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Heppsora

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Heppsora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Heppsora
D.D. Awasthi & Kr.P. Singh
Type species
Heppsora indica
D.D. Awasthi & Kr.P. Singh
Species

H. bullata
H. indica[1]

Heppsora is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[2]

The genus name of Heppsora is in honour of Johann Adam Philipp Hepp (1797–1867), a German physician and lichenologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Dharani Dhar Awasthi and Krishna Pal Singh in Bryologist vol.80 on page 537 in 1977.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Heppsora D.D.Awasthi & K.P.Singh, 1977". www.gbif.org.
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.