''Sarcographina'' 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 ...

script lichen A script lichen, or graphid lichen, is a member of a group of lichens which have spore producing structures that look like writing on the lichen body. The structures are elongated and narrow apothecia called lirellae, which look like short scribble ...

s in the family

Graphidaceae The Graphidaceae are a family of lichens in the order Ostropales. Distribution and ecology The vast majority of Graphidaceae species are restricted to the tropics. Most Graphidaceae species are epiphytic (i.e. they grow only on plants). Gene ...

. It has six species. 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 the Swiss lichenologist

Johannes Müller Argoviensis Johann Müller (9 May 1828 - 28 January 1896) was a Swiss botanist who was a specialist in lichens. He published under the name Johannes Müller Argoviensis to distinguish himself from other naturalists with similar names. Biography Müller w ...

in 1887, with ''

Sarcographina cyclospora ''Sarcographina'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has six species. The genus was circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1887, with '' Sarcographina cyclospora'' assigned as the type s ...

'' assigned as the

type species In 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 species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

Species

Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names ( scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of ...

(in the

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic I ...

) accepts six species of ''Sarcographina'': * ''

Sarcographina contortuplicata ''Sarcographina'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has six species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1887, with ''Sarcographina cyclospo ...

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Sarcographina farinulenta ''Sarcographina'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has six species. The genus was circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1887, with ''Sarcographina cyclospora'' assigned as the type sp ...

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Sarcographina heterospora ''Sarcographina'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has six species. The genus was circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1887, with ''Sarcographina cyclospora'' assigned as the type sp ...

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Sarcographina maculata ''Sarcographina'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has six species. The genus was circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1887, with ''Sarcographina cyclospora'' assigned as the type sp ...

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Sarcographina sandwicensis ''Sarcographina'' is a genus of script lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has six species. The genus was circumscribed by the Swiss lichenologist Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1887, with ''Sarcographina cyclospora'' assigned as the type sp ...

References

Graphidaceae Lichen genera Graphidales genera Taxa described in 1887 Taxa named by Johannes Müller Argoviensis {{Lecanoromycetes-stub