''Eremastrella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
lichen in the family
Lecideaceae
The Lecideaceae are a family of lichens in the order Lecideales (Ascomycota, class Lecanoromycetes).
Genera
According to a recent (2022) estimate, the Lecideaceae comprise 29 genera and about 260 species. The following list indicates the genus ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every po ...
by lichenologist Stefan Vogel in 1955, with ''Eremastrella tobleri'' assigned as the
type species
In 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 species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
.
Species
*''
Eremastrella montana''
– South Africa
*''
Eremastrella tobleri''
The species once named ''Eremastrella crystallifera'' is now known as ''
Psora crystallifera''.
References
Lecideales
Lichen genera
Lecideales genera
Taxa described in 1955
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