''Calathaspis'' is a
lichen genus in the family
Cladoniaceae
The Cladoniaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. It is one of the largest families of lichen-forming fungi, with about 560 species distributed amongst 17 genera. The reindeer moss and cup lichens (''Cladonia'') belong ...
.
A
monotypic
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genus, ''Calathapsis'' contains the single species ''Calathaspis devexa'', which is found in Papua New Guinea in middle- and high-altitude forests at altitudes ranging from . The genus name, which combines the
Greek
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κάλαθος (vase-shaped vessel) and κάλαθος ("shield"), refers to the shape of the
apothecia
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. The
species epithet Specific name may refer to:
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A botanical name ...
''devexa'', from the
Latin
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''devexus'' ("sloping downward"), refers to the arrangement of the thalline laciniae.
References
Cladoniaceae
Lichen genera
Monotypic Lecanorales genera
Taxa described in 1972
Taxa named by William Alfred Weber
Taxa named by Elke Mackenzie
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