''Chiodecton'' 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 ...
s in the family
Roccellaceae
The Roccellaceae are a family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the order Arthoniales, established by the French botanist François Fulgis Chevallier in 1826. Species in the family exhibit various lichen growth forms, growth ...
.
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 ...
by the lichenologist
Erik Acharius
Erik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology". Acharius was famously the last pupil of Carl Linnaeus.
Life
Ac ...
in 1814, with ''
Chiodecton sphaerale'' 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
,
Species Fungorum
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(in the
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
) accepts 24 species in ''Chiodecton''.
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Chiodecton acarosporoides''
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Chiodecton andamanicum''
– India
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Chiodecton applanatum''
– Malaysia
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Chiodecton colensoi''
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Chiodecton complexum''
– Brazil
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Chiodecton congestulum''
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Chiodecton effusum''
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Chiodecton flavovirens''
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Chiodecton graphidastroides''
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Chiodecton heterogenum''
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Chiodecton leprarioides''
–
Réunion
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Chiodecton leptosporum''
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Chiodecton lichexanthonicum''
– Brazil
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Chiodecton macquariense''
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Chiodecton maculatum''
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Chiodecton montanum''
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Chiodecton norsticticum''
– India
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Chiodecton pustuliferum''
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Chiodecton queenslandiae''
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Chiodecton sorediatum''
– Uganda
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Chiodecton sphaerale''
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Chiodecton stictathecium''
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Chiodecton sublaevigatum''
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Chiodecton subordinatum''
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Chiodecton xanthonosorediatum''
References
Roccellaceae
Arthoniomycetes genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Erik Acharius
Taxa described in 1814
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