''Protoblastenia'' is a
genus
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of
lichen
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s in the family
Psoraceae
The Psoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The Austrian Botanist and Lichenologist Alexander Zahlbruckner first described the family in 1898. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Genera
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It was originally
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by
Alexander Zahlbruckner
Alexander Zahlbruckner (31 May 1860, Svätý Jur – 1938, Vienna) was an Austrian- Hungarian botanist who specialized in the study of lichens. Johann Babtist Zahlbruckner, an earlier Austrian botanist, was his grandfather.
From 1878 to 1883 ...
in 1908 as a
section
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of genus ''
Blastenia''. J. Steiner promoted it to generic status in 1911.
Species
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Protoblastenia calva''
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Protoblastenia calvella''
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Protoblastenia cyclospora''
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Protoblastenia incrustans''
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Protoblastenia laeta''
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Protoblastenia lilacina''
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Protoblastenia rupestris''
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Protoblastenia siebenhaariana''
References
Lecanorales
Lichen genera
Lecanorales genera
Taxa described in 1908
Taxa named by Alexander Zahlbruckner
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