Bellemerea
Bellemerea alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Bellemerea
Hafellner & Cl.Roux (1984)
Type species
Bellemerea alpina
(Sommerf.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux (1984)
Species

B. alpina
B. cinereorufescens
B. diamarta
B. elegans[1]
B. sanguinea
B. subsorediza

Bellemerea is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Lecideaceae. The genus was described in 1984 with B. alpina as the type species.[2]

The genus name of Bellemerea is in honour of André Henri Bellemère (1927 - 2014), a French-German botanist.[3]

References

  1. ^ Øvstedal DO, Lewis Smith RI. (2009). "Further additions to the lichen flora of Antarctica and South Georgia". Nova Hedwigia. 88 (1–2): 157–168. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2009/0088-0157.
  2. ^ Clauzade G, Roux C. (1984). "Les genres Aspicilia Massal. et Bellemerea Hafellner & Roux". Bulletin de la Société Botanique du Centre-Ouest (in French). 15: 127–141.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.