Combea
TaxonCombea
AuthorityDe Not. (1846)
Type speciesCombea pruinosa
Type species authorityDe Not. (1846)
Subdivision ranksSpecies
SubdivisionC. californica
C. mollusca
Synonyms

Combea is a genus of lichens in the family Opegraphaceae. It has two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Italian botanist Giuseppe De Notaris in 1846.[2]

The genus name of Combea is in honour of Francesco Comba (fl. 1845), an Italian lab assistant and draughtsman, from the Zoological Museum in Turin.[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998
  2. ^ De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito" (in Italian). Giornale Botanico Italiano. 2 (1): 174–224.
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Follmann, G. & Geyer, M. (1986). "Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Flechtenfamilie Roccellaceae Chev. VII: Inhaltsstoffe und Verwandtschaftsbeiziehungen der Gattungen Combea de Not. und Schizopelte T.M. Fries" (in German). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. 41 (11–12): 1117–1118. doi:10.1515/znc-1986-11-1227. S2CID 86243152