Vezdaea

Vezdaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Order: Vezdaeales
Lumbsch & Lücking (2016)
Family: Vezdaeaceae
Poelt & Vězda ex J.C.David & D.Hawksw. (1991)
Genus: Vezdaea
Tscherm.-Woess & Poelt (1976)
Type species
Vezdaea aestivalis
(Ohlert) Tscherm.-Woess & Poelt (1976)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vezdaea Poelt & Döbbeler (1975)

Vezdaea is a genus of crustose lichens in the monotypic family Vezdaeaceae, which itself is the only taxon in the order Vezdaeales.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess and Josef Poelt in 1976. The genus name honours Czech lichenologist Antonín Vězda (1920-2008).[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Species Fungorum synonymy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wijayawardene et al. 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.