Brigantiaea
Brigantiaea leucoxantha on oak bark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Brigantiaeaceae
Genus: Brigantiaea
Trevis. (1853)
Type species
Brigantiaea tricolor
(Mont.) Trevis. (1853)
Synonyms

Brigantiaea is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Brigantiaeaceae.[1] It was circumscribed by Italian botanist Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon in 1853.[2]

The genus name Brigantiaea honours Francesco Briganti (1802–1865), an Italian botanist and professor at the University of Naples.[3]

Species

  • Brigantiaea fuscolutea (Dicks.) R.Sant. (1981)
  • Brigantiaea leprosa Kantvilas & Elix (2009)
  • Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R.Sant. & Hafellner (1982)
  • Brigantiaea lobulata F.J.Walker & Hafellner (1983)
  • Brigantiaea lobulatisidiata Aptroot (2007)
  • Brigantiaea lordhowensis Elix (2007)
  • Brigantiaea mariae Trevis. (1853)
  • Brigantiaea microcarpa (Räsänen) Hafellner (1997)
  • Brigantiaea phaeomma (Nyl.) Hafellner (1997)
  • Brigantiaea sorediata Kashiw., Mas.Inoue & K.H.Moon (2002)
  • Brigantiaea subobscurata (Vain.) Aptroot (2002)
  • Brigantiaea tricolor (Mont.) Trevis. (1853)

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. Trevisan de St-Léon, V.B.A. (1853). Spighe e Paglie (in Italian). Padova. p. 7.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410.


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