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]
| Ciposia | |
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| Ciposia wheeleri on southern live oak in North Carolina, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Caliciales |
| Family: | Caliciaceae |
| Genus: | Ciposia Marbach (2000) |
| Species: | C. wheeleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ciposia wheeleri (R.C.Harris) Marbach (2000)
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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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ IndexFungorum.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kirk, Paul (ed.). "Record Details: Ciposia Marbach". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Ciposia wheeleri". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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