''Austroplaca'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
-forming
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (botany), division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, althoug ...
. It has 11 species.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in 2013 by Ulrik Søchting, Patrik Frödén, and Ulf Arup, with ''
Austroplaca ambitiosa'' assigned as the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.
Species
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Austroplaca ambitiosa''
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Austroplaca cirrochrooides''
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Austroplaca darbishirei''
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Austroplaca erecta''
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Austroplaca frigida''
– Antarctica
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Austroplaca hookeri''
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Austroplaca johnstonii''
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Austroplaca lucens''
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Austroplaca millegrana''
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Austroplaca soropelta''
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Austroplaca thisbe''
– Argentina
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q25412675
Teloschistales
Lichen genera
Taxa described in 2013
Teloschistales genera
Taxa named by Ulrik Søchting
Taxa named by Patrik Frödén
Taxa named by Ulf Arup