Brigantiaea leucoxantha

Brigantiaea leucoxantha is a species of crustose lichen in the family Brigantiaeaceae. It was first described as a new species by German botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1820, as Lecidea leucoxantha.[2] Rolf Santesson and Josef Hafellner transferred it to the genus Brigantiaea in 1982.[3]

Brigantiaea leucoxantha
in Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Teloschistales
Family: Brigantiaeaceae
Genus: Brigantiaea
Species:
B. leucoxantha
Binomial name
Brigantiaea leucoxantha
Synonyms[1]
  • Lecidea leucoxantha Spreng. (1820)
  • Biatora leucoxantha (Spreng.) Bél. (1834)
  • Heterothecium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) A.Massal. (1856)
  • Lopadium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Zahlbr. (1902)
  • Miltidea leucoxantha (Spreng.) Stirt. (1898)
  • Patellaria leucoxantha (Spreng.) Spreng. (1827)
  • Sporopodium leucoxanthum (Spreng.) Vain. (1921)
  • Xanthocarpia leucoxantha (Spreng.) Hampe (1857)

References
  1. "Synonymy: Brigantiaea leucoxantha (Spreng.) R. Sant. & Hafellner, in Hafellner & Bellemère, Nova Hedwigia 35(2 & 3): 246 (1982) [1981]". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. Sprengel, C.P.J. (1820). "Plantarum cryptogamicarum tropicarum pugillus". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlinger. Series 3 (in Latin). 8: 46–53.
  3. Hafellner, J.; Bellemère, A. (1981). "Elektronenoptische Untersuchungen an Arten der Flechtengattung Brigantiaea". Nova Hedwigia. 35: 237–261.


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