Bellemerea | |
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Bellemerea alpina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecideales |
Family: | Lecideaceae |
Genus: | Bellemerea Hafellner & Cl.Roux (1984) |
Type species | |
Bellemerea alpina (Sommerf.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux (1984)
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Species | |
B. alpina |
Bellemerea is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1984 by Josef Hafellner and Claude Roux, with B. alpina as the type species. The generic name honours French lichenologist André Henri Bellemère (1927–2014).[1]