''Rufoplaca'' 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
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 cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...
-forming
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Teloschistaceae
The Teloschistaceae are a large family (biology), family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class (taxonomy), class Lecanoromycetes in the division (botany), division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, althoug ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed in 2013 by Ulf Arup, Ulrik Søchting, and Patrik Frödén, with ''
Rufoplaca subpallida'' 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
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Rufoplaca aesanensis''
– South Korea
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Rufoplaca arenaria''
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Rufoplaca germanica''
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Rufoplaca kaernefeltiana''
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Rufoplaca oxfordensis''
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Rufoplaca scotoplaca''
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Rufoplaca subpallida''
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Rufoplaca toktoana''
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Rufoplaca tristiuscula''
*''
Rufoplaca ulleungensis''
References
Teloschistales
Teloschistales genera
Taxa described in 2013
Taxa named by Ulrik Søchting
Taxa named by Patrik Frödén
Taxa named by Ulf Arup
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