Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Teloschistales
Subordo: Letrouitineae
Familia: Brigantiaeaceae
Genus: Brigantiaea
Species: Brigantiaea leucoxantha
Name
Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R. Sant. & Hafellner, 1982
Basionym
Lecidea leucoxantha Spreng., K. svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl. 8: 46 (1820)
Synonyms
Biatora leucoxantha (Spreng.) anon.
Heterothecium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) A. Massal., Miscell. Lich.: 39 (1856)
Lecidea leucoxantha Spreng.,: 46 (1820)
Lopadium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Zahlbr., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 111(1): 398 (1902)
Miltidea leucoxantha (Spreng.) Stirt., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 30: 387 (1898) [1897]
Patellaria leucoxantha (Spreng.) anon.
Sporopodium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Vain.
Xanthocarpia leucoxantha (Spreng.) anon.
References
Primary references
Hafellner & Bellemère, Nova Hedwigia 35(2 & 3): 246 (1982) [1981]
Hafellner, J. and Bellemere, A. (1981) Elektronenoptische Untersuchungen an Arten der Flechtengattung Brigantiaea. - Nova Hedwigia 35: 237–261. **[RLL List # 116-40 / Rec.# 7210] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**
References
Brodo, I.M.; Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Brigantiaea (p. 177) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. **[RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (Description of Brigantiaea leucoxantha and distribution map for North America: p. 177; color photo: plate 131)
Links
LIAS
USDA Plants Database
Checklist of the lichens of Australia
North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#15) 27 Aug 2009
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Link to photos
Pictures of tropical lichens - Brigantiaea leucoxantha
Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos - Brigantiaea leucoxantha
Vernacular names
English: Brigantiaea lichen
Brigantiaea leucoxantha is a species of crustose lichen in the family Brigantiaeaceae. It was first described as a new species by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1820, as Lecidea leucoxantha.[2] Rolf Santesson and Josef Hafellner transferred it to the genus Brigantiaea in 1982.[3]
References
"Synonymy: Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R. Sant. & Hafellner, in Hafellner & Bellemère, Nova Hedwigia 35(2 & 3): 246 (1982) [1981]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
Sprengel, C.P.J. (1820). "Plantarum cryptogamicarum tropicarum pugillus". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlinger. Series 3 (in Latin). 8: 46–53.
Hafellner, J.; Bellemère, A. (1981). "Elektronenoptische Untersuchungen an Arten der Flechtengattung Brigantiaea". Nova Hedwigia. 35: 237–261.
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