''Protoparmeliopsis'' 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
saxicolous
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(rock-dwelling,
crustose lichen
Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the Substrate (biology), substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichen ...
s in the family
Lecanoraceae
The Lecanoraceae are a family 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 c ...
. It has about 20 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 French botanist
Maurice Choisy in 1929.
Species

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Protoparmeliopsis achariana''
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Protoparmeliopsis admontensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis baranowii''
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Protoparmeliopsis bipruinosa''
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Protoparmeliopsis bogdoensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis bolcana''
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Protoparmeliopsis chejuensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis chlorophthalma''
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Protoparmeliopsis degelii''
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Protoparmeliopsis dispersoareolata''
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Protoparmeliopsis ertzii''
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Protoparmeliopsis esfahanensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii''
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Protoparmeliopsis geiserae''
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Protoparmeliopsis graeca''
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Protoparmeliopsis gyrophorica''
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Protoparmeliopsis hieroglyphica''
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Protoparmeliopsis klauskalbii''
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Protoparmeliopsis kofae''
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Protoparmeliopsis kopachevskae''
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Protoparmeliopsis kotovii''
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Protoparmeliopsis kukunorensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis laatokkensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis macrocyclos''
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Protoparmeliopsis mazatzalensis''
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Protoparmeliopsis muralis''
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Protoparmeliopsis nashii''
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Protoparmeliopsis orbicularis''
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Protoparmeliopsis peltata''
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Protoparmeliopsis pinguis''
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Protoparmeliopsis sierrae''
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Protoparmeliopsis sphaeroidea''
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Protoparmeliopsis straminea''
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Protoparmeliopsis taranii''
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Protoparmeliopsis usbekica''
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Protoparmeliopsis vaenskaei''
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Protoparmeliopsis verruculifera''
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Protoparmeliopsis zareii''
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Protoparmeliopsis zerovii''
References
Lecanorales
Lecanorales genera
Taxa described in 1929
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