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Pallidogramme Chrysenteron
''Pallidogramme'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Graphidaceae. It has 8 species of corticolous lichen, corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens. Taxonomy ''Pallidogramme'' was proposed in 2008 by the lichenologists Bettina Staiger, Klaus Kalb, and Robert Lücking, as a replacement name for ''Leucogramma'' . The justification for this change originated from the previously established ''Hemithecium'' subgen. ''Leucogramma'' by Staiger in 2002. There was, however, a pre-existing generic name, ''Leucogramma'' , which was based on the same species as Staiger's subgenus, ''Hemithecium chrysenteron''. Both of these names were unusable at the genus level due to their Homonym (biology), homonymy with ''Leucogramma'' a name with unknown taxonomy (biology), taxonomic affinity. As a result, a new name was deemed necessary to avoid confusion and maintain nomenclatural clarity. Description The defining features of genus ''Pallidogramme'' include a crustose lichen, cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettina Staiger
Bettina Staiger (born 1968) is a German lichenologist known for her systematic studies of tropical lichen families, particularly the Graphidaceae. Born in Stuttgart, she completed her doctoral research at the University of Regensburg under Klaus Kalb's supervision, defending her dissertation on Graphidaceae taxonomy in 2002. Her research combines traditional morphological methods with chemotaxonomy and molecular phylogenetics, producing influential monographs on several lichen genera including '' Haematomma'', ''Diorygma'', and '' Ramboldia''. She received the prestigious de Candolle Prize in 2004 for her contributions to botanical research. Early life and education Staiger was born in Stuttgart and read natural sciences and biology at the University of Regensburg between 1988 and 1995, a period in which she encountered the tropical lichen specialist Klaus Kalb. She undertook doctoral research under Kalb's supervision on the taxonomically unruly family Graphidaceae and def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |