''Reimnitzia'' 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
lichenized
fungi
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
in the family
Thelotremataceae
The Thelotremataceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Ostropales.
Genera
*''Acanthotrema''
*''Chapsa''
*''Chroodiscus''
*''Diploschistes''
*'' Fibrillithecis''
*''Gyrotrema''
*''Ingvariella''
*'' Leptotrema''
*'' Leucodecton''
*'' ...
. This is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus, containing the single species ''Reimnitzia santensis''.
The genus name of ''Reimnitzia'' is in honour of Christine Reimnitz (b.1956), the German-Australian wife of Michael Reimnitz (b.1943) a German-Australian, both were long-time friends of the author, Kalb.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
by
Klaus Kalb
Klaus Kalb (born 1942) is a German lichenologist and an authority on tropical lichens.
Biography
Klaus Kalb was born in Nuremberg in 1942 and grew up in southern Bavaria. From 1960 to 1965 he studied biology, chemistry, and geography at ...
in Mycotaxon vol.79 on page 325 in 2001.
References
Ostropales
Lichen genera
Ostropales genera
Taxa named by Klaus Kalb
Taxa described in 2001
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