Amundsenia
Genus of lichens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amundsenia is a genus of saxicolous lichens in the family Teloschistaceae. It has two species.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by Isaac Garrido-Benavent, Ulrik Søchting, Sergio Pérez-Ortega, and Rod Seppelt, with Amundsenia austrocontinentalis assigned as the type species. The type is known only from continental Antarctica, while Amundsenia approximata only occurs in the Arctic.[2]
| Amundsenia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Teloschistales |
| Family: | Teloschistaceae |
| Genus: | Amundsenia Søchting, Garrido-Ben., Arup & Frödén (2014) |
| Type species | |
| Amundsenia austrocontinentalis Garrido-Benavent, Søchting, Pérez-Ortega & Seppelt (2014) | |
| Species | |
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A. approximata | |
The genus name honours Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), "the first man to reach the South Pole".[2]
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