecia. The species epithet devexa, from the Latin devexus ("sloping downward"), refers to the arrangement of the thalline laciniae.[2]

References

  1. Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Kauff, Frank; Högnabba, Filip; Oliver, Jeffrey C.; Molnár, Katalin; Fraker, Emily; Gaya, Ester; Hafellner, Josef et al. (2014). "A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 132–168. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.003. PMID 24747130. 
  2. Lamb, I. Mackenzie; Weber, William A.; Jahns, H. Martin; Siegfried, Huneck (1974). "Calathaspis: A new genus of the lichen family Cladoniaceae". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany 4 (4): 1–12. 

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