Tornabea

Tornabea is a monotypic genus of lichenized fungi in the family Physciaceae.[2] It only contains the one accepted species, Tornabea scutellifera (With.) J.R. Laundon (1984)

Tornabea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Physciaceae
Genus: Tornabea
Oesth. (1980)
Type species
Tornabea scutellifera
(With.) J.R. Laundon (1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lichen scutelliferus With.,
  • Lichen intricatus Desf.
  • Parmelia atlantica Ach.
  • Cornicularia intricata DC.
  • Lichen atlanticus (Ach.) Sm.
  • Borrera atlantica (Ach.) Ach.
  • Tornabenia atlantica (Ach.) Kurok.
  • Tornabeniopsis atlantica (Ach.) Follmann
  • Tornabea atlantica (Ach.) Østh.
  • Evernia intricata (DC.) Fr.
  • Hagenia intricata (DC.) De Not.
  • Physcia intricata (DC.) Schaer.
  • Anaptychia intricata (DC.) A. Massal.
  • Tornabenia intricata (DC.) Trevis.
  • Borrera intricata (DC.) Mudd
  • Teloschistes intricatus (DC.) Hue
  • Xanthoria intricata (DC.) Horw.
  • Tornabea atlantica var. intricata (DC.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux,

2 other species has been found to be synonyms of Tornabea scutellifera; Tornabea atlantica (Ach.) Østh. (1980) and Tornabea atlantica var. intricata (DC.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux (1985)[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Haavard Østhagen in Taxon vol.29 on pages 687-688 in 1980.

The genus name of Tornabea is in honour of Francesco Tornabene (1813–1897), who was an Italian Benedictine Monk and botanist. At Montecassino Abbey, he was Professor of Botany, as well as founder and Director of the Botanical Garden in Catania between 1847 - 1892.[4]

References
  1. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  3. "Tornabea - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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