Gypsoplaca

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Fungi
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales
Familia: Gypsoplacaceae
Genus: Gypsoplaca
Species: G. macrophylla

Name

Gypsoplaca Timdal, 1990

Monospecific genus.

References

Timdal, E. (1990) Gypsoplacaceae and Gypsoplaca, a new family and genus of squamiform lichens. - In: H. M. Jahns (ed.): Contributions to Lichenology in Honour of A. Henssen. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. No. 38. J. Cramer, Berlin-Stuttgart, pp. 419-427. (Gypsoplacaceae: p. 424)

Timdal, E. and Nash III, T.H. (2007) Gypsoplaca (p. 230) In: Nash III, T.H., Gries, C., and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 3. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 567 pages.

USDA Plants Database

Vernacular names
English: Gypsoplaca lichen