''Allographa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
script lichen A script lichen, or graphid lichen, is a member of a group of lichens which have spore producing structures that look like writing on the lichen body. The structures are elongated and narrow apothecia called lirellae, which look like short scribbles ...
s in the family
Graphidaceae
The Graphidaceae are a family of lichens in the order Ostropales.
Distribution and ecology
The vast majority of Graphidaceae species are restricted to the tropics. Most Graphidaceae species are epiphytic (i.e. they grow only on plants).
Gener ...
. It has nearly 200 species.
Formally
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 1824 by
François Fulgis Chevallier
François Fulgis Chevallier (1796, Paris – 1840) was a French botanist whose areas of interest included fungi, ferns and algae.
In 1821 he received his doctorate with a thesis on indigenous hemlock in regard to considerations as a poison an ...
,
''Allographa'' was formerly included in ''
Graphis'', but was upgraded to generic status in 2018 by lichenologists
Klaus Kalb
Klaus Kalb (born 1942) is a German lichenologist and an authority on tropical lichens.
Biography
Klaus Kalb was born in Nuremberg in 1942 and grew up in southern Bavaria. From 1960 to 1965 he studied biology, chemistry, and geography at t ...
and
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist. He is a leading expert on foliicolous lichens–lichens that live on leaves.
Life and career
Born in Ulm in 1964, Lücking earned both his master's (1990) and PhD degree (1994) at the Univer ...
.
Species
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Allographa acharii''
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Allographa adpressa''
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Allographa albotecta''
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Allographa altamirensis''
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Allographa amazonica''
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Allographa anguilliradians''
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Allographa angustata''
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Allographa apertoinspersa''
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Allographa apoda''
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Allographa aptrootiana''
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Allographa aquilonia''
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Allographa argentata''
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Allographa asterizans''
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Allographa atrocelata''
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Allographa atrocelatoides''
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Allographa balbisii''
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Allographa balbisina''
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Allographa bambusicola''
– Sri Lanka
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Allographa barillasiae''
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Allographa bettinae''
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Allographa bifera''
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Allographa brachylirellata''
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Allographa bukittimaensis''
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Allographa calcea''
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Allographa cameroonensis''
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Allographa carassensis''
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Allographa celata''
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Allographa cerradensis''
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Allographa chamelensis''
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Allographa chloroalba''
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Allographa chlorocarpa''
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Allographa chrysocarpa''
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Allographa cinerea''
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Allographa cleistoblephara''
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Allographa cleistomma''
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Allographa cognata''
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Allographa comma''
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Allographa congesta''
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Allographa conglomerata''
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Allographa consanguinea''
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Allographa contorta''
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Allographa contortuplicata''
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Allographa curtiuscula''
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Allographa cylindrospora''
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Allographa daintreensis''
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Allographa dealbata''
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Allographa dispersa''
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Allographa dolichographa''
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Allographa dotalugalensis''
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Allographa elevativerrucosa''
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Allographa elixii''
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Allographa elmeri''
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Allographa elongata''
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Allographa epixantha''
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Allographa exuta''
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Allographa farinulenta''
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Allographa firferi''
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Allographa flabillata''
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Allographa flavens''
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Allographa flavoaltamirensis''
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Allographa flavominiata''
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Allographa fournieri''
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Allographa frumentaria''
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Allographa fujianensis''
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Allographa funilina''
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Allographa glauconigra''
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Allographa globosa''
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Allographa gomezii''
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Allographa gracilescens''
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Allographa grandis''
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Allographa granulata''
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Allographa granulosa''
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Allographa gregmuelleri''
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Allographa hadrospora''
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Allographa hainanense''
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Allographa hossei''
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Allographa hypostictica''
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Allographa illinata''
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Allographa immersa''
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Allographa incerta''
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Allographa ingarum''
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Allographa inspersostictica''
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Allographa inturgescens''
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Allographa invisibilis''
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Allographa isidiata''
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Allographa itatiaiensis''
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Allographa jayatilakana''
– Sri Lanka
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Allographa kamojangensis''
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Allographa kansriana''
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Allographa knucklensis''
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Allographa kuetchangiana''
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Allographa laubertiana''
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Allographa lecanactiformis''
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Allographa leprographa''
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Allographa leptospora''

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Allographa leucaenae''
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Allographa longilirellata''
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Allographa longissima''
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Allographa longula''
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Allographa lourdesina''
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Allographa lumbricina''
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Allographa lumbschii''
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Allographa lutea''
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Allographa macella''
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Allographa mahaeliyensis''
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Allographa malacodes''
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Allographa marginata''
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Allographa medioinspersa''
– Brazil
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Allographa mexicana''
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Allographa miniata''
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Allographa mirabilis''
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Allographa multistriata''
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Allographa multisulcata''
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Allographa myolensis''
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Allographa nadurina''
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Allographa nana''
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Allographa norlabiata''
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Allographa norvestitoides''
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Allographa nuda''
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Allographa nudaeformis''
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Allographa obtectostriata''
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Allographa ochracea''
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Allographa olivacea''
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Allographa oryzaecarpa''
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Allographa oryzaeformis''
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Allographa ovata''
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Allographa oxyspora''
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Allographa pachygrapha''
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Allographa parallela''
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Allographa patwardhanii''
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Allographa pavoniana''
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Allographa pedunculata''
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Allographa phaeospora''
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Allographa pilarensis''
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Allographa pitmanii''
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Allographa pittieri''
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Allographa plagiocarpa''
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Allographa plumbea''
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Allographa plurispora''
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Allographa polillensis''
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Allographa polystriata''
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Allographa pseudoaquilonia''
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Allographa pseudocinerea''
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Allographa regularis''
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Allographa rhizicola''
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Allographa rimulosa''
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Allographa rufopallida''
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Allographa ruiziana''
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Allographa rustica''
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Allographa salacinicum''
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Allographa salacinilabiata''
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Allographa sarawakensis''
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Allographa sauroidea''
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Allographa sayeri''
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Allographa scaphella''
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Allographa schummii''
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Allographa seminuda''
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Allographa semirigida''
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Allographa singaporensis''
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Allographa sitiana''
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Allographa sitianoides''
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Allographa sorsogona''
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Allographa sterlingiana''
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Allographa stictilabiata''
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Allographa striatula''
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Allographa subamylacea''
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Allographa subassimilis''
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Allographa subcelata''
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Allographa subdisserpens''
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Allographa subdussii''
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Allographa subelmeri''
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Allographa subflexibilis''
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Allographa subimmersa''
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Allographa submirabilis''
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Allographa subradiata''
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Allographa subruiziana''
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Allographa subserpens''
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Allographa subturgidula''
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Allographa superans''
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Allographa supertecta''
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Allographa tamiamiensis''
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Allographa trichospora''
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Allographa triphora''
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Allographa tumidula''
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Allographa upduna''
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Allographa upretii''
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Allographa uruguayensis''
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Allographa vandenboomiana''
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Allographa verminosa''
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Allographa vernicosa''
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Allographa vestita''
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Allographa vestitoides''
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Allographa wangii''
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Allographa weerasooriyana''
– Sri Lanka
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Allographa weii''
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Allographa xanthospora''
References
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa described in 1824
Taxa named by François Fulgis Chevallier
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