# Combea

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***Combea*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [lichens](/source/Lichen) in the family [Opegraphaceae](/source/Opegraphaceae). It has two species.[1] The genus was [circumscribed](/source/Circumscription_(taxonomy)) by Italian botanist [Giuseppe De Notaris](/source/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](/source/Turin).[3]

## Species

- *[Combea californica](/source/Combea_californica)* (Th.Fr.) Follmann & M.Geyer (1986)[4]
- *[Combea mollusca](/source/Combea_mollusca)* (Ach.) Nyl. (1860)

## 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](https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8). [hdl:10481/61998](https://hdl.handle.net/10481/61998)

1. De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito" (in Italian). *Giornale Botanico Italiano*. **2** (1): 174–224.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). [*Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022) [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2022](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022). ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. [S2CID 246307410](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:246307410). Retrieved January 27, 2022.

1. 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](https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1986-11-1227). [S2CID 86243152](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86243152)

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