''Chapsa'' 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 ...

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.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 ...

. The genus was described by Italian lichenologist

Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ...

in 1860.

Species

*'' Chapsa albida'' *'' Chapsa alborosella'' *'' Chapsa alletii'' *'' Chapsa angustispora'' *'' Chapsa boninensis'' *'' Chapsa chionostoma'' *'' Chapsa cinchonarum'' *'' Chapsa diploschistoides'' *'' Chapsa discoides'' *'' Chapsa dissuta'' *'' Chapsa eitenii'' *'' Chapsa elabens'' *'' Chapsa farinosa'' *'' Chapsa francisci'' *'' Chapsa granulifera'' *'' Chapsa halei'' *'' Chapsa hiata'' *'' Chapsa hypoconstictica'' *'' Chapsa imperfecta'' *'' Chapsa indica'' *'' Chapsa inspersa'' – Brazil *'' Chapsa isidiata'' *'' Chapsa laemensis'' *'' Chapsa leprocarpa'' *'' Chapsa meghalayensis'' *'' Chapsa microspora'' *'' Chapsa multicarpa'' *'' Chapsa neei'' *'' Chapsa niveocarpa'' *'' Chapsa nubila'' *'' Chapsa pallidella'' *'' Chapsa paralbida'' *'' Chapsa patens'' *'' Chapsa perdissuta'' *'' Chapsa pulchella'' *'' Chapsa pulchra'' *'' Chapsa referta'' *'' Chapsa rubropruinosa'' *'' Chapsa rubropulveracea'' *'' Chapsa scabiocarpa'' *'' Chapsa scabiomarginata'' *'' Chapsa sorediata'' *'' Chapsa sublilacina'' *'' Chapsa thallotrema'' *'' Chapsa thambapanni'' – Sri Lanka *'' Chapsa tibellii'' *'' Chapsa wijeyaratniana''

References

Ostropales Lichen genera Ostropales genera Taxa described in 1860 Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo {{Ostropales-stub