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Letrouitiaceae
Genus of fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Letrouitiaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the order Teloschistales. The family, which has a tropical and subtropical distribution,[1][2] contains the single genus Letrouitia, which contains about 15 species.[3] [4] The family and the genus, both circumscribed in 1982 by André Bellemère and Josef Hafellner, are named in honour of Marie-Agnès Letrouit-Galinou.[5]
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Letrouitiaceae | |
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Letrouitia domingensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Letrouitiaceae Bellem. & Hafellner (1982) |
Genus: | Letrouitia Hafellner & Bellem. (1982) |
Type species | |
Letrouitia domingensis (Pers.) Hafellner & Bellem. (1982) |
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