''Leciophysma'' 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
cyanolichen
Cyanolichens are lichens in which the fungal component () partners with cyanobacteria () for photosynthesis, rather than the green algae found in most other lichens. In some cyanolichens, known as forms, the cyanobacteria form an extensive throug ...
s in the family
Pannariaceae
The Pannariaceae are a family of lichens in the order Peltigerales (suborder Collematineae). Species from this family have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in southern temperate
In geography, the temperate clima ...
. It has four 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 ...
by
Theodor Magnus Fries
Theodor "Thore" Magnus Fries (28 October 1832 – 29 March 1913), was a Sweden, Swedish botanist, lichenologist, and Arctic explorer. The son of the renowned mycologist Elias Magnus Fries, he served as a professor of botany and applied economic ...
in 1865, with ''
Leciophysma finmarkicum'' 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
*''
Leciophysma finmarkicum''
*''
Leciophysma parvum''
*''
Leciophysma saximontanum''
*''
Leciophysma subantarcticum''
The species once known as ''Leciophysma fennicum'' is now ''
Lempholemma intricatum''.
References
Pannariaceae
Lichen genera
Peltigerales genera
Taxa named by Theodor Magnus Fries
Taxa described in 1865
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