Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Japewia
Species: J. subaurifera – J. tornoënsis
Name
Japewia Tønsberg, 1990
Type Species: Japewia tornoënsis (Nyl.) Tønsberg, 1990 (Source: Printzen & Tønsberg 2004)
Family: Ramalinaceae
Life habit: Lichenized
References
Tønsberg, Lichenologist 22(3): 205 (1990)
Tønsberg, T. (1990) Japewia subaurifera, a new lichen genus and species from north-west Europe and western North America. - Lichenologist 22(3): 205–212. (RLL List # 141 / Rec. # 18821 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (doi:10.1017/S0024282990000226)
Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Japewia (pp. 364-365) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
Printzen, C. (1999) Japewiella gen nov., a new lichen genus and a new species from Mexico. The Bryologist 102(4): 714–719. (RLL List # 178 / Rec. # 15002 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)
Printzen, C. and Tønsberg, T. (2004) Japewia (pp. 137-138) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (RLL List # 198 / Rec. # 25911 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
USDA Plants Database
Index Fungorum
MycoBank
Vernacular names
English: Dot lichens, Japewia lichens
Japewia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[1]
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
"Japewia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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