Japewia

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Japewia

Genus of fungi

Japewia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[1]

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The genus name of Japewia is in honour of Peter Wilfrid James (1930 - 2014), who was an English botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), who worked at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Tor Tønsberg in Lichenologist vol.22 (issue 3) on page 205 in 1990.

References

  1. [1]
    "Japewia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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